Podcasts Culture Art as Therapy and Therapy for Artists ~ Liz Kilili (Kenya)

Art as Therapy and Therapy for Artists ~ Liz Kilili (Kenya)

Published: June 5, 2020, 12:45 a.m.

My Mind My Funk show host, Sitawa Wafula is in conversation with Liz Kilili: Creative Director and Founder of Creatives Garage. On the show, Liz  takes us through the role Creatives Garage plays in the creative industry in Kenya, its genesis and some of the needs creatives have.

She also shares the positive and negative effects of COVID-19 to the creative industry, mental health challenges among Creatives and how audiences can support.
 

About : 

Creative Garage is a multi-disciplinary collective space for Creatives to network, share ideas, collaborate, learn, gain market accessibility and push boundaries.It works with visual artists, performing artists and tech innovators who are social change agents in the society. 

Liz Kilili is the Creative Director and founder of Creatives Garage. Her brainchild Creatives Garage and its accompanying creativity and innovation Sondeka Festival, have spearheaded projects and movements that have helped the creative industry grow in both policy and output and still continue even after the project goals have been brought to fruition.  

Contact information: 

  1. Website: http://www.creativesgarage.org/
  2. Twitter: @Cr8vesgarage
  3. Instagram: @CreativesGarage
  4. Facebook: Creatives Garage

Upcoming Events; 

  • Sondeka Awards on June 17 
  • The 2nd Edition of Lock-in Festival  in August

If you are a Mental Health Service Provider and you would like to team up with My Mind My Funk and Creatives Garage in supporting creatives, reach out to us on info@mymindmyfunk.com

Show notes:

"Art as Therapy and Therapy for Artists"  discussion points;

- Intro

  • Names of Kenyans who have died due to police brutality (4.30)
  • Do something (9.30)

- Conversation

  • Guest Profile (12.52)
  • Services offered (14.45)
  • Challenges Creatives face (17.15)
  • Creatives need (18.45)
  • Financial losses (and other losses) for the industry (20.54)
  • Challenges for individual artists 25.00
  • Mental health challenges among Creatives 27.33 
  • Living with bipolar and self care tips 30.40
  • How we can support artists 33.45

- Outro (34.50)

Footnotes:

  1. Follow on @mymindmyfunk on Instagram, Twitter , Facebook and Linkedin.
  2. Join conversation using #mymindmyfunk
  3. Email - info@mymindmyfunk.com
  4. Artwork, hosting, editing and production by Sitawa Wafula