Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 196. doi: 10.1192/pb.25.5.196-a
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 196
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
2001
A Mind Odyssey
Sculpture, Bhangra dance, film, playwriting, drama, literature, music and
visual arts. These are just a few of the events at the Annual Meeting in July,
which will launch 2001: A Mind Odyssey, the College's year-long celebration of
the arts, the mind and psychiatry.
Highlights will include the inaugural concert by the College Music Society,
conducted by a member of the College, Dr David Kingsley. The orchestra and
choir will also perform Paean, a piece commissioned especially for
the opening ceremony from composer Guy Woolfenden, Head of Music at the Royal
Shakespeare Company for 37 years.
During the Annual Meeting there will be an opportunity to view some of the
Bethlem Hospital's important art collection at a special exhibition in Central
London. For those interested in 20th Century icons, the Director
of the National Portrait Gallery will introduce the collections at a special
reception in the galleries.
The College is working with a number of partners in the arts the
internationally renowned Courtauld Gallery and Royal Court Theatre to
create innovative programmes and new theatre. Films relating to psychiatry
will be explored through a festival of films that will premier at the
Riverside Studios in West London. It is hoped to replicate this event around
the country. Service users will have an opportunity to enter a College art
competition. The winning entries will be shown at exhibitions in London and
Cardiff. For all events by the College, see the calendar of events below.
2001: A Mind Odyssey is about participation. We hope the celebration's
momentum will come from members around the country. Many ideas are currently
being explored. Some of the innovative initiatives planned by members are
listed below. We hope these will inspire you to organise an event in your
area!
- Patients' art exhibition
- The history of psychiatry an enactment
- Exhibition of psychiatrists' art
- Art exhibitions on mental health
- Music evenings
- Dance workshops and performance
- Arts and the mind an event at the Birmingham Midlands Art
Centre
- An evening of storytelling and ballads
- Poets and pints poetry by psychiatrists
- Dramatherapy a one woman show
- Contribution to the Hay Literary Festival
- Culinary treats for school children