Mind's Eye-Combating Stigma and Discrimination

July 6, 2011 - July 31, 2011
Academy Art Center at Linekona, 1111 Victoria, Honolulu

Combating Stigma and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness

“THE MIND’S EYE”

Breaking Barriers

July 6-31, 2011

Academy Art Center at Linekona, Mezzanine Gallery

1111 Victoria St. • Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814

Hours 8 a.m.—6 p.m.

The Mind's Eye: Breaking Barriers, the title of the 8th annual juried exhibition, aims to refute the stigma of mental illness. Thirty artists, statewide, are featured in the July show in the Mezzanine Gallery, Honolulu Academy of Art Center at Linekona runs July 6-31, 2011. The public is invited to the Artists Reception, Friday, July 8, 5:30-8 p.m. Light refreshment served.

VSA Hawaii and the Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD) with the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies have annually sponsored the event for nearly a decade.

"We applaud this important show of work by artists with and without disabilities willing to use their art to dispel negativity to end discrimination against people with mental illness," said Jim Mihalke, VSA Hawaii president of the board.

"Fear and misinformation about mental illness is often shaped by sensationalized media coverage of tragic events," said Mihalke who is also affiliated with the Hawaii chapter of the National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI).

"People with mental illness become ashamed to seek mental health treatment and those already in treatment are often further marginalized," he said.

The goal of the exhibit is to give a positive voice and visibility to all individuals whose lives, directly or indirectly, have been affected by a mental illness. For more information on theexhibition, contact Kathleen O'Bryan, Creative Director,808-469-6651 or vsahawaii@gmail.com


Event Sponsor
Center on Disability Studies, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Kathleen O'Bryan, 808-469-6651, vsahawaii@gmail.com, http://vsahawaii.org

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