111. Laura Greenway - Communicating mental illness through art

In this episode, multidisciplinary artist Laura Greenway speaks openly about her multiple mental health diagnoses, her process of art-making, and how her art and experiences of mental health challenges go hand-in-hand. She also describes her journey into working in monochrome and how her performance art began. 

CW: Medical trauma as a result of incorrect diagnosis as a child.  

We discuss her first performance piece which you can view here.

Laura on Instagram.

Coming up to Christmas 2021, we'd like to share Sarah Millican's resource which you can get involved with on Twitter, the #JoinIn campaign 

Show host - Alba Frederick 

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Gavin O’Brien - Citóg