Art as Healing: Knowledge Exchange, at Erie Art Museum
Erie, PA, January 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Erie Art Museum is partnering with Stairways Behavioral Health on an upcoming Knowledge Exchange, January 20, 2011, 6-8 p.m. A panel of art historians, clinicians, and therapists will discuss the role of “outsider art” and art as a powerful therapy tool to the backdrop of artist Chris Mars’ fascinating “Auto-Intervention” exhibition, on view in the Bacon Gallery through January 23, 2011.
Through Mars’ imagery - which simultaneously draws us in and repels us - he seeks to “create a voice for the voiceless; to offer love to the unloved and mercy to the condemned and banished.” The artist developed a deep personal connection to people with mental illness through childhood experiences of his own brother’s struggle with schizophrenia and the effects of its treatment. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored in part by Stairways Behavioral Health.
Thursday, January 20, 2011, Erie Art Museum Multipurpose room
6-7pm: Tour of Chris Mars exhibit & light refreshments
7-8pm: Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
A list of participating panelists is found at erieartmuseum.org.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings and a modern, ‘Green,’ 10,500 square foot expansion. The newly expanded Museum marks the first LEED-certified building in the region, soon to be complete with a planted rooftop.
The Museum maintains an ambitious program of changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 25-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz Festival.
The Erie Art Museum, café, and gift shop is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For additional visitor information, visit online at erieartmuseum.org or call 814-459-5477.
About Stairways Behavioral Health
Celebrating 50 Years of Service ~ 1961-2011
Fifty years ago, the founders of Stairways Behavioral Health in Erie, Pennsylvania, recognized the potential healing power of art for people recovering from mental illness. From its very first days as a social rehabilitation program, Stairways has encouraged clients to explore and advance their artistic talent as a means of expression.
Today, Stairways continues the conviction of the founders through the progressive programming of Center City Arts, a unique and pressure-free community arts center open to clients, family members and the community. Through instruction in a variety of art forms, Center City Arts makes the arts accessible, breaks down barriers and fosters confidence and independence.
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Through Mars’ imagery - which simultaneously draws us in and repels us - he seeks to “create a voice for the voiceless; to offer love to the unloved and mercy to the condemned and banished.” The artist developed a deep personal connection to people with mental illness through childhood experiences of his own brother’s struggle with schizophrenia and the effects of its treatment. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored in part by Stairways Behavioral Health.
Thursday, January 20, 2011, Erie Art Museum Multipurpose room
6-7pm: Tour of Chris Mars exhibit & light refreshments
7-8pm: Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
A list of participating panelists is found at erieartmuseum.org.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings and a modern, ‘Green,’ 10,500 square foot expansion. The newly expanded Museum marks the first LEED-certified building in the region, soon to be complete with a planted rooftop.
The Museum maintains an ambitious program of changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 25-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz Festival.
The Erie Art Museum, café, and gift shop is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For additional visitor information, visit online at erieartmuseum.org or call 814-459-5477.
About Stairways Behavioral Health
Celebrating 50 Years of Service ~ 1961-2011
Fifty years ago, the founders of Stairways Behavioral Health in Erie, Pennsylvania, recognized the potential healing power of art for people recovering from mental illness. From its very first days as a social rehabilitation program, Stairways has encouraged clients to explore and advance their artistic talent as a means of expression.
Today, Stairways continues the conviction of the founders through the progressive programming of Center City Arts, a unique and pressure-free community arts center open to clients, family members and the community. Through instruction in a variety of art forms, Center City Arts makes the arts accessible, breaks down barriers and fosters confidence and independence.
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Carolyn Eller
814-459-5477
erieartmuseum.org
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814-459-5477
erieartmuseum.org
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