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www.jeromelawrence.net Jerome believes that beauty is to be found everywhere and beautiful art should be available to everyone.
www.meghancaughey.com Meghan is an extremely talented artist who is a consumer/survivor. To quote her “It is the Life Force in me that calls out to be expressed.“
www.oilsbyobletz.com Patricia, a native of Buffalo, NY has in recent years achieved wide media recognition for both her art and her mental health advocacy.
www.mskinnermusic.com/ Mike is a consumer/survivor and a prolific writer/composer who has performed throughout the country. His recordings are available on his web site. Mike beautifully writes about the tragedy of trauma and childhood abuse. Listen to clips of music from his newest album “Waitin’ for a Train” as well as music from his other CD’s.
www.wambui-bahati.com Wambui is a creative and powerful inspirational speaker and entertainer. Her performances focus on her recovery and domestic violence. She has written several books and published a CD that can be obtained through her website. Her latest book “You Don’t Know Crazy” has just been released and is now available at her website above.
www.artreachheals.org This is probably the oldest consumer arts projects in the country and home to the “Second Step Players” in Norwich, CT
www.artheals.org/start.html Arts and Healing Network is an on-line resource celebrating the connection between art and healing. Contains numerous links to Arts Sites across the world.
www.michaelmacklive.com/ Michael Mack was a little boy when his mother suffered her first psychotic break. Michael has performed "Hearing Voices (Speaking in Tongues)" for audiences of all ages portraying his experiences through his mother’s illness. His performances have received wide acclaim. "Exquisite...heartbreaking...will truly resonate with those who know that awful place where insanity and love collide." NPR
www.creativeartsconsortium.org The Creative Arts Consortium is a group of San Diego County consumer artists, writers and performers dedicated to recover through the arts.
www.theawakeningsproject.org The Awakenings Project is an award-winning coalition of consumer/survivors in Glen Ellyn, IL.
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www.sallyclay.net Zangmo Blue Thundercloud. Sally Clay writes about her journey through mental illness and how spirituality led her on a path to recovery.
www.mhabroward.org/9MusesArtCenter.html 9Muses Arts Center. A Drop-In Art Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL. using all art forms as a tool for recovery.
www.artawakenings.org Art Awakenings celebrates the purposeful process of self discovery through creative experience for adults with mental illness.
www.theicarusproject.net The Icarus Project is creating a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of madness and “mental illness” rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework.
www.projectreturn.org Drop-in Center in Tampa, Florida oriented toward the arts. Links to art exhibits, including their own at the Florida Mental Health Institute.
www.intervoiceonline.org/ (This site is submitted from a friend in Britain, Louise Pembroke) If you hear voices (aka auditory hallucinations); if you know someone who does; if you work with people who hear voices; if you want to know about more about this experience. Then this site is for you. Many voices can be unthreatening and even positive. “It’s wrong to turn this into a shameful problem that people either feel they have to deny or to take medication to suppress.”
www.supportthejourney.com A community of partners dedicated to transcending limits through promotion of positive messaging, creativity and healing energy.
www.jtpfriends.org/artworks.html Art Works uses the creative arts to encourage wellness and recovery for its participants. An innovative project, it combines four elements - creative arts therapies, vocational training, peer-driven wellness and recovery, and anti-stigma outreach - to improve the lives of the people it serves.
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