looking for an outlet to express your pain? please use vividly to steady yourself through art and poetry.
Hi, my name’s Sara Vang! I’m a senior at North High School with a love for all arts and the curator of this project. Vividly: The Beauty of Consciousness is a project I started directly because of my experiences with mental illness. From a very young age I was depressed, but I never spoke a single word of it to anyone. I hurt myself and others a lot, which culminated in my freshman year of high school when I was put into a rehabilitation center for planning to kill myself. This event forced me to consider the future and to think deeply about myself. My depression was a direct effect of my self-isolation. I had felt like I had no one to go to and as a result I was consumed by the pain I kept inside. It hurts me because I know that there are people out there who have experienced this pain, because I know first hand how debilitating and excruciating the feeling can be. You try to convince yourself, but it’s just so hard to when the future you want is so seemingly out of grasp. That’s why all I can really offer you is a metaphorical shoulder. Vividly is a space for you, for me, for everyone to spill their pains and find solace in others. I fear a future devoid of empathy; one isolated, and unconnected. I hope that through Vividly, we as a community counteract this and welcome each other with open arms. Please use Vividly to steady yourself. You have complete freedom to express your pain because pain is too often overlooked.
Mission of Project Vividly
Our mental health is crucial, but in an age of overwhelming information and limitless connection, this mental health of ours will eventually and inevitably burn out. We become lost in seas of media and in our thoughts and when we are lost, we fail to reach out. The purpose of this project is to counter this process, to reach out to the community and encourage connection. We offer an outlet, one for those who wish to portray their vivid lives. In doing so, we hope to find unexpected connections between each other while also raising funds for our local Mental Health America through the sale of community submitted works in a zine.
How to Participate (Closed!)
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You can use your own canvas, at most 5"x 7". If you need canvas, travel over to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center on 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI. For more specific details regarding canvas' and mediums allowed, go to our FAQ page!
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Find the Social Studio and ask for a Vividly Project Kit. Each kit comes with a 5"x 7" canvas and project directions/information.
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Follow the project prompt and create your work of art. You also have the option of writing a poem based on the same prompt.
Prompt
- How has your life been affected by mental health, either personally or through someone you know?
- How has your life affected your mental health?
- How did it make you feel?
- Are there any moments in your life that you feel fundamentally changed who you are?
Be abtract, simple, whimsical, wild, savage; be yourself in the moment. Put your experience down in paper! Any mediums are welcome, except for 3D works. Smaller objects adhered to a flat surface are allowed.
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If you need paint, you can also pick up paint kits at JMKAC's Social Studio, but it is first come, first served.
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Submit your artwork or a poem based on this project prompt by the end of February 14th to have your work displayed in JMKAC's Social Center in May of 2021. A maximum of 100 artworks and 100 poems will be accepted.
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Your works will be published with credit in a zine. Originally the zines were going to be for those who donated, but this has been changed. Zines will be free, but we encourage donation to Mental Health America. The original artworks will be returned to their respective owners.
Need Supplies?
A new craft supply business has just recently opened up in Sheboygan called Hello Happiness Creativity Center. Here they sell both new and used crafting materials for as low as five cents! Please utilize this amazing business to create your pieces. For more info, access the link below:
questions?
contact projvividly@gmail.com, or message @projvividly on instagram to get more information on the project