Free course exploring art and mental health recovery

About the session

This session explores making visual art and mark-making for expression, communication and to support mental health and personal recovery. You will hear a student’s personal story, how art helps in times of personal mental health challenge and how it continues to support their on-going recovery.

Learning objectives:

To explore making visual art and mark-making for expression, communication and supporting mental health and wellbeing
To consider practical activities you can start to support your personal recovery

This session takes place over one hour in one session.

One key phrase from the course that really stood out for me was happy mistakes. This is the idea of simply trying something and seeing how to ends up! This challenges our inner perfectionism and encourages us to trust the creative process. Why not rip up magazines and stick them together as a collage? Or grab a piece of paper and just doodle? Hunt for those long-lost felt tip pens, paintbrushes, and pencils, and get using them!

Having attended this seminar, I now feel more confident to start being more creative.

I was intrigued by the concept of 'mark making' as I wasn't really sure what it meant. It was interesting to learn how it can help our wellbeing.

Booking a course

We teach our courses in a classroom or online. You can find the venues' locations on the venues page, including travel information and facilities.

Classes online are via the Zoom online platform. If you are still getting familiar with Zoom, visit our using Zoom page for resources, videos and Zoom guides.

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The college strives to provide students with positive experiences and is committed to making the college accessible to all. Please read our code of conduct to learn what we expect of our students when attending courses.

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About recovery

What does personal recovery mean, and why is it so important?

Read about recovery, why it’s important and how a recovery college can help you with your mental wellbeing.

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