(Canton, Ohio) – CommQuest Services is announcing a special art exhibit featuring artwork that portrays the struggles individuals face from a mental illness or addiction.
CommQuest is hosting the Hope Happens Here Art Exhibit on Friday, April 5th. The Exhibit will be held at the Metropolitan Centre Ballroom from 5:00pm-8:00 p.m. The Exhibit coincides with Canton First Friday and is free and open to the public.
Client artwork to be displayed
The Exhibit will feature more than 150 pieces of client artwork where the subsequent hope that individuals receive when in recovery.
Each piece of art was created during an art therapy treatment session. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about art therapy, and how CommQuest clinicians use art therapy as an opportunity for clients to explore, understand, and resolve issues, they may not feel comfortable talking about in a regular conversation. Several artists and therapists will be on hand to provide information about the artwork on display.
Winners of What Does Hope Look Like to You? contest to be displayed
From January 1- February 28, CommQuest Services sponsored the What Does Hope Look Like to You? Contest. CommQuest received more than 200 entries from Stark County students ranging from grades K-12.
Submissions were compiled into three-grade level groupings; elementary (K-5), intermediate (6-8) and high school (9-12). Students were eligible to submit entries that including drawings, photography, or poetry. The winners were anonymously selected by a panel of judges consisting of CommQuest clinicians and school-based counselors. Factors considered by the panel of judges included creativity, originality, visual clarity, and how well the entry expressed the theme of hope.
The winners of each grade-level grouping will be featured in a section of the Hope Happens Here Art Exhibit.