CoolTan Arts had a public launch of the ‘Anthropology’ poetry book at the Liberty festival at The Trafalgar Square on 4th of September. We also had a stall and CoolTan Arts performed poetry in the Red Jesus Tent and the Comedy & Cabaret Space.
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She is performing her latest show ‘Losing It’.
A unique chance to see her in an intimate private setting!
Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
Buy your tickets now!
£10 for unwaged / salary under 14k, £20 for salary under £30k, £25 for salaries £30k+.
It’s a fundraiser for CoolTan Arts, please come along and invite friends.
Email Clara at clara@cooltanarts.org.uk or call 020 7701 2696 to book. Limited seating capacity, please pay and book beforehand.
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Date: 18 Se
ptember 2010
Start: 12noon at Maudsley Hospital,
Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ
Walk leader: Ari Henry
Join walk leader Ari and the Largactyl walkers for a guided cultural walk through South London. Discover local artist Austin Spare, who lived and worked at Elephant & Castle and Walworth Road and whose first exhibition was held at Walworth Town Hall. Explore the local history of Southwark, visit the Austin Osman Spare exhibition at Cuming Museum on the route of the walk and uncover the history of mental health in the borough.
CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle is a guided cultural walk from the Maudsley Hospital to Tate Modern designed to encourage mental and physical wellbeing, through art, exercise, humour and history, de-stigmatizing mental distress.
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CoolTan Arts in partnership
with Carnegie Library presents
Road To Recovery Exhibition
5 October – 31 October 2010
Opening event will be on the Tue 05 Oct at 6:30 pm
Carnegie Library is at
188 Herne Hill Road,
London SE24 0AG
This exhibition features artworks by participants at CoolTan Arts’ workshops and promotes mental health awareness and wellbeing.
Everyone is welcome to come along.
Opening times: Monday – 1pm-8pm, Tuesday – closed, Wednesday – 10am-6pm, Thursday – closed, Friday – 10am-6pm, Saturday – 9am-5pm, Sunday – closed
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Mad Heritage Exhibition
October 4-29
A group exhibition of CoolTan artists celebrating World Mental Health and raising awareness of the charity’s work: promoting wellbeing through Art.
The artists are all participants of workshops run for and by those whom have experienced mental distress, their work bears testimony to the exceptional power of art to transform and liberate. Through painting, drawing, sculpture, textile and written word we see the triumphal, extraordinary and unusual exploration of our Mad Heritage.
Special Event: 19th October 6-9pm Oh!Gallery:
Meet the artists, watch a screening of the Largactyl Shuffle film and presentation of CoolTan’s work.
Exhibitions and Event entry are free –Come join the fun – You’d be mad not to!
With special thanks to Michelle, the tutors and participants for their contribution and support.
Thanks to Oxford House and Suzie Ragab for hosting this exciting exhibition.
Location:
Oh! Gallery, Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG, http://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/
Opening times: Mon – Fri 9am -9pm, Sat 10-2* (subject to staff availability)
More information about CoolTan Arts is available from Kathrin Kirrmann, Communications Officer, kathrin@cooltanarts.org.uk or call 020 77012696
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Join the fun, celebrate Mad Culture and World Mental Health Day
Saturday 09 October 2010, 11.30am
Where: Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ (by the main entrance) to Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG
Celebrate Mad Heritage with CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle, a guided cultural walk from the Maudsley Hospital to Tate Modern. We will be celebrating World Mental Health Day and ‘mad’ culture by placing disposable public sculptures that explore the past, present and future of “Madness and Contemporary Psychiatric Innovation”, along the walk route from the Maudsley Hospital to the Tate Modern.
Sign up to the walk now!
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Do you have spare time in the evenings and weekends? Do you enjoy working with people? Do you want to volunteer for a charity? Join us at CoolTan Arts as events volunteer.
CoolTan Arts is a charity set up by people with mental distress in 1996, with a focus on activity and participation we are looking for volunteers. The successful applicants will be a self-motivated with a cheerful outlook who can help ensure events run smoothly.
You must demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised and in a team, use their own initiative and communicate appropriately with a diverse range of people.
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11th September, 2pm at Hackney Marshes
COOLTAN ARTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH TWO2GO…
Join CoolTan Arts for an urban exploration walk of the area where the Olympics and Paralympics will take place in 2012; find out about the place, people and local community, and how the Olympics / Paralympics affect the everyday lives of Hackney community. It will be entertaining, with lots of quirky details and facts you never knew before!
Experience the clash between the former industrial area and the funky artistic area Hackney has become, and how it changed with the preparations and constructions for the Olympics.
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