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Jul 22, 2024
South Florida Wellness Network and NAEMI present “Against the Current Outsider Art” Exhibition
The South Florida Wellness Network in collaboration with National Art Exhibition of the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) invites you to the opening of their new location and the NAEMI Gallery space, located in the Wynwood Art District at 3408 NW 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida 33127. NAEMI will present the exhibition, Against the Current Outsider Art, an exploration of works created by outsider artists recovering from behavioral health issues. The Opening Reception will take place at the NAEMI Gallery on Thursday, August 8th 2024, from 6 – 8pm. The exhibition will be on view from August 8th through September 30th, 2024.
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Featured Artists in the exhibition Against the Current Outsider Art will include: Candice Avery USA, Issac Crespo CUBA, Lisa Chuan Lee Cheng USA, Echo USA, Ramon Losa SPAIN, Misleidys Castillo CUBA, Jorge Alberto Hernández Cadi (El Buzo) CUBA, Sebastián Ferreira PARAGUAY, Yaniel Agrafojo Sanchez CUBA, Gloria de la Caridad CUBA, and Damas USA.
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South Florida Wellness Network (SFWN) is a recovery focused support network run and driven by young adults, adults, and family peers. We are a community of individuals who have been strengthened by our lived experiences with behavioral, emotional, mental health, trauma and/or substance use challenges. Our shared experience unites and empowers us to help others discover their unique path to recovery.
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National Art Exhibition of the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) is a non-profit organization established in South Florida dedicated to discovering, studying, promoting, exhibiting, and preserving the art of those struggling with mental illnesses throughout the world. NAEMI has done pioneering work during the past 35 years in recognizing the artistic talent of individuals recovering from mental illnesses and providing a forum for bringing these talents to public awareness.
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Founded in 1988, NAEMI emerges while Juan Martin, the Executive Director, worked providing counselling to mentally disabled persons at a community mental health center in Miami. After encouraging a client to paint as a way to escape his intense suffering, Martin remembers how he liked that artwork and realized at that moment that there were probably many other talented persons in psychiatric hospitals waiting to be discovered.
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Art collectors and aficionados are cordially invited to attend the Opening Reception of Against the Current Outsider Art, an exploration of works created by outsider artists recovering from behavioral health issues, taking place at the new NAEMI Gallery in Wynwood on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 from 6 – 8pm. The exhibition will be on view from August 8th through September 30th, 2024. The NAEMI Gallery is located at 3408 NW 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida 33127.
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