Mind Odyssey
od•ys•sey
n. pl. od•ys•seys
1. An extended adventurous voyage or trip.
2. An intellectual or spiritual quest: an odyssey of discovery.
Leeds Mind Odyssey
A partnership of:
service users
mental health voluntary sector
Leeds Mental Health Trust
Leeds Primary Care Trust
Leeds Social Service
artists and performers.
Organised arts and mental health events in Leeds since 2001 exploring and celebrating the links between the arts and mental health.
Key dates
June 2001
Royal College of Psychiatrists launched the Mind Odyssey project : a celebration of the arts and their links with psychiatry and the mind.
2002
Leeds response: a week of varied artistic events in the city with a full range of visual and performing arts, the spoken word, drawing and painting, dance, drama, film, music and poetry.
2003
Diversity in Blue
Innovative conference of performers, academics, therapists and service user artists with
• experiential workshops,
• talks and presentations
• sharing practice
• therapy and research
• forum for debate of arts mental health and well being
2005
Creative Minds
2 day Conference in Leeds City Art Gallery
Explored the creative process and where the desire to create resides. There was the launch of the Arts and Minds Network and Strategy
February 2007
“dys/connections “
a conference on arts, mental health and well being exploring connection and disconnection in mental health and recovery. It brought together people from mental health and arts worlds to better understand the internal and external worlds we inhabit.
The journey continues …
Leeds Mind Odyssey meets monthly
For more information contact
Marian Allmark, 0113 3056395, marian.allmark@leedsmh.nhs.uk
Ruth Steinberg ruth.steinberg@imhleeds.leedsmind.org.uk
All in the mind
All in the mind
Creativity is all in the mind
I can’t write
I can’t do that or this or the other
It’s too much bother
It’s all right for you
I’d rather be in bed With a fresh brew
Come on you can do it
Just have a go
You’ll get through it
Forget about your woe
You never know
Ho ho ho…
Epic poem created at Leeds Mind Odyssey, Dys/connection conference Leeds Tuesday 27 February Carriageworks, Leeds by Ian MacMillan and participants
