Inter- Arts Festival Background 

Inter-Arts Festival was founded by Fiona Love Pattison and is a group of creative artists, who like to do things a little differently. It is also creative people we meet on our travels too and who connect with what we do.  We formed in Autumn 2016  at Artsmill, Hebden Bridge and we met up every first Wednesday of the month in Hebden Bridge and created 'Art Through Trauma' in 2018. 

 

In 2019 we did a #mentalhealthawareness festival in May and in August we did our Festival of Childhood.

 

The Covid pandemic happened in March 2020, so in May 2020, we did the whole Festival ' Invisible Made Visible' online including the performances via Facebook Live. 

 

Wellbeing and mental/physical/emotional and creative health awareness is part of our work and it is important to hold a safe space, and a creative platform for people to show/share their work.

 

In May 2023 we showed 'Invisible Made Visible/ Hope Faith Belief' at Everybody Arts (formally known as Artworks) and it was really good to share our work, after such a long period of not being able too.  

 

This work was a reflection over 2019 - 2023; in 2019 we decided on the theme Invisible Made Visible and then in March 2020 the pandemic hit. It impacted all of us, in every way. Inter-Arts did delivered the Invisible Made Visible online. Our Hope, Faith, Belief theme came after and more work was shown at Invisible Made Visible / Hope Faith Belief - Everybody Arts ( Formally known as Artworks and shown in May 23' 

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In 2024, director Fiona Pattison worked with the University of Huddersfield and created a Project and Exhibition with the students centred around Creative Health called 'The Nature of Play.' The exhibition happened in May 2024 and has been featured in the book 'Cultures of Creative Health' published and available on Apple Book and the University Press. Take a look below. 

The Nature of Play Exhibition Previewed  on Thursday 9th of May at 4.30pm - 6.30pm at the Mezzanine Gallery in the Barbara Hepworth Building Atrium at University of Huddersfield. 

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The Nature of Play exhibition was about play, nature and the environment we live in, over Mental Health Awareness week at University of Huddersfield in collaboration with Inter-Arts & Cultures of Creative Health. This is a space to rest, play and open your senses to everything within. 

 

Showcasing artworks in a range of mediums including installation, stop motion animation, poetry, photography and performance; drawing on community and fashion.

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Featured artists: Nyakeh David, Niamh Feeley, Katie Bowers, Zeph Brierley, Mackenzie Cale and Laura Mateescu.

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The exhibition showed between 10th - 22nd May 2024, with a series of workshop events running through Mental Health Awareness Week.

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'Here at Inter-Arts Company, every festival is different, and brings a new energy and raises different subject matters, this is a good time to come together. A time to pause and reflect on where we have been and where we are now. ‘ Founder  of Inter-Arts Festival- Fiona Love Pattison 
https://www.interartsfestival.com

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