Visual Arts

Leeds based Arts and Minds Network is set to showcase artwork by its members at their very first public exhibition, 'Seeing The Light' to be held at The Light Shopping Centre.

The theme of the exhibition is about how exploring your creativity helped you to 'see the light'? It features art created by members of the Arts and Minds Network, including patients, carers, mental health workers and artists with an interest in mental health issues.

'Hope' by Kate Brown

The Arts and Minds network is a multi-sector partnership supported by Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, which aims to develop the role of the arts in health and social care. The network involves people from a wide range of organisations and interests, and aims to increase public knowledge and understanding of mental health through the arts.

A member involved with Arts and Minds explains that "art can create an atmosphere in which thought, reflections and memories are suddenly permitted. That can be liberating. You find that you're no longer reacting passively towards your world but responding to it wholeheartedly."

The exhibition opens at 4pm on Wednesday 16 January 2008 at The Light, 117 Albion Street and continues daily from 10am - 7pm until Wednesday 30 January 2008. For more information about the Arts and Minds Network check out the website: