March is Brain Injury
Awareness Month, and in conjunction with this recognition, the Brain
Injury Association of MS will be presenting the 4th Annual “Art of
Recovery” Traveling Art Exhibit, created to bring awareness about
brain injury in Mississippi.We are excited to announce that the
exhibit will be unveiled this year in Jackson
at the New
CapitolBuilding
in the rotunda on March 25th from 9:00-2:00.The “Art of Recovery” has become quite
popular, and we want to include as many pieces of artwork as
possible this year.
We are asking
Mississippians, who have suffered a brain injury, to paint, draw or
make a collage or any kind of artwork on a canvas, which will be
provided by the BIA of MS.You are also welcome to create your own
medium of art if you would like which may not involve a canvas. The
artwork could convey feelings about the experience with brain injury
or could show artistic talents in anyway you chose.Along with the artwork, we are asking
each artist to please submit a biography of themselves, information
about their brain injury and how it has affected their life.
If
you or someone you know with a brain injury is interested in
participating in the “Art of Recovery” project, please contact us so
that we can mail the canvas, release form and the return mailing
paper with return label attached as soon as possible.We need to
have the artwork and
release form back in our office by March 5, 2010.
The artwork will be available
for sale through a “sealed bid auction” as the exhibit travels to
different locations around the state from March until our annual
event November 06, 2010.At that time the bids will be opened and
artwork will go to the highest bidder.Proceeds of the auction will go to the
BIA of MS to help further our mission.
If
you would like the “Art of Recovery” to be displayed in your local
area, please have the interested facility contact our office, and we
will schedule a date.In the past the exhibit has been on
display in hospitals, art galleries and rehab facilities all over
the State for a period of one week up to a month.The main goal for this project is
awareness; therefore, we would like to display the exhibit in as
many locations as possible.
You
may contact me at the BIA of MS office phone number above or by
email at dpierce@msbia.org.I look forward to hearing from you at
your earliest convenience.
