Storytelling for Mental Wellbeing

Mark Pearson (Assistant Professor Mental Health, University of Nottingham) and artist Andy Farr talk about the use of poetry and painting in recovery from trauma. This will include a visual presentation of Andy’s most recent exhibition – Inside out: portraits of emotional resilience.

Join them for a Q&A accompanied, chaired by Dr Gary Winship, (Senior Fellow and arts co-ordinator of the Institute of Mental Health).

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 9–18 November 2023. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. The University of Nottingham is one of this year’s five Festival Hubs nationwide