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The Art of
Recovery |
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The South Carolina Department of Mental Health’s The
Art of Recovery project is in its fifth year and is
currently displaying its eighth gallery.
First place winner in Round Eight was artist, King Holmes,
Lexington County Community Mental Health Center.
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First Place Award Winner:
As I Was Young and
Easy Under the Apple Boughs, King Holmes |
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One of
the agency’s highest profile and most popular public outreach projects,
The Art of Recovery has exhibited in the South Carolina Museum of
Art and the South Carolina Public Library’s Wachovia Gallery.
Second
place winner for Round Eight was artist, Willie Brunson, Coastal
Empire Community Mental Health Center. |
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Second Place Award Winner:
The Saxophone Player,
Willie Brunson |
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The Art of Recovery project has traveled throughout the state and
been showcased at various conferences and presentations,
raising awareness of and fighting the stigma associated with
mental illness
Third place winner in Round Eight was artist, Irma Smith,
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center. |
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Third Place Award Winner:
Tree of Life,
Irma Smith |
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Honorable Mention, Stormy Beach Front
by Dwayne Simonds, Columbia Behavioral Health System |
Honorable Mention, Untitled by Child Artist,
Orangeburg Area Mental Health Center |
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One Face, Many Facets
Purchased by an
Art of Recovery patron
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Lily by Youth Artist, Lexington County Community Mental Health
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Honorable Mention,
One Face, Many Facets by Mary McLinden, Lexington County Community
Mental Health Center |
Honorable Mention,
Untitled by Teresa Ferrell, Orangeburg Area Mental Health
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Judges: Willson Powell, Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough LLP
Tudy Clark, Columbia Museum of Art
Gallery Photography by Roberta McAlister
Click logo to view the SCDMH Gallery, Round VIII
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