Atlas to Recovery

About

Atlas to Recovery is a multi-arts project involving professional artists and facilitators Susan Clarke, Saul Hewish, Kath Stanway, Dan Higgs, Siobhan Mcaleer, Fateha Begum, Andrea Joseph, James Earls-Davis, Emily Andrews and Cynthia Coady working with B arts Advisory Group and Volunteer Performers, The Social Agency, ASHA, Changes and Growthpoint.

The broad theme of the project is recovery, particularly from periods of mental ill health. Each community group will work with two or more artists and facilitators to create an exhibit of four large interactive maps, made using decoupage. This interactive exhibit will open in the B arts building on Saturday 1st April 2023.

These maps, based on a type of medieval map called a mappa mundi, will tell stories of people's experiences, expressed in imagery and text. Each map will include a number of buttons that, when pressed, trigger audio recordings of stories and accompanying the exhibit will be a musical soundtrack. The process of creating and realising the project will be documented by way of a short video.

Saul Hewish Project Leader of Atlas to Recovery says; "We started working with group members this week and already we have a lot of great ideas about how to express people's experiences of recovery. I'm really excited to see how these ideas grow into large pieces of art."

Quote from Growthpoint participant; "The process of recovery from mental ill health is different for everyone. The mappa mundi is a great way to show this because they are less about a realistic representation of a particular landscape, but much more about a way of communicating ideas, stories and beliefs."

Atlas to Recovery has been funded by Stoke City Council's Project Grants.

Atlas to Recovery will be open;

Saturday 1st April 10-3pm

Sunday 2nd April 12-4pm

Monday 3rd April 2-8pm

Tuesday 4th April 2-8pm

Wednesday 5th April 2-8pm

Thursday 6th April 2-8pm