About...
- Name
- Toi Ora Live Art Trust
- A bit about
Toi Ora Live Art Charitable Trust was established in 1995, through the impetus of Mary O’Hagan and Sara McCookweir and a core group of mental health consumers, to provide creative learning opportunities and space for people living with mental illness. Membership grows constantly, with presently over 600 people registered and on average 130 enrolling and per school term.
Toi Ora Live Art Trust is a community health/arts centre.Our vision statement, “Inspiring Wellbeing through Creativity” is central to our practice of support and tuition in the arts. We achieve art, health, and education outcomes. Community support and involvement is essential to reduce the personal and social barriers people face as a result of experiencing mental ill health.
Toi Ora objectives:
Creative arts centre for people with experience of mental ill heath.
Professional tutors: Full range of art practice. Studio materials free.
Unique Consumer Driven service established in 1995.
Artists derive income from art sales and gain community recognition.
Actively promoting so called Outsider Art.
Venue for community arts participation, arts practice and dialogue.
Destigmatisation, integration, peer support and advocacy.
Providing a key component to peoples recovery and long term well being.Ethnicities attending Toi Ora currently are 20% Maori, 11% Pacific peoples, 4% Asian/Indian, and 65% Caucasian.
- Big Idea
Some recent Toi Ora Projects:
Unique art works and perspectives reflected in creative writing, drama, performance and fine arts, demonstrated through our annual exhibitions, events, and publications.
Toi Ora presentation at the TheMH’S Conference in Auckland 2008
Debut performance from drama group, view on our website in action at www.toiora.org.nz/gallery/drama/ This was their first live performance, the impact on confidence and inclusion in the community was significant.Music group has secured various paid performances in 2008.
Toi Ora artist Andrew Blythe had a near sell out show at Satellite Gallery in August 2008. Has also sold work at the New York Outsider Art Fair. January 08 and 09. And at a Paris show May 09. he is represented by Stuart Shepherd Gallery.www.selftaughtart.org.nz New York Outsider Art Fair reviewed by NF Karlin on www.artnet.com
CD compilation of singer songwriters and original music to be launched this year.
Organised the Oct. Gig 08 for Mental Health Awareness Week, in collaboration with the Mental Health Foundation, CADS and the Auckland Regional Consumer Network.
Toi Ora author received $12,000 from the Frozen Funds Trust to publish a novelette of his experience of institutionalisation at Lake Alice hospitalToi Ora Live Arts Trust, is a chartiable trust providing a broad arts based programme, employing professional tutors for people that have experience of mental ill health.
WE have been going for over 12 years and hold regular exhibitions and events to help promote peoples work and the organisation.
Contact Details
- Organisation name
- Toi Ora Live Art Trust
- Physical Address
6 Putiki St, Grey Lynn Auckland
- Phone
- (09) 360 4171
- Fax
- (09) 360 4172
- Organisation Website URL
- http://www.toiora.org.nz
History
- Member for
- 10 years 24 weeks
Connected With
Videos
Writing
- For saleYesTwenty years ago, Peter Finlay spent time at Lake Alice, the psychiatric institution.Shortly after leaving, he wrote the story of his hospitalization
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