First Fortnight is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of John McCarthy, founder of Mad Pride Ireland and inspirational figure in the campaign to end prejudice and discrimination in mental health. Our thoughts are with John’s son Dave and all the family. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change [...]
Archive | 2012
Jan
09
First Fortnight Enters Its Second Week
Ireland’s first mental health arts festival starts its second week this morning with so much still to come. The excellent “Dont be Scared” exhibition continues in Film Base and Dublin Exchange. The Therapy Sessions in the Workman’s Club have been an amazing mix of great poetry, great music and buzzng audiences and the final Therapy [...]
Jan
07
Lemeh42 at the Exchange in Temple Bar
Quietly and gently Michael from Lemeh42 who comes from Ancona on the east coast of Italy is drifting around the studio space at the Exchange, beautifully filled with light down in the old part of Temple Bar – in the other rooms people are meeting boisterously, conversing and at the window kids and mothers stare [...]
Jan
06
More First Fortnight street art – been busy!
Morgan Of course no better time than New Years Day to spend some time with Morgan, we met up for a quick chat and to literally get me to help him put up his piece for the FirstFortnight fest we are both working on, It’s been a testing year for him so the timing and idea seemed apt, [...]
Jan
03
Don’t Be Scared (Guest Post by @Roisalicious)
Fear. When I close my eyes and imagine what it looks like I see a huge ball of black mála. Right at the top of my chest. When I eat, food has to make its way around it and I have to breathe extra hard just so the air can get to my lungs. I [...]
Jan
02
First Therapy Session Lineup Announced
The lineup for this coming Wednesday’s Therapy Session in The Workman’s Club has been unveiled. The first of 3 intimate sessions will feature spoken word performances from Vickey Curtis, Sarah Marie Griffin and Alex Barclay. There will also be acoustic music performances from VerseChorusVerse, Thomas Walsh, Tieranniesaur and Mark Geary. Tickets for this event are [...]
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