TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 7
Three-day CCP interactive arts
festival an encouragement on
mental health struggles, healing
and self-expression
Shamaine with daughters
Julia & Delphine
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ast September 14 to 16 the Cultural Centre
of the Philippines (CCP), in cooperation
with the Julia Buencamino Project hosted
its WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME? At its various
venues. This was in tandem of its second
edition of the its interactive Festival of Arts &
Ideas.
Showcasing performances, workshops and film
screenings that will shed light on struggles with mental
health as well as motivate participants towards artistic
Credits : culturalcenter.gov.ph
self-expression and hopefully, healing, the festival’s aim is
to develop awareness of mental health, build mental resilience,
and overcome the stigma of mental illness through
therapeutic arts activities.
Moreover, the festival encouraged self-expression
among participants by providing them with a variety of
workshops to choose from -prose or poetry writing,
creative movement, painting, print-making, playing music
through the ukulele. They hopefully generated enough
interest to pursue these new skills after the festival and
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