The Brush, The Pen, and Recovery
 Coming soon from Oskar Productions: a documentary of the Cottage Studio in Hamilton Ontario, Canada. The studio has been operating
at St Paul's Presbyterian church in downtown Hamilton as a
place where those with serious mental illnesses can go to pursue art.
Over the years, the program has grown and is now operated by the
Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Family Association. A
grant from the Trillium Fund enabled them to renovate an historic
cottage on the church grounds into a proper studio.
The artists at the Cottage Studio had the
opportunity to prepare for and hang a show of their work at an
opening at the Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton at the end of June 2009.
The documentary deals with their preparation for the show, the
show itself, and in-depth interviews with three of the artists. While the story is about the
preparation for a serious gallery opening for these artists
culminating in the opening itself, the interviews will explore the
very issue of schizophrenia, the lives of the people it affects and
the role of artistic expression in their recovery.
Director: David Laing Dawson
Producer: Marvin Ross
Length approximately 33 minutes
For further information please contact Marvin Ross at mross at (@) cuttingforstone.com
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