Minding Creative Minds at Electric Picnic 2024!

Once again, we’ll be taking to Ireland’s largest music and arts gathering to support artists and crews backstage. We’ll also be teaming up with our friends at Hotpress to host a creative arts session in the famous Mindfield arena.

 

Minding Creative Minds Backstage Crew Village Marquee

Anyone who’s worked at a festival or any live event will know the hard work that goes into it – long hours, stressful moments, the joy of doors opening, elation at seeing people connect with the work, followed by the gruelling take down and lows after such a brilliant and tumultuous and journey.

Our team will be set up in our Minding Creative Minds Crew Village Marquee backstage across the week to remind artists and crews how our free services can support them.

The Crew Village is a place where creatives and crews can chill out, share experience and advice with others working hard at the festival, plus, we’ll have our own in-house psychotherapists on-hand on Saturday and Sunday for specialist individual support for anyone who needs it.

You’ll be able to relax, unwind, & recharge. Enjoy a coffee & chat, savour some snacks, or take a short retreat and enjoy some surprise activities too. We look forward to seeing you there!

Friday & Saturday 11.00 – 19.00

Sunday, from 11.00 – 18.00

 

Creative Arts Therapy, Hotpress, Mindfield

If you’re going to Electric Picnic to enjoy the festival, don’t miss our:

Creative Arts Therapy session

Hotpress tent at Mindfield

Sunday at 12pm

 

Introduced by our Co-Director Ann Marie Shields, we’ll give you insight into how you can use creative art therapies to help you interpret, express, and resolve your emotions and thoughts.

Creative Arts Therapies is one of the many services Minding Creative Minds offers to Ireland’s creative sector at no charge. Our pilot programme is currently underway.  This practical session at EP will give you insight into how it works and how it might be of benefit to you.

At the session, we’ll focus on Music Therapy, one of the evidence-based art therapies, along with Lyndsey Connolly, IACAT Registered Music Therapist, our master’s level qualified arts therapist. In her work, she integrates knowledge of the arts with principles of psychotherapy and related fields.

You’ll have a blast and gain really valuable insight into how you can use your creative language to foster good mental and support your wellbeing.

So! When you’re planning your EP weekend make sure to factor us in! Sunday 12pm, in the Hotpress tent at Mindfield. See you there.