⭐ We are selling our remaining exhibition catalogues. Uniquely designed, printed and collated. The catalogue includes curator notes, a beautiful text by Graham Brittain, our favourite Mary Oliver poem and a personal statement about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

A gorgeous walk yesterday with my mum, Bronze and Meg. Still tired today. But back to reality now, financial panic, working hard, meetings and some cleaning. #DogWalking #ArtistLife #Friday #SpringerSpaniel

Tried to draw Jackson last night and he kept walking on the page so I kept drawing around his teeny feet :) #Cat #Jackson #Drawing #MentalHealth

How is everyone today?

Morning, let’s hope today is more positive. Lots to do — admin, mentoring, access support, and walking Bronze Meant to go to a gallery meeting but not sure I’ve got enough petrol to make it back…the joys of low income #AccessSupport #LowIncomeLife #HopefulStart #CreativeCommunity #DisabilityWork

Just got called a fat c_nt by a man in a van because I refused to move when it was my right of way. He said 'move woman fuck sake. You shouldn't be driving you fat c_nt' I wish his misogynistic vile unsurprising outburst didn't affect me. But I sat crying in the carpark for 30 mins.

🎄 Christmas is coming, do you want to gift somebody a unique, original drawing? I am opening up commissions! A partner, friend, your pet? Happy to discuss anything that is out of the ordinary (like compositions, large scale, paint etc) ⭐ A5/A4 = £25 A3 = £30 ⭐ Contact: [email protected]

Some mono prints last night to stave off anxiety. Took myself to the Bitter End Café for a brew, even though i desperately wanted a bevvy. The house scenes are pics taken when i'm stood in the back alley taking Bronze for a wee Monos are for sale 💰 #artforsale #anxiety #sobriety #monoprint #sale

𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀! 🔥 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 (𝗵𝗲/𝗵𝗶𝗺) 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆-𝘁𝗼-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. #artist

How is everyone this weekend? I am about to pop a film on and put my feet up! #SaturdayNight #mentalhealth #checkin

👀 A new board member?? Please welcome Fauziya Johnson to the team! 🔥 I first discovered the work of Fauziya when I found Rooted Zine (a North-West based zine and online platform for creative people of colour founded alongside artist Amber Akaunu) #boardmember #mentalhealthsupport #artist

Watched Vertigo tonight. Wow. What a film!! #AlfredHitchcock #film night #nightoff

Thanks so much Peter!!! 🤘🏼

My awesome pal Lizz's art project has a cool new website. Have a nosey, art lovers ⬇️⬇️

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 www.brokengreywires.co.uk ⚡️ 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙤 ⚡️ 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⚡️ 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 ⚡️ 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 ⚡️ 𝘼𝙣 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 ⚡️ 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨

Whilst I am here, I have opened up commission for original mono prints! Either your ideas or my own weird thoughts ⚡️ Support is welcome as we develop and push our ideas to enable us to support artists facing barriers. ko-fi.com/lizzbrady Get in touch! #commissionsopen #monoprints #mentalhealth

Our new website is launching in a few days. We've changed platforms, learnt coding & created a new logo / feel. Our new focus will be revealed & we are excited to share! For now, here is a little peek at our home page 🔥 #artist #mentalhealth #communitysupport #mentalhealthsupport #artcommunity

I've always wanted to play football again. I used to be really good. I got scouted for the school of excellence and stuff. Then I became mentally ill, and couldnt keep that insecurity away, the chronically low self esteem and the voices in my head telling me that I was crap and a loser and a failure

I have decided to try and sort the back yard. Currently it is a disgrace (!) messy, filthy, concrete box. I cant sit out there as it is depressing.

11 years ago. Early in the day. I was serious as well. So much pain in my head. Now just over 21 months sober. No alcohol, no drugs. I still think about doing it every day but I am slowly figuring things out. How to keep going with sobriety, how to care for myself, how to enjoy other things.

Curatorial decisions ... More to come. #curator #artexhibition

I do drawing at times when I'm very anxious. This is my mum sharpening pencils, sat outside the van in Wales. Meg the spaniel is relaxing next to us. #drawing #pendragon #artwork #anxiety #mentalhealth #sobriety

A beach day to beat the blues.

North West based... Anyone know someone with a van that can move a sofa? Please let me know :) #moving #van #community #moveasofa

1am. Anxiety stopping sleep. So I'm sketching Bronze in bed. Envious of her soft snores. #mentalhealth #anxiety #drawing #spaniel

My anxiety has been so high the last 2 weeks. It's always there but the past 2 weeks have been debilitating. Constant nauseous waves. Panic. Struggling with breath. Any advice? I take medication, I walk my dog etc I try to have baths and read and I eat pretty ok? #anxiety #mentalhealth

⚡️ Why it is a radical idea to crave a safe space to experience mental illness? For BGW it is no longer just a dream to ‘want’ better services, we demand this, and we will build these spaces ourselves alongside other creative, determined, frustrated communities.

This is someone you should be following and amplify if you are interested in art and mental health. Love their projects (and ahem: have even shown with them)!

A lovely few hours with friends. Had these for the first time. Very nice!! Was good to switch off from work for a bit. #sobriety #recovery

The worlds greatest artist/technician//dog mum?? @kirsty-harris.bsky.social Thank you for all your unbelievable support over the last 8 years. #friendship #artistsupport #artcommunity #artexhibition #mentalhealth

Me and Bronze this evening. #football #springerspaniel #cuddle

How is everyone feeling this week? A bit of a rough one here. A lot of stress and overwhelm, with finances being the main culprit!!

It's always good to see the sun!! What are your Sunday plans? #Sunday #theweekend

⭐️ 𝘉𝘎𝘞 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴. #solidarity #mentalhealthsystem #illness #communityart

𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭

Drinking tea. Watching a documentary. Dog is asleep to the left of me, and the cat is sleeping in front of me in the dog bed!! Had a long evening out. Sobriety is tough when people are all drunk! But got through it, had a nice time, and i won't be hungover in the morning. 🤘🏼

⭐️ 𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀.

Have your say on copyright & AI! 📢 The UK government is seeking input on how AI interacts with creative rights. Share your thoughts before the deadline. 🔗 bit.ly/3EWXpnu #AI #Copyright #Consultation

Access isn’t a luxury - it’s what levels the playing field so disabled artists can thrive. Our "How to Write an Access Rider" guide is here to help you identify your needs and advocate with confidence: bit.ly/38jvoqn Your art matters. #DisabilityArts #AccessIsEquity

Who should we be following? Any recommendations then send our way 😀 #mentalhealth #artist #disabilityarts #artorganisation #artproject #accessibility #following #newhere

Hello BlueSky! We are Broken Grey Wires. BGW is managed by those who identify as sick, disabled or mad. This is crucial to the bones of our organisational structure. We use lived experience and radical empathy to connect with our communities. #mentalhealth #disabilityart #artist