MINDSCAPES NB -Submission Deadline - September 1st, Show October 23rd until November 10th

MINDSCAPES NB
The Canadian Mental Health Association NB Division along with its partners will be holding a three week long exhibit of mental health consumer art at Old Government House, 51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton. It will be open to the public weekdays from 10am to 5pm beginning October 23rd through to November 10th, 2006.

Those artists that may have participated in CMHA National’s past Mindscapes events may have seen its impact on increasing awareness of Canadians at large and political decision-makers in particular of the needs of our many fellow citizens living with mental health problems.
The selection criteria that we will be applying will be originality and the personal nature of the artist’s expression. We are looking for works which may be drawings, paintings, engravings, photographs, sculptures, or three-dimensional works. We hope to show artists from across the province.

Reproductions of the submissions must be received no later than September 1st, 2006. The jury will accept colour photographs or digital reproductions. They can be e-mailed to cmhanb@nbnet.nb.ca or mailed to: CMHA NB Division403 Regent Street, Suite 202Fredericton, NB E3B 3X6

There will be no exhibit fee and no re-numeration paid to the artists. Artists will not be able to sell their works of art while displayed in the gallery.

All art will be returned to the artists. Arrangements for shipping of selected works can be made with CMHA-NB and its partners.

For further information, contact CMHA-NB at 455-5231 or cmhanb@nbnet.nb.ca.

Mental Illness Awareness Week – October 1-7, 2006

Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) in cooperation with all its member organizations and many other supporters across Canada.
Campaign elements include: a grassroots public education initiative; a nationally-distributed poster and bookmark series; the 4th Annual Champions of Mental Health Awards luncheon in Ottawa and an education initiative with federal Members of Parliament, both in their home ridings and on Parliament Hill.