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ARTH 812: Madness, Modernity, and Modernism
On Mar. 1, students from Professor Allison Morehead's graduate seminar on material and visual cultures of madness spent the day in Toronto facilitated by staff of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Workman Arts.
Students viewed and discussed the exhibition "Breaking Down the Barriers: The CAMH Story" with John Court, Archivist at CAMH and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, walked around the perimeter wall of the site which has been set up as a memorial to former occupants of the Toronto Provincial Asylum, and viewed and discussed two recent public art projects in new CAMH buildings with Chris Mitchell, Visual Arts Manager at Workman Arts.
The highlight of the day, however, were two artist's talks by artists working in photography and conceptual art practices, both of whom have lived experience with mental illness. Catherine Jones and Michael Mills generously shared their insights on the connections and disconnections between their art practices and their mental health, fostering a lively conversation on contemporary art, mental health, and the institutions of both.
