Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/01/2022 - 10/03/2022
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Award-winning mental health comic Press Play to be exhibited at Oakland Asian Cultural Center – in honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week (OCT 3-9) and World Mental Health Day (OCT 10).
Month-long event will feature a family-friendly collaborative painting activity and panel discussions with mental health professionals and local Bay Area writers who engage in mental health topics in their work. Local organizations offering mental health services are also tabling during key event dates to share resources and information.
- OCT 1 at 4 PM: Opening Reception with a special reading by Bay Area writers Dawn Angelicca Barcelona and Hannah Wastyk.
- OCT 8 at 2 PM: Mental Health Professionals Discussion featuring representatives from Asian Health Services and NAMI San Francisco.
- OCT 13 at 5 PM: Collaborative Painting with Justice Murals at Lincoln Summer Nights. A fun family-friendly collaborative painting activity – supplies and materials provided, no experience necessary.
- OCT 29 at 2 PM: Writers Discussion Panel featuring Bay Area poets Michelle Lin and Christine No.
Co-presented by ARTogether and Asian Health Services, in collaboration with community partners National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) SF, Justice Murals & Lincoln Summer Nights.
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Location
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Category(ies)
- Visual Arts
- Design
- Poetry
- Exhibition
- Readings
- Spoken Word
- Painting
- Community
- Culture
- Premiere
- Reception
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