New City Arts presents "Firewalkers," work by VOCAL at The WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery. New City Arts is exhibiting a book during March 2011 to coincide with the Virginia Festival of the Book.
WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery
216 W. Water Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
First Fridays
March 4, 5:00–7:00 PM
Free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Gallery Hours
By appointment only
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Sponsors
Presented by NPR, WVTF, Radio IQ, and New City Arts, our exhibit opening is sponsored by Feast! and Blenheim Vineyards.
Exhibition Statement
VOCAL is a nonprofit mental health community, support network, social change movement, and self-help education program. VOCAL would like to thank the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and BAMA works for making this project possible.
"Firewalkers" is project on telling, or rather re-telling, the story of those who have suffered from a mental health crisis and the personal transformation that followed. "We've all heard depressing stories about people experiencing mental health struggles, but we rarely hear about the growth and transformation that can come through this journey. ... emotional turbulence and altered states; visionary meltdowns and spiritual breakthroughs; ecstatic visions and crazy blessings."
Image courtesy of the artist: Page from “Firewalkers,” VOCAL’s book on radically rethinking mental illness.
