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ALT [Frontcover of Arts & Ourselves Zine]. An image of a lighthouse, drawn in coloured pencil on a light blue diamond, bordered by a light pink square. It is set into the middle of the page, against a larger bright blue rectangle background, with four thin white orbital lines around it going in different directions. The zine title ‘arts & ourselves: creative reflections on self-harm’ is handwritten on two cream rectangles at the top and bottom. The border, which goes all the way around the page, is made up of different brightly coloured squares. Along the left hand and bottom edge, these are filled with brightly colour quilt block patterns, alternating the friendship star and ohio star. Along the top edge and right hand edge, letters spell out "arts & ourselves", with the ampersand anchored in the top right corner.
ALT Hot pink, orange, and bright blue poster advertising upcoming event. Image is in two halves. The righthand side has a white background with pink text reading: "Mad Memes! Monday 29th July, 6-7.30pm (BST), online". In the bottom left corner are the outlines of thin blue leaves (a bit like bamboo), in bright blue. The right hand column also has a white background, but also has a bright orange border with a leaf pattern in it. Text here is in black, it reads: "This workshop will explore the use of memes as a form of communication and resistance – a means of expressing our thoughts, feelings and experiences in humorous but also poignant ways. We will draw upon existing memes for inspiration and discussion, before using meme generator websites to create our own!" The post continues with some information about the facilitator, Fiona, Unfortunately, it doesn't fit in this alt description. Full text at: https://www.makespaceco.org/artsandourselves/madmemes
ALT Hot pink, orange, and bright blue poster advertising upcoming event. Image is in two halves. The righthand side has a white background with pink text reading: "Mad Memes! Monday 29th July, 6-7.30pm (BST), online". In the bottom left corner are the outlines of thin blue leaves (a bit like bamboo), in bright blue. The right hand column also has a white background, but also has a bright orange border with a leaf pattern in it. Text here is in black, it reads: "This workshop will explore the use of memes as a form of communication and resistance – a means of expressing our thoughts, feelings and experiences in humorous but also poignant ways. We will draw upon existing memes for inspiration and discussion, before using meme generator websites to create our own!" The post continues with some information about the facilitator, Fiona, Unfortunately, it doesn't fit in this alt description. Full text at: https://www.makespaceco.org/artsandourselves/madmemes
ALT Bright pink, green, and white poster advertising upcoming creative session in Arts & Ourselves programme. Along the edges are graphics (in bright pink) of thin leaves, a bit like bamboo. Image is in two columns. Lefthand side is white with bright pink text, it reads: "Creating responses to self-harm, Mon 8th July, 6-7.30pm (bst), online". The righthand features black text on a white background, bordered by a bright green colour. Text reads: "What might be possible if we were able to think creatively about responses to self-harm? What does it mean to build solidarity and care among those of us with lived experience? Led by the Make Space team, we’ll blend reflections and creative prompts to think about what it means to show up for each other and our own experiences, in the face of systems of “care” that often cause more harm than good. We’ll be drawing on the themes of the programme as a whole, celebrating Mad Art, Mad Togetherness, and Mad Imagination."
ALT The graphic is in two halves. The lefthand side is white, with pink text reading "Open creative space. Monday 10th June. 6-7.30pm (bst). Online. Led by the Make Space team". Below is the Make Space logo (overlapping circles with 'make space' written in the middle), in dark pink. The righthand side is also on a white background, with an orange background decorated with outlines of thin leaves, in blue. Text reads: "This session is an open creative space led by the Make Space team. It’ll be a gentle space for those of us with experience of self-harm to spend some time together and make things alongside one another. We have prepared a set of prompts focussed on journeying through the world around us; reflecting on our surroundings, our travelling companions, and the road ahead. Please feel free to bring whichever creative medium most interests you - you can paint, collage, draw, scribble, write, etc. You are also very welcome to come along and listen in or work on your own projects"
ALT The graphic is in two halves. The lefthand side is white, with pink text reading "Open creative space. Monday 10th June. 6-7.30pm (bst). Online. Led by the Make Space team". Below is the Make Space logo (overlapping circles with 'make space' written in the middle), in dark pink. The righthand side is also on a white background, with an orange background decorated with outlines of thin leaves, in blue. Text reads: "This session is an open creative space led by the Make Space team. It’ll be a gentle space for those of us with experience of self-harm to spend some time together and make things alongside one another. We have prepared a set of prompts focussed on journeying through the world around us; reflecting on our surroundings, our travelling companions, and the road ahead. Please feel free to bring whichever creative medium most interests you - you can paint, collage, draw, scribble, write, etc. You are also very welcome to come along and listen in or work on your own projects"
ALT Pink, white blue poster for upcoming creative workshop. Text is in two columns, on a white rectangle in the centre. The left side is all white, with a dusty blue graphic outline of thin leaves (like bamboo), top left. Text reads: 'The joy of sticks: Character creation for bad artists'. Monday 27th May, 6-7.30pm (BST), Online'. Text in the the righthand column is in black. This side is bordered by a bright pink colour, with the same dustry graphic of leaves along the edge. Text reads: ' This workshop will take you through a process for creating cartoons with strong characterisation which assumes absolutely no artistic training or talent (although if you have existing artistic skills you are also very welcome). Rachel Rowan Olive is a researcher and artist/illustrator/zine-maker whose first zines were stick figure cartoons about the mental health system; she then expanded to stick figures of her other major obsession, dogs". Learn more & sign up: makespaceco.org/artsandourselves
