“Field Guide to a Crisis: Strategies for Survival From People in Recovery”
Brenda Tuxford Gallery
Saturday, June 3 - Friday, July 28, 2023
Exhibition Programming
Workshop sessions meeting at Old Town Print Lab
July 8
July 15
July 22: zine making (3 hr)
Artists Talk: date in July TBD.
"Field Guide to a Crisis: Strategies for Survival From People in Recovery" opens Saturday, June 3rd at the Ink People’s Brenda Tuxford Gallery at 422 First Street in Eureka, during Arts Alive.
Conceived as a companion to the exhibition that is currently on view at Morris Graves Museum of Art, this exhibition is an ongoing, socially engaged art project challenging viewers to re-think the voices that are elevated in times of crisis. It functions as a teacher's training tool by mentoring people residing in sober living homes in Eureka, CA to become “educators in resiliency.” Participants get the opportunity to identify, present, and teach their own crisis resilience skills through lesson plans, instructional videos, and public presentations. The program aims to build confidence, self-esteem, and resilience in its participants by uplifting lived experience to the status of expert knowledge. “Traditionally, society turns away from people dealing with a substance abuse disorder out of projected shame," project creator Justin Maxon writes. "FG flips this historic narrative by repositioning people in recovery as experts in navigating crisis.”
In addition to being on view during Arts Alive events on Saturday, June 3 and Saturday, July 1, the exhibition will be on view at Brenda Tuxford Gallery on Thursdays and Fridays, 12-5 pm, between June 3 and July 28.