Collective Vision: The Fine Art of Health

A Public Art Project in PRHC's Mental Health Services Department

Collective Vision is an innovative public art project to be mounted in the Mental Health Services Department of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

There are two calls for submissions (see below) to the region’s visual artists—both professional and amateur—for paintings, drawings or original prints to enrich the healing environment of Mental Health Services. Artists may apply to either the rotating exhibition or the permanent installation

Download the Project Backgrounder here

Download the Call for Submissions - Permanent Installation here

Download the Call for Submissions - Rotating Exhibition here

Mental Health and the Visual Arts:

One in five Canadians personally experience a mental illness during their lifetime. Recovery is possible. It is a unique and individual journey that can be enriched and supported by a culture of acceptance and the opportunity to experience diverse and complementary interventions.

Although mental illness may affect 1 in 5 Canadians, mental well-being affects all of us. The Mental Health Commission of Canada in the foreword of their 2009 report, “Toward Recovery and Well-Being” reminds us that there is no health without mental health. A recent study by the Arts Council of England revealed that the arts and creative expression can have a profound therapeutic effect on an individual - whether it be as an active participant through the creation of work or as a passive recipient of different art forms.

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, February 10, 2012 (see above applications)

Enquiries: For more information please email art@prhc.on.ca, or call John Whitehead, Manager of Mental Health Services at 705-743-2121 ext 3779.