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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.

 

Watch the Trailer (Quick Time)

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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