Are you interested in arts and would you like to find out more about CoolTan Arts?

Are you a Community mental health worker/Psychiatrist/Social Worker/Support Planner/Member of the Community Mental Health Team/Nurse/CPN/Outreach Worker/Key Worker? Someone experiencing mental distress/Disabled/Someone with complex needs/Dual Diagnosis? Do you have a personal budget? Are you looking for things to do to help with your recovery? Are you looking to find opportunities that will help increase your skills, break isolation, enable you to volunteer, get out of the house, make friends, go out on trips, enjoy what London has to offer, and develop your interests?

CoolTan Arts offers a range of opportunities, including workshops: Visual Arts, Textiles, IT, Video, Podcasting, Radio, Volunteering, Local History, Women Only Poetry, IT and Visual Arts; as well as: mixed Poetry, Knitting, Trips and Exhibitions.

Come along to our new referrals information session to find out more. Please contact Clara for more info: clara@cooltanarts.org.uk

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See the full slideshow on the Guardian Society website here, or download a PDF (1.7 MB) version here.

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In this video,the Mayor of Lambeth speaks before the start of this year’s Largactyl Shuffle Sponsored Walk which marks World Mental Health Day. In his brief speech at the Maudsley Hospital, he hailed the CoolTan Arts approach of placing emphasis on the role of creativity in the alleviation of mental health problems.

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Ruby Wax on the Largactyl Shuffle from CoolTan Arts on Vimeo.

Watch this video and hear Ruby Wax say she might come to the Largactyl Shuffle Sponsored Walk on Saturday 9 October 2010. So come along to the Maudsley Hospital and probably share the Largactyl Shuffle experience with Ruby Wax. See you there.

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The Nutty Professors from CoolTan Arts on Vimeo.

CoolTan Arts organised ‘The Nutty Professors’ an art exhibition of art works by CoolTan Arts tutors. The exhibition was held at Oxford House gallery. It included paintings, drawings, sculpture and a sound installation. In this video CoolTan Arts tutors talk about their works in the exhibition.

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CoolTan Arts and the Alternative Fashion Week 2010 from CoolTan Arts on Vimeo.

This video shows CoolTan Arts designers at work, the models who wore the designs and moments from the catwalk. CoolTan Arts showcased its designs at the 2010 Alternative Fashion Week – an annual event organised by Alternative Arts at the Spitalfields Market in central London. This year CoolTan designs were based on the theme ‘Twisted Tartan’ – a take on the Scottish weave based on a delicate selection of silk, hand crafted garments made from fabric that has been batik and dyed using vibrant layers of colour in swirley, spikey and twisted tartan designs.

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CoolTan Arts used the theme “Women That inspire You” to mark 2010 International Women’s Day. In this video women talk about women that inspire them. This also includes a historical view of the women who have lived and worked in Southwark.

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Creatures Lost In Time from CoolTan Arts on Vimeo.

This video takes you on a journey through the different realities of a state of mind exploring the relation between sound, words and visuals. The video is inspired by the soundtrack “Creatures Lost In Time”, a recording of the thoughts of CoolTan Arts participants who visited the exhibition “Walking In My Mind” at the Hayward Gallery.

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Video compiled by Shuffle regular See Li in March 2010.

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Michael from Cooltan Arts from bassac on Vimeo.

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