I was wondering if anyone feels they might benefit from being part of an art group specifically for those here. I'm an artist, though I have to admit to you that I've produced absolutely nothing for ages due to being ill and in hospital, not having anywhere to exhibit for aeons and generally being extremely knackered out most of the time. But then I started thinking maybe I could do something positive about it. I've worked within what's called the 'Arts in Health' sphere and done a lot with things like colour therapy. I'd also like to say that you don't have to be rich to make art. I've done a whole exhibition made from recycled materials. It's all about taking yourself to another place for a while and having a bit of messy fun. No judgemental rubbish or anything like that. And if you don't think you're able to draw anything that looks remotely like what it's supposed to look like, well, that doesn't matter either. I think that maybe for starters you might like to message me if you are interested and then I'll try and work out a little programme. Just for us. Let me know what you think. Rainy X
Hi Ruth and everybody else. I can put up suggestions onto this thread, though it could get a bit unwieldy uploading images. Alternatively, it might be easier if you entrust an e-mail address to me via the private messaging and then I can send you a word document or a PDF file to open and refer to as you wish. I will send you my contact also. Please put 'Macmillan ART' in the header. Would that be OK?
The first project is ready to send out to interested parties. It's a Word doc. at the moment but I'm sure I can get it into a PDF file if required. I'm not sure of the mechanics of how to contact you privately. I saw on some people's details you could send a Private Message. This isn't on everybody's list. On others a request to 'Follow' and to be a 'Friend'. Don't know what the difference is, but I need e-mail address's to send this out. Thanks. Rainie
Hopefully people will put in a friend request to you, once accepted you can chat to one another and swap personal details without the moderators getting the hump! I will watch people's efforts from the sidelines. Good luck to all of you Hursts and warholes. ( I'm sure that's not spelt right)
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