After an amazing evening celebrating, we are delighted to announce that Out Of Sight Out Of Mind exhibition won the Creative Edinburgh Inclusion Award!
A huge congratulations to all nominees and all those involved.
Members of The Planning Group and Volunteers attended the evening of celebrations to collect the award.
See below for a few images from the evening and a transcript of Lauren’s acceptance speech.
(You can click on the images to view them larger in a lightbox).
Lauren’s acceptance speech:
“Thank you. It is an honour to accept this Creative Edinburgh inclusion award.
Out of Sight Out of Mind is an annual art exhibition organised by and for people with mental health issues. The exhibition is inclusive, accessible, diverse, awesome, and, most importantly, ours.
It started as, and remains, a grassroots project run by an incredibly passionate group of people (volunteers). This planning group give their time freely to provide a platform for marginalised people to be seen, heard, and understood through art.
A huge thank you goes out to all planning group members past and present, our exhibition volunteers, all the people and organisations who have supported us, and, of course, the thousands of people who have entrusted us with their artwork. Their generosity makes the exhibition what it is.
We've had an amazing 14 years, we've literally just wrapped up the 2026 exhibition, and hope very much to be around (funding dependent) for a 15th Out of Sight Out of Mind next year.
Thank you. “