April 2001, SAF and NY State Office of Mental Health

April, 2001

Survivors Art Foundation and the New York State Office of Mental Health, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Trauma Unit Mastering the Key Connector: Clinical Training on Trauma Services in the Public Mental Heath System

Survivors Art Foundation provided an art exhibition for the New York State Office for Mental Health Trauma Divisions 6th Annual Conference, at the Marriott Marquee in New York City, during the first week in April. The exhibition featured the Kosovo refugee silk paintings and mobile, as well as photography and poetry by SAF participants. The artwork was well received by over 1,000 mental health providers, doctors, clinicians and trauma survivors that attended the 3-day conference. Guest speakers included Dusty Miller, author of “Women Who Hurt Themselves.”

Survivors Art Foundation Founder Candyce Brokaw with conference speaker Dusty Miller,
author of “Women Who Hurt Themselves”

Candyce Brokaw with Janet Chassman of the New York Office of Mental Health, Trauma Division

Held at the Marriott Marquee in New York City, the conference featured the SAF Kosovo refugee painted silk mobile. For more information on this Outreach Project, please visit our online Kosovo show.

The conference also featured the Kosovo refugee silk paintings lining the walls of the hall, as well as other artwork and poetry by SAF participants.

The artwork was well received by over 1,000 mental health providers, doctors, clinicians and trauma survivors that attended the three-day conference.

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