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NAMI NEW JERSEY programs: Expressive Arts Network
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The
NAMI NEW JERSEY Expressive Arts Network emphasizes common interests
in creative activities. These common interests include networking,
outreach, advocacy and community involvement. The arts, as a
common ground, provide opportunities for individuals to communicate
through alternative means of expression. The strengths of individuals
revealed through art activity help to form a supportive environment
and relationships and/or opportunities based upon similar interests.
Helping to create art resources, as well as artistic expression,
is another form of active involvement.
The Expressive Arts Network has among its ongoing activities,
six innovative projects which are used to help promote new artists
and provide professional support for artists and writers that
may also be struggling with mental illness.
To find out more information about the Expressive Arts Network,
contact the NAMI NEW JERSEY office at (732) 940-0991 or e-mail
expressivearts@naminj.org.
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expressive arts network
projects
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Michael Mack Show Inspired Many in New Jersey
 NAMI New Jersey is proud to sponsor the award winning show, Hearing Voices (Speaking in Tongues), by acclaimed performer Michael Mack in October 2011. Michael Mack was five years old when his mother suffered her first psychotic break. Hearing Voices is Mack’s tribute to his mother, and a stark reminder that people with schizophrenia, including those who live homeless on the streets and whose names we may never know, are still individuals with families who love them and have a story to tell.
Mack’s performance is intense, heartbreaking, funny, and heartwarming as it depicts the effects of mental illness on a family. It resonates deeply with his audiences and inspires many to share their own experiences.
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Postcard - "People with Mental Illness
Enrich Our Lives"
For ordering information, click
here.
These
people have experienced one of the major mental illnesses
of
Schizophrenia, Manic-Depression and/or Major Depression.
NAMI
NEW JERSEY has produced this postcard to raise awareness
about mental illness. To learn more about this postcard
contact NAMI NEW JERSEY Office.
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Chain Reaction
What
you do affects others and causes a
CHAIN REACTION.
Teens
and young adults are encouraged to write a positive message
on a paper link that is attached to a growing chain. The
chain will travel and be displayed at various locations
and events throughout New Jersey, and beyond. Being a link
in a chain that communicates positive expressions of understanding
and hope shows the power that individuals have in affecting
others. Over 1000 links have already been added to the chain.
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The Children's Garden of Hope and Good Wishes
This is
an arts and outreach activity providing children, adolescents
and young adults the opportunity to express their Hopes
and Good Wishes for their family members, friends and others
due to illness or personal difficulties.
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Wall of Words
Wall
of Words is a signature project of the NAMI NJ Expressive
Arts Network. This ongoing project invites poets to contribute
copies of original poetry for use in gallery style exhibits,
portable displays and outreach activities. One of the goals
of Wall of Words is to provide an opportunity for poets
who have experienced living with mental illness to include
their often poignant insights alongside other artists and
poets, who share the same desires to express themselves
through writing and the creative arts.
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Friendly Links:
Laurel House Middlesex - Members' Artwork
Mental
Health and Creativity Exhibit
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 NAMI NEW JERSEY is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families who are affected by mental illness.
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NAMI NEW JERSEY
1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, New Jersey 08902
Phone:732.940.0991 Fax:732.940.0355
E-mail: info@naminj.org
Web Address: www.naminj.org
Copyright © 2011 NAMI NEW JERSEY - All Rights
Reserved
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