Tag: Equal Rights
Call for Submissions – Call for Artists for NEW ASLI Campaign; Capitalism, Poverty and War. Get Involved & create change.
Visual Artist Mark Lloyd says “Art can provide an avenue for self-expression, Art can enable us to realise the truth, art can provide hope and wonder, elements that can provoke change and save lives”.
ASLI Team member and artist Lisa Reeve talks about having mental illness and using art, “I find art a less threatening way to articulate my thoughts and feelings, it is great therapy and gives me a sense of achievement and productivity”.
Joyce Savage is on a mission to end stigma associated with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and uses poetry to manage her own mental health.
ASLI Artist Louise Tomkinson states: “to me, “art saves lives” means having the power to use the language of art, as art is strong enough to pull someone back from the brink, therefore becoming the voice which enables art to create change”.
ASLI Team Member Becky Saunders “My journey in a nutshell” – Mental Illness, Health and Recovery
Poet Tim Evans tells ASLI “Art can be comforting and cathartic. It can also challenge us, in a very visceral way, to look at the world and our attitudes to it in a new light and reconsider our thoughts and actions. In those ways, I think, art can both save lives and create change”.
Being a Professional with Mental Illness: Misconceptions, Stigma and Facing Prejudice
The Warding Charm – By Laura Thomas
Shell Dooley “Music has definitely saved my life and helped me through difficult situations”
Singer and song writer Lánre thinks that we can create art and use it positively as a platform for change
“I want my art and my writing to give people the knowledge they need to advance themselves and their communities” Casey Bruce
What it means to be the other – By Casey Bruce
“I love storytelling, sequential art allows me to explore subjects further, inviting the viewer to come on a journey with me.” Find out more about Illustrator Zara Slattery
“Art as an expression saves, heals and mends” Filipino Artist Clarisse Pastor-Medina talks to ASLI about her art and exploring subjects related to women
Artist Natalie Raven Explains How Making Live Art Works For Her and Why she Chose to Create Art About Female Stereotypes
Ruby Al-Faqir Tells us About Dancing for Peace and How it is a Universal Language
Romani Artist: Ildiko Nova uses visual art to discuss under-represented communities
ASLI MAGAZINE - creating change 