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Art is an effective tool that impacts public attitudes and stigma about mental illness, a misunderstood disease.
The mental health field recognizes the negative impact of stigma. This project will help prevent and reduce stigma toward
mental illness by displaying art from adults on the road to recovery from mental illness. This traveling art exhibit
will be in various venues throughout Cuyahoga County throughout 2009 and 2010. The images will be selected from artwork
created by PLAN members working with local art therapists and artists. This project, funded in part by Cuyahoga Arts
and Culture, The Maltz Foundation and Ridgecliff Foundation, has an opportunity to reach and educate thousands to help reduce
the stigma associated with mental illness.
 The Art and Poetry Program for PLAN is directed by Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC. Gretchen is currently President
of the Buckeye Art Therapy Association which is an affiliate chapter of the American Art Therapy Association. Gretchen
can be reached at gretchenmiller@cox.net or 216-321-3611, ext. 304 .
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