Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough and didn't post this in time for the launch at Opera North's Howard Assembly Room last night. However all is not lost! Running from 27th September until Wednesday 16th November, this brand new, first-year festival sees arts organisations across Leeds, uniting with Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust and the Art and Mind Network in an exploration of arts, mental health and well-being. With both arts and mental health being such broad and complex areas of study, it will definitely be enlightening to see how they are tackled in relation to each other, with the added diversity of Leeds as the setting.With the likes of Ruby Wax and Phil Hammond getting involved, I have my fingers crossed publicity isn't a problem. Due to the stigma surrounding mental health problems and unease when it comes to discussing such issues in depth, I feel this collaboration with the rich art and culture that Leeds has to offer, will shed some light and provoke some thought on a subject that needs opening up. Art, in all it's forms , is an expression, a release and this experience is heightened further still, when a form of escape is just what the doctor ordered.
You can find more information and a list of all events taking place here, http://loveartsleeds.co.uk/
Here's to hoping this festival becomes a more permanent fixture in the affluent collection of culture and arts events, the city of Leeds already has to offer.
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