Photograph by Colette Veasey-Cullors, included in the exhibition.
What Love Looks Like: Sisters portrays a relationship between sisters touched by mental illness, addiction, death, and love. The exhibition illuminates what is gained from empathy and connection rather than stigmatization and separation— the benefit of "us" versus "us and them." Cheryl Maxwell, Founding Executive Director of the Carolyn Anne Foundation and sister to Carolyn Anne Watts, shares luminous paintings by her sister, bringing awareness of mental health issues to the public. Art by Colette Veasey-Cullors, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Professor of Photography, documents Cheryl and her commitment and dedication to her sister while also examining the complexities of their relationship.
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
November 7, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Opening reception for What Love Looks Like: Sisters, an exhibition portraying a relationship between sisters touched by mental illness, addiction, death, and love. Cheryl Maxwell, Founding Executive Director of the Carolyn Anne Foundation and sister…
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
November 17, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Faith-based communities are ripe settings not only for breaking silence around mental illness and addiction, but also for undoing stigma associated with traumatic experience or sexual victimization. At this community dialogue, we explore such topics…
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
December 15, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
In a culture where the notion of “blackness” equaling inferiority is still far too prevalent, an entire generation of young people is at risk of not achieving the self-actualization essential to ongoing mental health. How do we engage young…
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
December 1, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
When risk is high for mental illness and addiction, interventions must be designed to meet the needs of children in school. How do we recognize a child’s mental health symptoms, and what do we do? What must happen to bring effective means of…