Exhibits
Thriving Artists Exhibit
This exhibit will feature the performance and visual art of Michael Skinner and Patte O'Connor, both survivors who have utilized art as a source of healing and advocacy.
Youth Art Exhibit
This exhibit will feature the poetry-informed research of the Fearless Writers and collaboration between Rogers High School and UToledo social work program. This year, the students have focused their writing exploration on the increasing rates of depression and suicide for young women of color.
Arts-Based Research Exhibit
This exhibit will include the research of Dr. Natarajan who uses sketches as an autoethnography to explore topics through close artistic observation. Dr. Heather Evans will also raise awareness about human trafficking through photovoice research working with community photographers to represent their stories.
Mental Health Exhibit
This exhibit will highlight the work of artists who are also mental health consumers. These artists explore the power of creative expression to healing. Individuals with mental illness are marginalized in communities based on stigma and stereotypes firmly held in U.S. culture. Visual art is a way for the marginalized to take back their narrative and create a new story as artist.
Art with a Purpose Exhibit
This exhibit will feature a variety of visual artists new to using their artwork to raise awareness about social injustice.
Performances
Sons of Toledo
Matt Foss is a theater professor at the University of Toledo and co-creator of the short film, Sons of Toledo which will be made available in evening screenings as well as a talk-back panel of advocates fighting against gun violence in the city.
Voices Project
Issue Box Theatre will present video productions in collaboration with community writers and performers in evening performances.
Exhibit Objectives:
· Raise awareness of the power of art to connect an audience to the lived experience of injustice
· Combine research, program, and narrative methods as an important way to better understand social injustice
· Provide inspiration for creativity as a possibility for healing during and after a loss or crisis
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