breakdown bolton cic
Bolton
Founded in 2016, Breakdown Bolton is a community interest company which is peer
led by qualified and experienced artists who have had experience of mental
health issues. We work in many different art forms and aim to offer our
participants high quality arts classes, exhibition, and cultural opportunities.
We do this by promoting high level creativity, individual expression, and
empowerment through art, in a safe and positive environment for those across the
Greater Manchester region. At Breakdown Bolton we focus on increasing
accessibility to art for those with lived experience of mental health and
substance misuse issues. We are passionate about breaking down the barriers,
stigma and prejudice and raising awareness of these issues. Breakdown Bolton can
provide a stepping stone towards further artistic development for a person whose
education, employment, and creative practices have been interrupted by poor
mental health or substance misuse issues. At Breakdown Bolton we have a diverse
range of skills within the team which we use to develop and deliver projects of
the highest quality. We are professional artists educated at University level,
having had visual artwork and writing published and commissioned. Our members
have been awarded both individual and collective grants from bodies such as the
Arts Council and are Unltd Alumni. In 2017, Breakdown Bolton was nominated for a
National Diversity Award. Since then, we have been recipients of a New Art Space
through Castlefield Gallery, worked closely with NeoArtists in Bolton, and have
forged strong working partnerships with regional arts education organisations
such as theatres, galleries, and local community services.
