Transitions-Mental Health Association, partnering with the Healing Arts Council of Santa Barbara County, invites people of all ages with a connection to mental illness to submit entries of artistic expression for the 2011 “Art of Recovery” show. People recovering from substance abuse, mental illness, and their family members are encouraged to submit work in any art form.
Art of Recovery will show in Santa Maria and Lompoc throughout May in support of Mental Health Awareness Month. The show will be open and free to the public. Locations, dates, and times will be announced soon.
A featured piece will be chosen for use in “Art of Recovery” and the organizations’ promotional materials.
The deadline for the featured piece is March 30 at 4 p.m. The deadline for all art is April 22 at 4 p.m.
Submissions may be in any artistic medium, including jewelry, poems, music, stone, metal, clay, textiles, sketches, and paintings. For more information, call Crystal Gonsalves at 928-0139 or e-mail CGonsalves@t-mha.org for an entry form.
This article appears in Mar 24-31, 2011.