Two artists talk mental illness, mental health, and the creative path

Program Title: Art and health connections
Description: The experimental link between creativity and mental illness is well-documented, and now a new study out of Hungary has discovered what could be a genetic link between the two. In dicussing his findings, Dr. Szabolcs Keri also suggested that people with mental illness can express themselves a lot better through visual and musical forms of communication. [Source: The Edmonton Journal]

Host(s): Kevin Midbo, Jan Coleman
Featured Speakers/Guests: We speak with Nigel Bart, an artist and studio facilitator at Artbeat Studio in Winnipeg and Wallace Malay, a Nanaimo-based artist and advocate for people experiencing mental illness, addiction and/or homelessness.

Credits: People First Radio is an initiative of Columbian Centre Society and broadcast on CHLY 101.7 FM community/campus radio in Nanaimo, B.C.

Comments: The opnions expressed are not necessarily those of Columbian Centre Society or Radio Malaspina Society.