Art for Mental Health is a charity art event hosted by Lifeline and their selected partners in honour of World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2021. The goal is to raise awareness and destigmatise conversations around mental health as well as raise funds for Lifeline.
With the theme “the space between” we want to invite everyone inspired by this topic to share their perspective through artistic works. Lifeline is calling on artists of all ages and abilities to submit artwork.
Our belief at Lifeline is that struggling with our mental health and being in a difficult place in our lives, isn’t seen as a negative ‘place’ or ‘place people shouldn’t be’ or ‘should try to get back from’. We believe that these challenging and sometimes very painful experiences are a part of our lives as human beings, and can be accepted and managed with support – our power is in the awareness and acceptance of our mental health – as it is, at any point throughout our life span.
To inspire participation and allow creative freedom for both the community and professional artists, the theme is broad, open and connecting to mental health and well-being. The theme encompasses the idea that struggling with mental health distress doesn’t make a person weak or unwell; that in fact it can happen to anyone and that it is happening to almost everyone at one point in our lives. That is especially true as we are going through a global pandemic that challenges our community and all of us individually in an unprecedented way.
Theme: The Space Between
Based on the idea that the space between feeling stable and experiencing challenges with our mental health, is not a line that we cross but a continuum, and sometimes all of us can experience difficulties and suffer such distress in one or another direction. And at the same time, the space we exist in between feeling more or less stable can be impacted by things that make a real difference to our wellbeing: the connection between us, being there for each other, sharing what we are experiencing and both showing and allowing compassion for ourselves and others to come forth in our lives.
All donated art submissions will be displayed at selected partner locations around Shanghai and sold to raise funds for Lifeline.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & RULES
There are two categories for submission: Professional and Community. A selection of final artworks will be displayed at our partners’ venues on 27 October 2021 with all proceeds from purchased artwork going directly to Lifeline.
Category: Professional
All participating professional artists are honour-bound to the rules below:
- Artists to send a working title, short description for their art piece, artist bio, professional headshot (hi-res) and personal/professional reference links to Lifeline by 6pm, 22 October 2021. Submitted materials will undergo a screening process (for thematic relevance and content where appropriate) in coordination with artist and Lifeline.
- Upon final submission:
- Artists agree to have their final art pieces displayed at select partners’ physical space(s) in Shanghai, China. Artists are in charge of framing, detailing and overseeing the end-to-end set-up of their final art piece. All production costs will be borne by artists, with all proceeds from purchased art going directly to Lifeline.
- Artists agree to have adaptations of their final pieces used across relevant promotional materials for The Space Between, and Lifeline’s official website. Ownership of the creative rights will remain with the artist/author. In return Lifeline agrees to reference their art piece with artists name and relevant information provided (please see above)
- Lifeline retains the right, however, to distribute printed adaptations of these artworks for future charity developments or collateral as they see fit. If you are uncomfortable with how your work is being used, please drop us an email at thespacebetween@lifelinechina.org. Submissions can be also removed from Lifeline’s official website and social media after 31 October 2021 by request of the artist. Please send us an email at thespacebetween@lifelinechina.org if you’d like us to remove your work. Please include the word “ProArt” in the subject line.
Category: Community
All participating community artists are honour-bound to the rules below:
- Art pieces will be accepted in A3 format and 2D only. Within these limits the art piece itself can be any form (written poems, paintings, photographs, prints etc.)
- Along with submission artists are invited to send the following information to Lifeline using the artwork submission form:
- title
- short description of their artpiece
- relevant facts about themselves,
- All submissions must be recived by 22 October 2021.
- Submitted materials will undergo a screening process (for thematic relevance and content where appropriate) by Lifeline.
- Please address all submissions to our partner EF’s Headquarter:
Education First
Reference: Lifeline’s “Art for Mental Health / The Space Between”
1F Jiu An Plaza, 258 Tongren Road, Shanghai, China 200040 - Upon final submission:
- Artists agree to donate their art piece to Lifeline. From this moment Lifeline is allowed to display/exhibit, adapt and sell their submitted piece(s). All proceeds from this charity art event will go to Lifeline. Ownership of the creative rights will remain with the artist/author.
- Artists further agree to have their final art pieces displayed at select partners’ physical space(s) in Shanghai, China. Lifeline will be in charge of framing, detailing and overseeing the end-to-end set-up of the final art piece. All production costs will be borne by artists, with all proceeds from purchased art going directly to Lifeline.
- Artists agree to have adaptations of their final pieces used across relevant promotional materials for The Space Between, and Lifeline’s official website. In return Lifeline agrees to reference their art piece with artists name and relevant information provided (please see above)
- Lifeline retains the right, however, to distribute printed adaptations of these artworks for future charity developments or collateral as they see fit.If you are uncomfortable with how your work is being used, please drop us an email at thespacebetween@lifelinechina.org. Submissions can be also removed from Lifeline’s official website and social media after 31 October 2021 by request of the artist. Please send us an email at thespacebetween@lifelinechina.org if you’d like us to remove your work. Please include the word “ComArt” in the subject line.
