Recognition...Validation...Reassurance

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Invitation for Social Practice Public Art Tour on City Bus + Video Launch
Recognition… Validation… Reassurance… Art + Mental Wellness
Bell Let’s Talk Day, Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
 
For Bell Let’s Talk Day, The City of Calgary Public Art Program would like to invite you to an artist talk and video launch marking the conclusion of our Program’s first social practice public art project: Recognition…Validation…Reassurance… Art + Mental Wellness.
Presented by lead artist Dick Averns, this free public program takes place on a City of Calgary Transit bus featuring a curated gallery of artwork created by community participants. Drawings, collage and text-based art fill the overhead interior panels of the bus, all addressing the question “How do You Create a Framework for Mental Wellness?” 
During the tour, Averns will narrate the ins and outs of this dynamic project, including how art as social practice provides benefits for participants and broader communities. The tour has three pick-up stops and covers specific themes before arriving at a larger gallery exhibition at cSPACE:
Bus leaves for cSPACE: Morning, Wed Jan 29, 2020
<UL>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">AUArts departing 11 am. How did this project begin and what is social practice?</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Fresh Start Recovery Centre departing 11.15 am How was our community involved?</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">City Hall/Arts Commons departing 11.30 am How were the workshops & art produced?</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Arriving at cSPACE noon </LI>
</UL>
Reception, Video Screening, Q+A, Free Refreshments, noon-1pm 
Return rides from cSPACE Afternoon Wed Jan 29 
<UL>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Departing cSPACE 1pm</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Arriving AUArts 1.15pm</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Arriving Fresh Start Recovery Centre 1.30pm</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Arriving City Hall/Arts Commons 1.45pm</LI>
</UL>
Background
Running over two years, this project is the result of collaboration between many individuals and institutions: community support was invaluable to its success. The current exhibition is produced and funded by SITE c PROJECTS, the creative arm of OBAD – the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders and will feature artwork from both their own workshops and those previously funded by the City of Calgary Public Art Program. 
There is also a separate exhibition reception with refreshments at cSPACE on Thursday Jan 30th from 5-8pm that is free for all to attend. cSPACE is located at 1721 29 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T 6T7. The exhibition is on the lower level and runs from Jan 22 thru Feb 3, and is open from 8am – 8pm, Monday – Saturday.

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