Stories
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As your event host, Richmond Fellowship Queensland (RFQ) is delighted to bring you a curated exhibition of 200 artworks by artists with lived experience of mental illness. To celebrate the...
Introducing our Curator
Mandana Mapar is an independent curator based in Brisbane. Since 2003, Mandana has curated major exhibition projects with communities and organisations throughout Queensland, presenting exhibitions and public programs for museums,...
Artist Spotlight: Leigh-Ellen Roundhill
From a young age, Leigh-Ellen Roundhill knew she was ‘different’. Growing up in an era where difference wasn’t exactly celebrated affected her mental health. Leigh-Ellen was adopted at birth and...
Artist Spotlight: Febe Zylstra
Bipolar disorder can be a difficult illness to live with, but Febe Zylstra has worked hard over the years to tackle and manage her condition, while choosing to put her...
Artist Spotlight: Nick Birch
Nick Birch is the first to tell you he knew nothing about mental illness prior to finding himself in the grips of an episode in 2012. A high-flyer in TV...
Artist Spotlight: Carissa Belham
Carissa Belham is an extremely accomplished young woman – she works part-time, owns her own creative business and has just written a memoir. But it’s interesting to chat to Carissa...
Artist Spotlight: Mikarla Teague
If there’s one person who understands the transformative power of art, it’s Mikarla Teague. An artist and art therapist, Mikarla experienced art’s distinct healing properties long before she made a...