DATE: WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY TIME: 4.30pm EVENT: BCAT presents a Celebration of Arts Therapies VENUE: Centre for Arts Therapies MORE INFO: BCAT host a tour of their new home in Stratford House, Stratford Place, Highgate B12 0HT. Events including drumming and ‘The 5 Therapies’. By invite only via Sally Roche: 0121 772 5500 / [email protected]

DATE: WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY TIME: 5pm – 7pm EVENT: Drama & Movement Improvisation Workshop VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Your FREE four-page guide to arts events taking place across Birmingham and Solihull during June and July 2009. MORE INFO: Join Natalia for an evening or improvised dance and movement. Particular attention has been given to providing events that are accessible for those who have experience of mental distress.

DATE: THURSDAY 9TH JULY TIME: 4pm – 6.30pm LATEST NEWS ONLINE VISIT ARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THE NET  www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/service-user-and-carer/aaotp EVENT: Live Karaoke – hosted by Brainstorm VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory MORE INFO: Hosted by Brainstorm, with Live Karaoke gives you the chance to sing your favourite songs to live backing from talented musician Steve Ison.  HEADLINER EVENTS  HEADLINER EVENTS  HEADLINER EVENTS  TH DATE: FRIDAY 10 JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm DATE: MONDAY 22ND JUNE TIME: 2pm - 5pm EVENT: Personality Over Disorder – Talk & and art workshop VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory EVENT: ARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE 2009 LIVE LAUNCH VENUE: , Brindley Place MORE INFO: Inspiring talk by a talented artist who also has Borderline Personality Disorder, DVD presentation and then enjoy MORE INFO: ENJOY live bands, poetry performances, drama and catering by BSustained – as featured in BBC Good Food an art workshop. Contact Deborah Living on 07599 357 091 or Sue Imlack at [email protected] Magazine. Join the pottery session with Trust ceramicist Graham Taylor to make a clay ‘habitat’ to form part of the Creatives ‘cityscape’ installation at the Lakeside Gallery. Get inspiration from ‘IN THE FRAME’ – a new DATE: SATURDAY 11TH JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm month-long display of info on arts activities in your area. LOOK OUT FOR THE STILT-WALKER!

EVENT: Face painting and juggling with Rascal the Clown VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory DATE: MONDAY 22ND JUNE TIME: 2.15pm MORE INFO: Help Rascal the Clown celebrate Children’s Art Day. For more info on Children’s Art Day visit the Engage EVENT: VISUAL POETRY – A Short Film - PREMIERE VENUE: Crescent Theatre, Brindley Place website www.engage.org/projects/cadevent.aspx?y=2009&id=306 for our AAOTP ’09 event listing MORE INFO: Premiere of an innovative short-film combining service user performances of their self-penned poetry with film, graphics and animation. Produced by Nadeem Chughtai. DATE: MONDAY 13TH JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm DATE: MONDAY 22ND JUNE TIME: 2.30pm EVENT: 3D Workshop VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory EVENT: HEALTHY HEARTS & MINDS – Drama - PREMIERE VENUE: Crescent Theatre, Brindley Place MORE INFO: Join Helen Ricketts to create three-dimensional objects using the technique of paper and card construction MORE INFO: Community Vibe present the premiere performance of a new production developed during arts and drama sessions with participants in acute hospitals and residential settings across Birmingham. For more information contact Rachel Green on 07772 572 060 or email [email protected] MORE EVENTS MORE EVENTS  MORE EVENTS  MORE EVENTS  MORE EVENTS DATE: THURSDAY 2ND JULY - WEDNESDAY 15TH JULY TIME: various EVENT: Visual Poetry - film screenings / AAOTP ’09 info site VENUE: BBC at The Public Space, The Mailbox EVENT: ARTS ALL OVER THE CUSTARD FACTORY VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory MORE INFO: Visual Poetry – A Short Film by Nadeem Chughtai, will be running in The Public Space at the BBC in The MORE INFO: AAOTP ‘09 takes a two-week residency at the Lakeside Gallery with an arts exhibition, workshops, poetry, Mailbox, plus an information point where you can get more info on AAOTP’09. Call Deborah on 07985 882 775 drama, music and more! For more information contact Creatives on 07985 882 775

EVENT: Service User Art Exhibition VENUE: Solihull Hospital DATE: THURSDAY 2ND JULY TIME: 3.30pm - 5.30pm MORE INFO: Visit Solihull Hospital between 20th June and 29th July and experience how art made by mental health service EVENT: AAOTP ‘09 - VIP PREVIEW PARTY (INVITE ONLY) VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory By exclusive invitation only to VIPS. users has transformed the environment. For more details contact Sue Dyer on 0121 678 4800 DATE: WEDNESDAY 15TH JULY TIME: 6pm EVENT: EKLECTRIK EXENTRICKS with Janie Greville VENUE: Redditch & Birmingham art performances EVENT: AAOTP ‘09 CONCERT FINALE – by Brainstorm VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory MORE INFO: Humorous anti-stigma arts performances. Call Janie on 07828 774 646. Visit www.missionmiraculus.co.uk MORE INFO: Brainstorm presents an evening of entertainment to celebrate the success of this year’s festival and to say goodbye for another year. Come and have a go at KARAOKE to LIVE backing! EVENT: Music & Arts Interactive Workshops from BCAT VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory TH MORE INFO: Taking place during July at the Lakeside Gallery, these workshops are facilitated by a group of art therapy DATE: WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE - FRIDAY 26TH JUNE VENUE: Inpatient settings (closed events) EVENT: ARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE 2009 ‘ON TOUR’ students visiting from Hungary. Contact Sally Roche on 0121 772 5500 or email [email protected] MORE INFO: A mobile version of the Arts All Over The Place festival is going on tour with The Stagebus – a double-decker bus that opens up to reveal a fully-kitted out stage! The tour will be going to inpatient settings including EVENT: Endeavour Court Arts Extravaganza VENUE: Endeavour Court (Entrance A), Erdington Ardenleigh, Erdington, the new Oleaster and Barberry Centres, Edgbaston and Newbridge House, Small Heath. MORE INFO: For more details contact Marie Holman on 0121 685 7350. Endeavour Court, 210 Reservoir Rd, Erdington B23

EVENT: Bedlam Artists Event VENUE: The  HEADLINER EVENTS  HEADLINER EVENTS  HEADLINER EVENTS  MORE INFO: Event by artists from Bedlam in , who are exhibiting in The Survivor Art Exhibition at The University of Birmingham. For more information contact Dawn River on 0121 414 2936 or e-mail [email protected] MORE ARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE 2009 EVENTS OVERLEAF 

Arts All Over The Place is presented by Creatives Network for the Arts and Health, Arts All Over The Place is presented by Creatives Network for the Arts and Health, which brings together artists, mental health service users, which brings together artists, mental health service users, mental health professionals and others to promote the beneficial effects mental health professionals and others to promote the beneficial effects of the arts to mental wellbeing and to increase participation in the arts. of the arts to mental wellbeing and to increase participation in the arts. Emma: 07985 883140 www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/service-user-and-carer/aaotp Emma: 07985 883140 www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/service-user-and-carer/aaotp Deborah: 07985 882 775 Deborah: 07985 882 775 Arts All Over The Place is funded by the National Lottery through Awards for All Arts All Over The Place is funded by the National Lottery through Awards for All [email protected] and co-ordinated by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust [email protected] and co-ordinated by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Although we have tried to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this events programme, details may change at short notice. For up-to-the-minute event information please see www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/service-user-and-carer/aaotp DATE: WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE - SUNDAY 28TH JUNE CHURCH OPENING TIMES: 10am – 4.30pm DATE: THURSDAY 25TH JUNE TIME: 10am – 12midday EVENT: ‘My Birmingham’ arts exhibition by SIFA Fireside VENUE: St. Martin’s Church in the Bullring EVENT: Craft a Clock – wood workshop with Martin Davies VENUE: Nine Acres Drop-in Centre MORE INFO: Photography, painting, film & animation giving voice to those affected by homelessness, alcohol & drug misuse MORE INFO: Make your own working, wooden clock. Places limited. Booking essential with Deborah on 07985 882 775 & mental heath difficulties. (No access during church services) TH DATE: SATURDAY 27 JUNE TIME: 11am – 1.30pm DATE: SATURDAY 20TH JUNE TIME: 10am – 12midday & 1pm – 3pm EVENT: Face Painting VENUE: Outside St. Martin’s Church, Bullring EVENT: Wooden Wading Bird Workshop with Martin Davies VENUE: The Boathouse, Cannon Hill Park MORE INFO: Come and get your face painted with Saint Martin’s Arts group. Saint Martin’s Arts is committed to enriching MORE INFO: Join talented woodcarver Martin Davies to make your own wooden garden ornament. Places limited. human experience and spirituality through the arts. For more info contact Cheryl Homer on 0121 600 6532 Booking essential to avoid disappointment. Call Deborah on 07985 882 775. DATE: THURSDAY 2ND JULY - WEDNESDAY 15TH JULY VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory DATE: SUNDAY 21ST JUNE TIME: 7.30pm EVENT: Exhibition of written and visual work in response to ARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE 2009 ON TOUR MORE INFO: Matt ‘The Poet’ Nunn presents work created during poetry workshops he facilitated to capture participants’ EVENT: Premiere - Professor Tighe’s Magical Music Machine VENUE: The Spotted Dog, Warwick St., experiences and their response to the AAOTP ‘09 Stagebus tour to inpatient settings. MORE INFO: Tessa Lowe and Steve Ison took a week-long residency at The Spotted Dog to devise a new ‘play with music’. The result is presented by The Barking Mad Hatters of Brum. Free entry and complimentary food. DATE: THURSDAY 2ND JULY – THURSDAY 16TH JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm EVENT: ‘Identity’ arts exhibition VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory DATE: MONDAY 22ND JUNE TIME: 6pm – 7pm MORE INFO: User Voice & Mental Health Services for Older People present artworks on the theme of ‘IDENTITY’. Creators EVENT: Talk by artist Tanya Raabe VENUE: Solihull Arts Complex, Solihull of selected works will win a free arts workshop plus £50 worth of art materials for their group. The selected work will be chosen during the VIP Preview Party. For more details contact Alex Rawlins on 07985 88 3475 MORE INFO: Tanya Raabe is one of the leading artists of the disability arts movement in the UK. Come and experience her inspirational free talk. Book with Aimee Green on 0121 704 8349 or email [email protected] DATE: FRIDAY 3RD JULY – THURSDAY 16TH JULY TIME: Various EVENT: Loop screenings of VISUAL POETRY – A Short Film VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory DATE: MON 22ND JUNE, MON 29TH JUNE, MON 13TH JULY TIME: 1pm – 3pm MORE INFO: Continuous screenings of an innovative short-film combining service user performances of their self-penned EVENT: ART CLUB Taster Sessions by Full Potential Arts VENUE: Friends Institute, Moseley Rd., Highgate poetry with film, graphics and animation. Produced by Nadeem Chughtai. MORE INFO: Make art with Diane Taylor, who runs Monday’s Full Potential Arts free ART CLUB all year round. The number No. 50 bus stops outside! Places are free but please book with Kerry on 0121 446 6829 DATE: FRIDAY 3RD JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm EVENT: Make jewellery with Asian Women’s’ Textile Group VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory DATE: MONDAY 22ND JUNE - FRIDAY 17TH JULY TIME: various EVENT: Walk with Wordsworth – Poetry Trail and Exhibition VENUE: Wordsworth Road Centre (Rethink) DATE: SATURDAY 4TH & SUNDAY 5TH JULY TIME: 111am – 4pm MORE INFO: Follow the Tennyson Trail around the Small Heath Park area for poems and information about the classic poets EVENT: MEDFED Fashion Workshop with Erica Crompton VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory MORE INFO: Bedlam Brum co-ordinator Erica Crompton launches her new MEDFED fashion label project. Over the coming who gave their names to Poets Corner PLUS visit the poetry exhibition at Rethink. Open to service users and months the MEDFED collection will be put together & showcased in September at London’s Fashion Week. their friends on selected days each week from 22nd June to 17th July. Contact the Wordsworth Road Centre For more information text Erica on 07955 684 347 or email [email protected] on 0121 248 8408 for details of exhibition opening times. TH TH RD DATE: SUNDAY 5 & MONDAY 6 JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm DATE: TUESDAY 23 JUNE - THURSDAY 25TH JUNE VENUE: inpatient settings (closed events) EVENT: Family-friendly Printmaking workshops VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory EVENT: Healthy Hearts and Minds – Touring arts & drama workshops MORE INFO: Join artist Jackie Rankin and Craftcare to celebrate national Children’s Art Day. MORE INFO: Presented by Community Vibe, led by Rachel Green - this new, touring arts & drama piece will be developed by mental health inpatients across the city and then performed during the festival, incorporating their creations. DATE: MONDAY 6TH JULY TIME: 1pm – 3pm EVENT: ‘Drawing Inspiration’ with Full Potential Arts VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory DATE: WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE & WEDNESDAY 1ST JULY TIME: 5.30pm – 7.30pm MORE INFO: Full Potential Arts’ ART CLUB invites you to join their workshop and ‘draw inspiration’ from the art on display. EVENT: Full Potential Arts presents THE ACTOR FACTOR VENUE: Friends Institute, Moseley Rd., Highgate MORE INFO: Full Potential Arts’ Open Access Drama Group invites you to drama workshops led by award-winning facilitators DATE: MON TO WED - 6TH, 7TH, 8TH & 13TH, 14TH, 15TH JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm Rachel Green, Louise Stokes & Gary Archer. Free refreshments. Book with Kerry on 0121 446 6829 EVENT: The Tree of Life exhibition – presented by WAG VENUE: Studio 317, Custard Factory MORE INFO: Helen Ricketts, Working Arts Group, presents The Tree of Life – showcasing artwork from group members TH DATE: WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE TIME: 1pm - 4pm EVENT: The Survivor Art Exhibition VENUE: The University of Birmingham TH MORE INFO: Now in its third year, The Survivor Art Exhibition at the Institute of Applied Social Studies is a key event for artists DATE: TUESDAY 7 JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm with experience of mental distress. Contact Dawn River on 0121 414 2936 or e-mail [email protected] EVENT: Embroidery with Asian Women’s’ Textile Group VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory

DATE: THURSDAY 25TH JUNE & THURSDAY 2ND JULY TIME: 2pm – 4pm DATE: FROM WED 8TH JULY FOR A 2-WEEK RESIDENCY TIME: Ladywood Centre opening times EVENT: Walk with Wordsworth Workshops VENUE: Wordsworth Road Centre (Rethink) EVENT: Art exhibition – arts and pottery VENUE: Ladywood Centre foyer MORE INFO: Activities to inspire written responses to the poetry trail and exhibition. Book your place on 0121 248 8408. MORE INFO: Visit this eclectic exhibition organised by Trust artist Graham Taylor, including artwork from his pottery groups and from City College art group. Ladywood Community & Health Centre is on St. Vincent Street West in DATE: FROM 27TH JUNE TIME: Call to confirm Ladywood, B16 8RP. For more info on opening times contact the centre directly on 0121 464 8625 EVENT: Sabina Bealt’s PUDDLE GALLERY – Open House VENUE: Moseley MORE INFO: Talented Trust artist Sabina Bealt presents the PUDDLE GALLERY as part of the Moseley Open Houses & DATE: WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY TIME: 10.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 3.30pm Studios Art Trail for The Moseley Festival. Sabina will be opening her doors for a private viewing of stunning EVENT: Craft a Clock – wood workshop with Martin Davies VENUE: Lakeside Gallery, Custard Factory canvasses on the theme of raindrops and puddles. An exclusive event, not to be missed. As this is an open MORE INFO: Make your own working, wooden clock. Places limited. Booking essential with Deborah on 07985 882 775 house event, please call the organisers to confirm opening dates and times on 0121 249 1257. Art Trail Maps will be available at the Street Fair event in Moseley village on Saturday 27th June from 9am. DATE: WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY TIME: 11am – 4pm See http://www.moseleyfestival.org.uk/?page_id=3 for more details EVENT: Yewcroft Photography Group VENUE: Meet outside the Rep Theatre, Broad St. MORE INFO: Fun, fortnightly, photography group captures the city on camera. Contact [email protected]