Centrepieces will commence their contribution to Night Visions with an exhibition at The Stables Gallery at Hall Place. 

This will launch on 10 October, World Mental Health Day, and run until 4 November. The works on display, created by Centrepieces artists and the general public reference light as a theme, linked to the exploration of mental health.

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Taking inspiration from the exhibition, workshops are in the planning stage to give the public the chance to make light themed art, including a Collaborative Panel of Small Canvases where both Centrepieces artists and the public can contribute visually their thoughts and feelings about light (ref artist Robin Luciano Beaty), the creation of Glass Pebble Jars emanating light and an outdoor evening session where participants create light patterns through glow sticks or similar light emitting instruments which are then photographed and exhibited.

They will also be utilising the concept of light and dark in relation to thoughts, feelings and mental health, which people will be able to write down and put into boxes which will either be designated for opening up for sharing with others, or, if preferred, to be destroyed.

Centrepieces will be developing more opportunities throughout Night Visions – watch this space for more information.

Pebble Jar Lamp making workshops - Thursday 23 October and Thursday 30 October

Where: The Gallery, Unit 58, Bexleyheath, Broadway Shopping Centre (next to M&S)
Time: 11am to 1pm 
Cost: £5 per session (refunded after attending)

This is a community workshop, funded by the Night Visions Project.

Have a go at making your own pebble glass lamp - decorated with blue, gold and other coloured glass stones, your finished piece will look great as a relaxing light in your home.

To create your lamp, you will glue colourful glass pebbles onto your jar, then you have the option to “grout” (using a mix of black acrylic paint and PVA glue) or add small glass seed beads, or glitter to finish off your piece. Lamps will then need to dry before adding a warm glow battery-operated tea-light candle to create the perfect ambiance for any occasion, with a magical glow.

Adult workshops, booking is essential.

Email suet998@gmail.com with any questions.

Centrepieces artists will also be involved in a one-day workshop on Monday 27 October at Hall Place run by a ‘Same Sky’ to create Lanterns for the Hall Place event ‘Alice and the Queens Beasts’ in November.

About Centrepieces

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Centrepieces is a Mental Health Arts charity which exists to promote mental health recovery through art by creating a variety of opportunities for people experiencing mental ill health who wish to develop their art practice.

It is open to people at all stages in both their recovery and creative journeys and key ways in which we achieve our objectives are through an extensive programme of regular tutored art workshops, exhibitions, public art and working in the community in schools and with other groups.

Centrepieces also engages with the public through our various art activities and projects to help raise awareness about mental health. It is now in its 25th year and recently won the Kings Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) the highest accolade and MBE for the voluntary sector.