The Icarus Project

Join Icarus at the USSF this summer!

Welcome To Icarus

The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework.

We are a network of people living with and/or affected by experiences that are often diagnosed and labeled as psychiatric conditions. We believe these experiences are mad gifts needing cultivation and care, rather than diseases or disorders. By joining together as individuals and as a community, the intertwined threads of madness, creativity, and collaboration can inspire hope and transformation in an oppressive and damaged world. Participation in The Icarus Project helps us overcome alienation and tap into the true potential that lies between brilliance and madness.

Read Our Mission and Vision statements
Read the Co-Coordinators Organizational Blog
Read our publications online
Visit our community discussion forums
Make a donation
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Icarus National Gathering at US Social Forum in Detroit This Summer

Submitted by Icarus Project on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 8:13pm.

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Icaristas from near and far will be gathering at the US Social Forum in Detroit this summer, June 22-26. Join in the planning discussion on the forums! Also check out and join the monthly community call.

Mad Love in San Francisco on Valentine's Day!!

Submitted by frictitious on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 3:49pm.

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Bay Area Icarus was revived last summer, and we are officially full of surging, irreverent life. We held our first event on Valentine's Day--Mad Love. We had an open mic, a skilled MC, a cabaret of musicians and poets, and the evening skyrocketed to a close with the Brass Liberation Orchestra.

If you were there, you know. If not, read on! Almost as good. :)

Icarus at Reelabilities Film Festival in NY

Submitted by Icarus Project on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 8:47pm.

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Reelabilities forum The second annual Reelabilities film festival was held this past weekend in the NY metropolitan area. The festival’s mission statement cites “dedication to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities.” In addition to award-winning films the weekend’s events included discussions and other special programs intended to “bring together the community to explore, discuss and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.”

Icarus on Twitter

Submitted by Icarus Project on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 3:50pm.

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If you Twitter, follow Icarus at www.twitter.com/madgifts.

Our Twitter feed gets updated with all the new Icarus Organizational blog posts, the Links of Interest, latest Madness Radio shows, plus additional bits and pieces of data from the Icaristasphere.

How To Get Involved

Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 10:20am.

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The Icarus Project is a wild collaborative adventure bringing together an unruly band of co-conspirators from near and far -- and you're invited! Here are some ways to volunteer and get involved...

Packed Crowd at Icarus Benefit in Brooklyn

Submitted by Icarus Project on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 10:36am.

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Icarus-NYC local and Icarus intergalactic organized a showcase of creativity in Brooklyn to benefit Icarus efforts - more than 150 people showed up for a fun evening of poetry art and music. Check out the photos, video, and audio from this memorable occasion...

Michael Gennarelli spins >>

Icarus Needs You to Become a Sustainer! - Winter 2009 Membership Appeal

Submitted by Icarus Project on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 9:37am.

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To our supporters, collaborators and fellow visionaries!

We are asking our community to help keep us going into the future by becoming an Icarus sustainer. You can design a monthly donation package for yourself by clicking here: