Radical Craft: Art as Communication – panel discussion

Saturday 21 May, 2 – 4pm
£7 (£5 Friends of the Gallery)

For many of the artists involved with Outside In, communicating using language is not possible. Because of this, many of them use their art to communicate with the people around them, and to share their worlds with others. To accompany the exhibition, Outside In is hosting a panel discussion focusing on art as communication, looking at how creativity can be vital for people without language to maintain their independence.

The panel will include Dr Cheryl McGeachan, a lecturer at the University of Glasgow who is concerned with the historical and cultural geographies of mental ill-health and asylum spaces; Dr David O’Flynn, consultant rehabilitation psychiatrist at Lambeth and Maudsley Hospitals and Chair of the Adamson Collection Trust; Joyce Scott, twin sister of exhibiting artist Judith Scott and member of the Advisory Board of Creative Growth Art Center in California; Charlotte Hollinshead, artist facilitator at ActionSpace; and David Johnson, a blind visual artist working in 3D.

*If you are an Outside In artist, you can book this event for the discounted price of £5.00 – simply mention this when you book.

Image: Roland Kappel, Wolff, Image courtesy of Atelier 5, Mariaberg