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Blog Posts

  • The Cycle of Joy – A bit of insight from what I understand to be Joy

    Blog post by WJC I have coached many sports and seeing people develop and find Joy in achieving is amazing, a deep part of my life. So when I had to stop sport due to weak bones, I switched my coaching to Art, and it works!  I love leading workshops at Centrepieces Mental Health Arts Read more

  • Some thoughts about Joy

    Blog post by WJC The Theo Paphitis Art Prize this year has chosen the theme of Joy for artists to respond to. This I found both challenging and thought provoking as Joy seems a somewhat difficult concept for someone with anxiety and depression! If they had set sadness. I would have been fine! Three weeks Read more

  • Things that stop your joy, feelings of failure

    Blog Post by WJC If you’re new to this blog, I have entered the LGC X Theo Paphitis Art Prize which has the theme of Joy. Therefore I am blogging about Joy for August. This post is how I think about failure, as I do not want failure to prevent, or dampen, my experiences of Read more

  • WJC: Choosing my entry to LGC X Theo Paphitis Art Prize

    On this blog post, WJC, one of Centrepieces artists talks about joining the London Graphic Centre 2024 Art prize. I came to Art from a sports background and having developed weak bones and a broken leg I had to give up sport and now use my energy for producing art. So a competition? that’s right Read more

  • Centrepieces @ The Pop Up ~ OPEN DAY Saturday 21st October 2023

    Article written by Centrepieces Artist and volunteer – Lesley Cody On Saturday 21 October 2023, Centrepieces held an open day at their pop-up premises at Sidcup Manor House.  Centrepieces is a mental health arts charity that supports and promotes mental health recovery through the arts. The Mayor and Mayoress of Bexley were delighted to attend the Read more

  • Centrepieces Celebrates 20th Anniversary

    2019: The Year We Turned 20! Two decades of expressive and exploratory art, promoting a better understanding of mental illness to the wider community  As another year comes to a close, and a new one begins, it seems fit to reflect on the past year. 2019 marked Centrepieces 20th anniversary! And what a successful twelve Read more

  • Just Trying to Understand

    Blog post by Christie Cassisa Sometimes my heart feels like it is going to break and I don’t know why.   I feel stuck, sometimes, like that.  At that point where my heart is going to break.  And I don’t know why. Its not a nice feeling, like there is a tornado coming, and you Read more

  • Creative Writing

    Blog post by Jo Morris “So……. we draw, we paint, we sculpt, we mosaic and now we Creative Write! Friday afternoons will never be the same again! It’s always great when we are approached by people offering to share their particular skills with Centrepiece artists.  This was the case with Jo Morris, an English teacher Read more

  • Canaletto at the Queen’s Gallery

    A group of Centrepieces artists and friends visited the Queen’s Gallery in London on 6th November 2017 by invitation, to see the current exhibition of paintings by Italian artist Canaletto (1697-1768) and to take part in a drawing workshop led by Emma Finch, one of the gallery’s artists. We were given a quick talk about Read more