Wow, can you believe it’s already April? It feels like just yesterday we wrapped up last year’s festival! We are pleased to share that planning is underway for this year’s North Ayrshire Mental Health Arts Festival, taking place from 20 October to 9 November 2026. This year’s festival theme is Reflections, inviting creative responses thatContinue reading “Its that time again! Call for events and ideas for this years festival (2026).”
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The first Creative Connect of the year!
We were delighted to welcome a range of community creatives to our first Creative Connect event last week at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine. The afternoon was rich in conversation and connections, allowing us all to learn about individual plans or opportunities to collaborate as part of this year’s festival. It was inspiring toContinue reading “The first Creative Connect of the year!”
Looking back on our festival journey so far
The past two years have been a huge learning curve for all of us involved in creating and running the North Ayrshire Mental Health Arts Festival. The process of learning to plan and coordinate a programme of events has been challenging at times, but the rewards have outweighed any stress encountered along the way !Continue reading “Looking back on our festival journey so far”