Elisif Bruun, the subject of "Elisif's Story."
An exhibition by Peter Bruun about his daughter, Elisif Bruun, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24 on February 11, 2014. Featuring drawings by Peter along with audio from friends, family, caring professionals, and others reflecting on Elisif’s journey, Elisif’s Story is an immersive experience of sight, sound, and lighting. The installation is at once personal and urgently public: Elisif’s Story offers an intimate and loving portrait of a charismatic soul and daughter, and a cry for more humane attitudes toward those suffering from addiction and other mental health ailments.
The Pavilion, Stevenson University
October 21, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
College communities are under-resourced to handle the onset of active addiction or mental illness among their student populations. This forum, at Stevenson University in conjunction with Elisif’s Story, is an opportunity to bring awareness of all…
Art Gallery, Stevenson University
October 22, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception of Elisif’s Story, an art installation by Peter Bruun about his daughter, Elisif Janis Bruun, the inspiration and guiding spirit of the New Day Campaign, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24 on February 11, 2014. The evening…
The Pavilion, Stevenson University
November 11, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
In a format familiar to Baltimore audiences and in conjunction with the exhibition Elisif’s Story, seven 7-minute stories of college life experiences associated with mental illness and addiction. Storytellers are Shawn Burnett, Taylor Evans, Ashby…
Inscape Theatre, Stevenson University
December 1, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Part of the New Day Campaign 2015 Film Series, and shown as a selection of clips in conjunction with Elisif's Story at Stevenson Gallery, Written Off: The Short Sad Beautiful Life of Matt Edwards presents a compassionate look at the life and death…
Inscape Theatre, Stevenson University
December 5, 2015, 1:00 - 5:30pm
An array of experts, testimonials, readings, performances, and community discussions on how much control one really has over one's own choices when mental illness and addiction are in play. With its convergence of artists across multiple mediums,…