Always on the look out for new buildings, new cities and new communities to help LwA has recently turned their sights on Dundee. Vision @ Seabraes, a lovely open plan building with sweeping natural daylight, is the perfect setting to showcase LifewithArt’s photographic exhibitions. Within days of opening this new arts centre workshops were in […]
CONTINUE READING →Tourette Syndrome is a complex inherited neurological condition. Its key feature is involuntary and uncontrollable sounds and movements called tics. Around 90% of people with Tourettes have at least one, and often more, other neuropsychiatric disorders – most commonly Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression and ‘rages’. Tourettes is a much misunderstood condition and […]
CONTINUE READING →ME/CFS, often referred to as the ‘disease of a thousand names’, affects over 250,000 people in the UK and many thousands more worldwide. In 2004 my daughter was diagnosed with the illness at the age of 13, sparking my interest and leading to my current Phd on the subject. My Phd entitled ‘Mimesis 3: Visualising […]
CONTINUE READING →LifewithArt has joined forces with Bristol’s Indigo Project to create one of our most powerful exhibitions to date. The Indigo Project is an independent organisation that support young people who self-harm. A small but important charity offering counselling, group therapy, training for carers and a safe non-judgmental environment for young people in need. The exhibition, shown […]
CONTINUE READING →Only 2 months since LifewithArt opened the doors to a new Charity Arts Centre in Newcastle and already so much has happened. Firstly, welcome to Pui Lee, our new North-East Art Co-ordinator as well as Jane Poulton and Sara Cooper our new Art Tutors in the North-East. It’s been full steam ahead for Pui Lee […]
CONTINUE READING →Welcome to LifewithArt’s first Newsletter, highlighting what we’ve been up to over the past few months and some of our ideas for the future. I hope you find this both informative and entertaining. LifewithArt has now been operating for almost a year and we have already held hundreds of workshops, with well in excess of […]
CONTINUE READING →LifewithArt is kicking off the New Year with a bang, launching 5 new Charity Arts Centres. The addition of centres in Bradford, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Warrington brings our total to 20 centres nationwide. Sadly our well established and well-loved Arts Centre in Southend, Portcullis House, is due to be demolished on 1st February. Portcullis […]
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