Exhibition
Paint Me This Way!
12 Jul 2017 – 9 Sep 2017
Event times
Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm
Cost of entry
Free entry
Address
- Civic Offices
- Euclid Street
- Swindon
England - SN1 2JH
- United Kingdom
This exhibition shows how portraiture can be used to help individuals rediscover and celebrate their identity, even when facing the greatest challenges. It comprises 29 painted portraits, 6 sculptures and 80 collages, all designed collaboratively with 7 patients living with severe illness.
About
Artist Susan Carr used her recent PhD to explore portrait therapy – a way of using art to resolve disrupted identities in patients living with life threatening or chronic illnesses. Carr paints portraits as a way of helping individuals retell their own stories and share them with the world.
During the exhibition a self-portrait ‘art station’ will be provided, to encourage visitors (both young and old) to draw their own self-portraits. These will be added to a ‘wall of portraiture’ at the gallery, so come along and have a go!
A Portrait Trail activity sheet will also be available for young children, offering further learning activities & interaction with the portraits.
Twitter: @portraitsrus1
www.susanmcarr.co.uk
Bohemian Rhapsody by Susan Carr