[Commpsych] FW: Exhibition: Canvassing the Emotions - Women, creativity & mental health in context Feb 11-29

[Heather Gridley]

I'm pleased to let you know about this exciting FREE exhibition that is
being curated by VU PhD student Sally Northfield, in the lead-up to the
3rd International Congress on Women's Mental Health to be held in
Melbourne in March. Sally's research, by the same title, is supervised
by Jill Astbury and myself in the School of Psychology.

 

Canvassing the Emotions

Women, Creativity and Mental Health In Context - Exhibition

 

Canvassing the Emotions is an innovative exhibition of artworks by women
who have experienced mental ill health or trauma and coincides with the
celebration of 100 years of women's suffrage in Victoria in 2008. The
exhibition opens on the 11 February 2008 leading up to International
Women's Day in March 2008. 

 

The works in the exhibition are drawn from the Cunningham Dax
Collection. From the 1950's to now, the exhibition explores the
intersection of women, creativity and mental health within cultural,
socio-economic and political contexts. It illuminates the complexities
of being a woman experiencing mental ill health and producing art in
Australian society.

 

Dates: 11 - 29 February 2008

Venue: Queen Victorian Women's Centre, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Open: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

Entry: Free

 

Contact: Sally Northfield

Guest curator

The Cunningham Dax Collection

T 61 3 9342 2394

info at daxcollection.org.au

www.daxcollection.org.au

 

A free program of public events will also be held in conjunction with
this exhibition. 

 

Wednesday 20 February at 1pm, Donna Lawrence, a practising artist who
has loaned a selection of her artworks for this exhibition, will discuss
her work in conversation with Sally Northfield. Sally is the guest
curator of the exhibition and also the co-director of the Directory of
Women in Trades and Services. 

 

Wednesday 27 February at 1pm, Sandy Jeffs will present a writer's talk.
Sandy is the author of the bestseller Poems from the Madhouse and four
other collections of poetry, including Wings of Angels.

 

We look forward to seeing you at this exhibition.

 

 

Heather Gridley

School of Psychology

Footscray Park Campus (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday)

Victoria University 

PO Box 14428 

Melbourne VIC 8001 

Australia

 

TEL +61 3 9919 5224

FAX +61 3 9919 4324

MOBILE: 0419 113 731

Email: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au

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