Image credit: Indigo Price

Mental Health Awareness Week: 15th - 21st May

LU Arts believes that an engagement with the arts can have a transformative impact on our wellbeing.

Time to focus on a creative practice allows you to fully engage with a creative moment and forget about the stresses of daily life.
 
It is also extremely rewarding to create something new, no matter what your ability.  
 
As such we are programming a series of events across our two campuses and we hope that these, along with other initiatives, such as our recently published Journal, or our work we are doing with Student Services will make a meaningful contribution to supporting our staff and students mental health.

Events

An illustration showing a hand holding a camera, surrounding it is a heart, lightbulb, earth and pencil

4 May: Fluid Marks Workshop

Part of the Creative Wellbeing Series
An illustration showing a hand holding a camera, surrounding it is a heart, lightbulb, earth and pencil

11 May: Bare Bones Journaling

Part of the Creative Wellbeing Series
A photograph of various sewing equipment and cotton string

15 May: Sewing the Stress Away

A 2-hour sewing workshop at Loughborough London, where you can decorate your own canvas banners with felt, ribbons and beads.
A photograph at sunset of the Olympic Stadium with shadows of people walking

16 May: London Wellness Sketching Walk

Sketch and explore the art trail of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Fruit trees in blossom in an orchard with a blue sky full of white clouds.

16 May: Fruit Routes Spring Walk

Discover the edible route of fruit and nut trees on campus that make up Fruit Routes in this Springtime foraging and wild being event.
A photograph of a selection of colourful knitted squares.

16 May: Wellbeing Weaving

A relaxing workshop as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, using small hand weaving frames to make weaved squares.

LU Arts Journal

A mockup of our LU Arts journal on a pale yellow background

We’ve produced our very own journal, to encourage students and staff to give it a go.

If you would like a copy of the journal then please contact the LU Arts office by emailing LUArts@lboro.ac.uk or drop in to the office between 9am and 5pm Mon-Wed (MHL0.13, ground floor, Martin Hall).