Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

June 18, 2021

Podcast: Creative Nature for Wellbeing

in Talking Heads

This episode of the podcast Being On The Inside was produced by Nina Abeysuriya, as a…

May 27, 2021

Conversations for Change 2021

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Conversations for Change was a public art project about mental health that See Me and…

May 25, 2021

SMHAF Premieres Three New Films Exploring My Normality

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The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is delighted to premiere three new short films on…

May 24, 2021

Podcast: Mind Matters with Sasha Greene and Angela McCrimmon

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In this Mind Matters podcast for the Talking Heads project at SMHAF 2021, Michael McEwan speaks…

May 18, 2021

Join us for the SMHAF Writing Awards

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What is ‘normality’? Over the last three weeks, we have been exploring this question at…

May 18, 2021

Call for Proposals: SMHAF Community Commissions

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The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is to commission two artists, from different areas in…

May 14, 2021

Window Watching Bird Enthusiast

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Talking Heads volunteer Nic Saunders has written this account exploring how watching birds helped during…

May 13, 2021

Podcast: Mind Matters

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In this Mind Matters podcast for the Talking Heads project at SMHAF 2021, Michael McEwan…

May 13, 2021

Towards a Mental Health Arts Network

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On Wednesday 19 May SMHAF is hosting two free online events which we hope will…

May 11, 2021

Unusually Normal

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I spent time in the enchanted woodland and did the things I was most afraid…

May 10, 2021

Mental Health Awareness Week at SMHAF

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Mental Health Awareness Week, led by the Mental Health Foundation, starts today and we are…

May 06, 2021

Normality?

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What is normality? If you’re so inclined – and many of us are – the…

May 04, 2021

International Film Awards: Grand Jury Prize Announced

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The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival announced at the online International Film Awards that the…

April 29, 2021

SMHAF Announces Eight My Normality Commissions

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We are delighted to announced a series of artist commissions exploring the theme ‘My Normality’.…

April 19, 2021

INDY On Demand: How To Watch

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Film screenings at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2021 will take place at INDY…

April 19, 2021

Focus on Film: Screenings, Workshops & Awards

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The online film programme at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2021 showcases award-winning titles…

April 12, 2021

SMHAF 2021 Programme Announced

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We are delighted to announce the programme for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2021.

February 26, 2021

Artist Commission: My Normality

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My Normality is a series of six new £500 commissions, open to artists of any…

November 23, 2020

SMHAF 2021: Normality?

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The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF), led by the Mental Health Foundation, will return…

November 19, 2020

Call for Entries: SMHAF 2021 Writing Competition - Normality?

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The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is delighted to launch its 2021 Writing Competition, in…