Walt’s Waltz’s Exhibit: Step Out Of Stigma

GCCA’s Community Gallery
Exhibition Continues First Friday, June 3rd - 22nd

Walt's Waltz, is excited to invite you to our Community Gallery exhibition, Step Out Of Stigma at Greenville Center for Creative Arts. The exhibition continues with a First Friday reception from 6:00 - 9:00 pm on Friday, June 3rd and continues until Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022. .

GCCA was the first Walt’s Waltz Stigma-Free Zone. We are grateful for their support.

Walt’s Waltz works toward change . . . One in five have a mental health condition and every 40 seconds a human being dies by suicide. Step Out Of Stigma is the first step in Walt’s Waltz to Stop Dancing Around Mental Health Conversations.

MORE ABOUT THE SHOW

Visual art provides a cathartic release of pent-up, stigmatized topics such as anxiety and depression. It can evoke an emotional response in process but also in product through the lens of the spectator. Let's stop dancing around mental health conversations. In Step Out Of Stigma artists, The artists Traci Wright Martin, Will Crooks, Mimi Wyche, Eli Warren, Savannah Rose Ralph, Nick Burns, Sherrill Hill, Lisa Steffens, and Barbara Castañeda, in addition to the collaborations with Dr. Frank Clark between artists Lisa M. Shimko and Terrell Washington open up discussions surrounding mental health conditions through a variety of techniques and mediums. Their work represents the dark, depressive days, the chaotic, anxious days as well as the days filled with light and hope.

About our partner GCCA

Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org