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2001: A Mind Odyssey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , May 2001 , pp. 196
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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!

  1. • Patients' art exhibition

  2. • The history of psychiatry — an enactment

  3. • Exhibition of psychiatrists' art

  4. • Art exhibitions on mental health

  5. • Music evenings

  6. • Dance workshops and performance

  7. • Arts and the mind — an event at the Birmingham Midlands Art Centre

  8. • An evening of storytelling and ballads

  9. • Poets and pints — poetry by psychiatrists

  10. • Dramatherapy — a one woman show

  11. • Contribution to the Hay Literary Festival

  12. • Culinary treats for school children

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