Art4Me
Practices of Art for Adults with Mental Health Difficulties
Project description
The main mission of the Art4Me project is to promote mental health through art therapy to adults with mental ill health and highlight the importance of mental health promotion by visual arts.
European partners from Denmark, Greece, Italy, Croatia and Portugal have united around Art4Me to promote forms of art, such as painting, music, performing and expressive writing as beneficial ways to treat mental ill health.
The project links mental health and art in order to create a unique opportunity to provide a new platform for knowledge-sharing across borders and also a pathway for better empowerment for citizens with mental ill health or at risk of having mental health challenges.
A transnational meeting in the form of a training programme was held in Zagreb, Croatia in July 2022 where again I was invited to participate as a EUFAMI representative but also as a member of the Greek Carers Network NGO EPIONI.
Another training programme was carried out on 15th December 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal where partners of the project were trained into how to set up art festivals promoting mental health and human rights.
The project closed off with an Art & Mental Health Festival, which took place on 25th -26th May 2023 on the island of Aegina, Greece during the “European Mental Health Week”.
The festival brought together artists, mental health professionals and individuals with lived experience to explore the intersection between art and mental health.
Further information on the project and its objectives can be viewed on the project’s website ( http://art4me.eu/ ).
The website reflects all the amazing artistic work that has been done in Europe currently to raise awareness in mental health.
EUFAMI has acted as an associate partner and representative of the project at European level throughout 2021, 2022 and 2023.