By: Shabana Aqil
“Montgomery County Community College is proud to present a public art project, The Face of Mental Health Recovery,” Diane Haar, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Partnership on Work Enrichment and Readiness, or POWER, Program says of the I’m the Evidence Mental Health campaign. This campaign celebrates individuals recovering from mental illness and their supporters. Part of the campaign is an exhibition displaying their photography and their stories in Parkhouse Hall at Montco’s Central Campus.
During the workshop, people from our community who are recovering from mental illness and people from their support networks learn photography, the art of self-portraits and sharing their personal stories the public.
“One in four people in the United States live with mental illness,” says Sue Walther, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association of Pennsylvania. “People are also able to recover and live full lives.”
Creating art on Montco’s campus helps build an understanding of the impact these stories have by addressing and helping to correct the misunderstandings and stigmas that too often surround mental illness.
The exhibit will be on display from June 19 to July 9, 2014.
To get involved in I’m the Evidence campaign, visit their website itecampaign.org.
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