Season - 2018-2019 - Events

This is a free ticketed event that requires reservations - all spaces have been reserved. To join a waiting list or with questions on how you might still have a chance to attend, please email peter@newdaycampaign.org with questions or to join the…

Part of Downtown Chestertown's "First Friday" exploring Chestertown’s vibrant Arts & Entertainment District, the Kent County Arts Council (KCAC) opens its next exhibition, Heroin & Healing, a New Day Campaign project curated by Peter…

Join artist and curator Peter Bruun and other artists featured in the exhibition Heroin & Healing for a conversation about their works and the themes raised by the exhibition.

Part One of a two-part event about the many paths to healing in the face of trauma or other challenges. For "Part 2: Healing Experience" information and reservations, go here. (No reservation required for "Part 1: Community Conversation.") The…

Space is limited for the Tea Ceremony and advance reservations are required -- go to this link to make a reservation. Part Two of a two-part event about the many paths to healing in the face of trauma or other challenges. For "Part 1: Community…

A screening of a 36-minute long video version of an art installation created by Peter Bruun about the life and passing of his daughter, followed by a public discussion with the artist and curator about his piece and the founding of the New Day…

A community-oriented event sharing a wide ranging spectrum of experiences and feelings related to the opioid epidemic specifically and addiction generally. Rich in fellowship and hope, the event features music (featuring Kent County's own…

A closing reception for the exhibition "Heroin & Healing" with a reflective conversation with the curator, Peter Bruun. This event immediately follows Sharing/Informing/Healing: an Open-Mic Experience at the Garfield Center for the Arts.

An opening reception kicking off the week of activities (5:30-6:00pm), followed by a screening of Elisif’s Story (6:00-6:30pm), a video created by New Day Campaign founder and director Peter Bruun about the life and passing of his daughter from a…

An exploration of various healing paths available to us, conventional and otherwise. The event opens with a healing fair and opportunity to experience and learn about wellness resources (5:00-6:30pm), followed by Medicine to Heal the Heart…

Driven by the belief that pain shared is pain lessened, this event flips pain on its head, and offers an upbeat, joyous occasion to know and feel our connections with one another, and hold on to hope. Coming together with music, art, and our stories…

Are you a visual artist, performer, writer, or other sort of creative person who wants to challenge stigma associated with mental illness or substance use? Do you care about making a difference with your art and words? Here is your chance to learn…

Join us for the kickoff of Resilience: Healing What Ails Us Through Strength, Tenacity & Fellowship with a screening of the Sundance and Academy Award-nominated film, "Heroin(e)" and community conversation on Allegany County's efforts around…

A celebratory event focused on the art, artists, and subjects portrayed in the Resilience: Healing What Ails Us Through Strength, Tenacity & Fellowship exhibition. The afternoon features live Bluegrass music by Heather and Cory Wharton and…

Join us as we celebrate the exhibition and its exhibiting artists, and engage in a community conversation on art, its healing powers, and how those with works on view in the exhibition are making a difference. The closing reception is free and open…

The Allegany County community comes together in song, music, stories, art, and sharing on a wide spectrum of challenges, triumphs, and stories of resilience related to the opioid epidemic and other behavioral health challenges. The evening features…

A community healing event aimed at honoring and remembering those who have lost their battle to substance use disorder and/or mental health disorders, those whose lives have been impacted by those losses, and to uplift and support those who are…

How do we find resilience in the face of loss?  Join Peter Bruun, founder and director of the New Day Campaign, as he shares "Elisif's Story," a 35-minute video about the life and death of his daughter from a heroin overdose, and a display of art…

A healing event featuring information about and experiences with mindfulness, massage therapy, trauma-sensitive yoga, and other integrative health practices.  The event features the Bluegrass band Day Old News performing at the McCoury Family Stage…

A reception featuring Bluegrass music performed by the Haystack Mountain Boys from 5:00pm to 6:30pm followed by a community 6:30-8:00pm conversation reflecting on the month-long "Resilience" project, complete with a sharing on what happened over…

An exploration on the therapeutic power of art making (and making art about what ails us), and a look at the related but different clinical practice of art therapy. Please join poet and author Ann Bracken, writer and spoken word artist Kondwani…