I met the very wonderful Karen Heald last night as an introduction to my up-and-coming training with her on the Artists as Learners course at Oriel MOSTYN Llandudno. Just wanted to say thanks so much TEAM for your invaluable support - I'll keep you posted here when I start on 19th Nov.  In the meantime, please pass along Karen's invite to her show at 

in-between-ness and collaborative research A talk by Karen Heald and Susan Liggett   Thursday 31 October 2013, 1.30pm Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Glyndŵr University, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AW
This event is a fantastic opportunity to meet artists Karen Heald and Susan Liggett and hear them talk about their films and paintings, as well as the artwork of the participants in their in-between-ness research project.    The talk will focus on the collaborative nature of their work and demonstrate how their novel collaboration between professional artists, clinical researchers and people suffering from depression extend the exploration of the experiential effects of antidepressant treatment.     Come along and hear how creative people with different perspectives and skills have worked with consultant Psychiatrists to provide new insights and the new forms of understanding that could open up the future.   For more information about this talk, or to book a place, please email orielsycharth@glyndwr.ac.uk or call 01978 293950. in-between-ness: using art to capture a sense of self, is an exhibition of paintings, film stills and moving image by contemporary artists Karen Heald and Susan Liggett, running in the Oriel Sycharth Gallery until 4 November.  in-between-ness is an innovative exploration of the effect that art has on the way that people express themselves and respond to their environment whilst undergoing treatment for mental health problems. The works displayed are the result of a collaborative study between professional artists, clinical researchers and people suffering from depression to explore the experiential effects of antidepressant treatment. Karen Heald is an artist, experimental filmmaker and Honorary Research Fellow in Social Sciences at Bangor University. Her research explores in-between-ness through time, creativity and its relationship to video, site-specificity, and the philosophical complexities of arts and science collaborations.   Susan Liggett is a practising painter and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Glyndŵr University. Her work explores personal memory within the genres of landscape, figure and still life painting.   Recent collaborative exhibitions include: Videoformes, Trinity Church, Salford (2012); The Vending Machine, Serra dei Giardini and the Contemporary Art Galleria Perela, Venice (2011); Visualising the Invisible, Glyndŵr University, Wrexham (2010).
	For further details please email orielsycharth@glyndwr.ac.uk or call 01978 293950  Oriel Sycharth Gallery opening times: Mon – Fri, 9am – 4.30pm. Admission is free.   glyndwr.ac.uk/OrielSycharthGallery