Art For Anxiety (afternoons)

I f you are already attending the Art For Anxiety (evening) sessions, please do not sign up for these afternoon sessions. We have a lot of people interested, and we want as many people as possible to benefit from these free sessions. Additionally, we will be repeating the activity from the evening sessions each month on these afternoon sessions.

Each individual person should also book a spot for themselves. We have restricted bookings here on Eventbrite to one space per signup.

The world can feel a little overwhelming right now, and now more than ever many of us are experiencing anxiety. In these monthly sessions we’ll work at a relaxed pace to explore art forms that help to soothe anxiety. Each session will aim to give you a new tool to use in anxious moments.

No experience is necessary and all materials are supplied.

These sessions are planned so it works for participants to attend just one or all sessions. You won’t have missed out if you can't come to the session before, however those who have can build on their existing skills.

It's free to come along, however booking is required for each session as spaces are limited. As they are really popular, if something changes and you can no longer make it, please cancel your booking or get in touch so that someone else can benefit from coming along.

These sessions are for people aged 18 and over.

We're delighted to be able to run these workshops throughout 2024 thanks to funding from the Creative Community Hubs Community Commissioning Grant.

About Heather:

Heather Marshall (she/her) is a queer, disabled, multi award winning, socio political artist and writer. She often works under the company name Creative Electric where she creates theatre and live art with and for people that may not traditionally engage in the arts due to social and/or financial barriers.

The first lockdown in March 2020 saw her focus on creating street art as a means to communicate with her local community which led to her creating My Aunties a Vandal, an art project for young people using video and illustrated story sheets, that explored alternative methods of communication. https://www.imaginate.org.uk/artists/projects/ideas-fund-my-aunties-a-vandal

She now has an established tape art practice which allows her to create interactive and removable street art provocations. Her tape art work can be found throughout Edinburgh and participants of tape art workshops are now creating their own work across the world.

Heather has created work for local, national and international organisations including Edinburgh International Festival, National Theatre of Scotland, ITAC 4 New York, ITAC5 Seoul, BOP, Imaginate, LeithLate, Stoff Stockholm, Touretteshero, BAC, Dance Base, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The Fruitmarket Gallery.

Throughout all these connections she has focused on elevating and celebrating voices that may not traditionally be heard within their communities.

For more information on Heather’s work and Creative Electric please go to https://www.creative-electric.org

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creative_electric

Twitter https://twitter.com/Creativelectric

Access

There is ramped access into the building. The event will be held on the ground floor of Duncan Place Community Hub and is wheelchair accessible.

There are two individual toilets on the ground floor with one being wheelchair accessible.

We will be based around tables at this group. There are seats with and without arm rests. Seats are hard plastic. We have some padded chair cushions available on request.

There is foyer space and outdoor space for those that might need to break away to a quieter area during the session.

If there is anything we can do to help you attend these workshops, please get in touch with Drew by emailing events@duncanplace.org or telephoning 0131 364 4350.

Getting Here

We can be found on Google Maps here > https://goo.gl/maps/qNZeEKWL1uhdQRBd7

Duncan Place is a few minutes’ walk from Leith Walk, Duke Street, Great Junction Street and Easter Road. This area is very well served with buses, including 1, 7, 14, 16, 21, 25, 34, 35 & 49.

www.lothianbuses.com has a journey planner.

Bike racks are available in our outdoor space. Please bring a secure lock. We do not have any to loan out & bikes and scooters are not allowed in the building. Bikes and scooters are left at your own risk and Duncan Place will not accept any responsibility for any damage or theft. CCTV does cover the bike racks.

Duncan Place has 1 disabled parking space and 1 further space alongside the exterior fencing, both available on a first come basis.

Parking bays have been painted on the road outside the building and on-street (card only) pay and display meters have been installed by City of Edinburgh Council, at a rate of £3.10 per hour, Monday to Friday 8:30am until 5:30pm.

There are also yellow zig zags on the street. Again, please check signage but at the time of writing it is free to park on the zigs zags after 4pm Mon to Fri and all day on the weekends.

There is free parking at the nearby Tesco. At the time of writing parking is available for up to 3 hours.