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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:120%;vertical-align:baseline'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
Arial;letter-spacing:-.3pt;font-weight:bold'>I’m pleased to let you know
about this exciting <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>FREE </span></font>exhibition
that is being curated by VU PhD student <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sally
Northfield</st1:PersonName>, in the lead-up to the 3<sup>rd</sup>
International Congress on Women’s Mental Health to be held </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:City></st1:place>
in March. Sally’s research, by the same title, is supervised by <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Jill Astbury</st1:PersonName> and myself in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Psychology</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<span
style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></b></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
Arial;letter-spacing:-.3pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:120%;vertical-align:baseline'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
Arial;letter-spacing:-.3pt;font-weight:bold'>Canvassing the Emotions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Women, Creativity and Mental Health In Context - Exhibition<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Canvassing the Emotions </span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1:place>
in 2008. The exhibition opens on the 11 February 2008 leading up to
International Women’s Day in March 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dates: 11 - 29 February 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Venue: Queen Victorian Women’s Centre, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">210 Lonsdale Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Open: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Entry: Free<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Contact: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sally Northfield</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Guest curator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Cunningham Dax Collection<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>T 61 3 9342 2394<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:info@daxcollection.org.au"
title="mailto:info@daxcollection.org.au">info@daxcollection.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.daxcollection.org.au"
title="http://www.daxcollection.org.au">www.daxcollection.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A free program of public events will
also be held in conjunction with this exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday 20<sup> </sup>February
at 1pm</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>, Donna Lawrence, a practising artist who has loaned a
selection of her artworks for this exhibition, will discuss her work in
conversation with <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sally Northfield</st1:PersonName>.
Sally is the guest curator of the exhibition and also the co-director of the
Directory of Women in Trades and Services. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday 27
February at 1pm</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Sandy Jeffs will present a
writer’s talk. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sandy</st1:City></st1:place>
is the author of the bestseller <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Poems from
the Madhouse</span></i> and four other collections of poetry, including <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Wings of Angels</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We look forward to seeing you at
this exhibition.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Heather Gridley</span></font></b></strong></st1:PersonName><font
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