- Venue
- Chesterfield Market Place,
- Date
- Thursday, September 4, 2014
12:00 AM - Address
- Chesterfield Derbyshire
- Location
- East Midlands
- Organiser
- Chesterfield Market Place, Derbyshire
Root and Branch have been awarded Arts Council Funding for
‘Treating Mental Health Differently’ – a pilot road-show in Chesterfield Market Place, featuring live performances by The Cactus Room.
The free event will take place on Thursday 4th Sept 2014 between 11.30 and 4.30 and is suitable for all ages. Everyone is welcome. We aim to inform and create a space for discussion as well as entertain around a range of mental health issues and the use of arts and Eco therapy.
The event will include
Live music performances by The Cactus Room.
An exhibition of art works challenging people’s ideas of madness.
Information on how the arts can be used to aid to recovery and improve well-being.
An opportunity to share ideas and discuss mental health, art and social horticulture.
Information about Root and Branch, similar projects and the potential for people with mental health issues to contribute to their local community, with the right opportunities.
A range of other mental health related information.
Workshops, including the creation of a piece of collaborative art and a drumming circle.
An opportunity to contribute suggestions, topics, words, phrases, rhymes etc through written and spoken word and artworks. These will be used as the inspiration for new material for The Cactus Room’s new CD/booklet to be released ready for our proposed extended East Midlands road-show tour next year.
Cactus Room plays ‘infectious reggae, funk and ska grooves, overlaid with rock, blues, dub, jazz, pop and folk roots with social comment and poetic insight. A band that refuses to be pigeon-holed except to say they play music to dance to that’s brimming with innovation!‘
