The Awakenings Project
In the News
2011
- October 7, 2011, The Times
Healing Brush: Artists create their way through mental illness - September 29, 2011, News Tribune: Serving Northwest Illinois
IVCC art show displays unique talents - September 2, 2011, CBS News Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
CBS ChicagoNews covers Art as Healing Method for people with mental illnesses
2010
- August 17, 2010, Elgin Courier News (Elgin, Illinois)
Healing through art at Provena St. Joseph: Awakenings exhibit opens hospital gallery - July 30, 2010, Daily Herald
Wheaton-based journal uses art to empower those with mental illness - March 6, 2010, Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois)
Art briefly helps patients draw themselves out of mental illness: Awakenings Project believes art boosts recovery - February 20, 2010, Chicago Tribune Video (Chicago, Illinois)
Awakenings artists' visit to Elgin Mental Health Center to make art with inpatients
2008
- March 3, 2008, Healthtalk
Can Art Ease Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Other Mental Illnesses? - June 4, 2008, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Artists Have High Hopes for Moving Sale - September 24, 2008, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Artists Put Positive Spin on Mental Illness
2006
- April 24, 2006, Aurora Beacon (Aurora, Illinois)
'Awakenings' casts new light on mental illness - April 14, 2006, North Central College Chronicle (Aurora, Illinois)
New art exhibit provides wake up call - Spring 2006, Waubonsee Community College Insight (Sugar Grove, Illinois)
Local artists' "Awakenings Project'" shines light on stereotypes - March 30, 2006, Aurora Beacon (Aurora, Illinois)
Art exhibit showcases work of mental illness survivors
2005
- October 20, 2005, Glen Ellyn News (Glen Ellyn, Illinois)
Art show an outlet for hidden talent
2004
- October 3, 2004, The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois)
Artists' Coordinator Irene O'Neill: Give people their space - Spring 2004, Reintegration Today Magazine
2003
- October 10, 2003, Glen Ellyn Sun (Glen Ellyn, Illinois)
Shades of recovery: Glen Ellyn studio helps mentally ill heal through art
2002
- March 7, 2002, The University of Chicago Chronicle (Chicago, Illinois)
Mental illness meets creativity in new journal of literary arts - July, 2002, NPR News, Special Report
Housing First
2000
- October 8, 2000, Liberty Star Press (Illinois)
Phoenixes of the mind: In 'Awakenings,' creativity arises from illness - September 20, 2000, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Mentally ill artists reveal their inner world: Awakenings exhibit shows their growth - September 20, 2000, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Writers also can express themselves through Review
1999
- August 25, 1999, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Creative Portrayals of a Mad, Sad World - January 20, 1999, Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois)
Art rallies respect for mentally ill: Awaken - January 6, 1999, Wednesday Journal (Oak Park, Illinois)
Awakening creativity - January 1999, Channel 5 (WMAQ) Network News, "Health Watch"
1998
- April 15, 1998, The Naperville Sun (Naperville, Illinois)
The beauty that's inside: Awakenings Art Show will display work of those surviving mental illness
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