Seventh Annual NAMI Wake County
Celebration of Courage
Celebrate the Hope, Recovery. amd Courage
of People with Mental illness
installation art exhibit
Recreation of Van Gogh's Painting "Irises"
One Thousand Flowers Recreating Van Gogh's Painting,
Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 1 - 5, 2012
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Vincent Van Gogh is known today as a great
Expressionist. During his lifetime he rarely
managed to sell any of his paintings and was
supported by his brother Theo. It was not until
shortly before his death that the art world gave
him any recognition. Today his paintings are
worth $Millions and hang in many of the great
art galleries of the world.
Vincent was born in The Netherlands in 1853
and went to Brussels in 1881 to study art. He
painted his first masterpiece 'The Potato
Eaters' in 1885 and later moved to Paris to
advance his art studies. He settled in provincial
Arles where he produced many of his [now]
famous works eg: 'Sunflowers' and 'The
Bridge' in 1888.   Vincent showed signs of
mental disturbance and after a fight with a
fellow painter, Gauguin, cut off part of his own
ear. He spent time [1889-90] in an asylum but
continued to produce great works of art. He
shot himself at the scene of his last painting
'Cornfields with Flight of Birds' in 1890.
...... turn the sound on.!!!
If you didn't know before - now you will know
what the song 'Vincent' is all about.  Don
McLean wrote Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
in the fall of 1970.  To hear the song while
viewing a collection of his beautiful paintings.  
It is part of an art and creative writing lesson
plan for patients at Mississipi State Hospital at
Whitfield.  Click Here
Cindy Massey
Paul Pearce
Paul & Anne Robitaille
Larry & Carolyn Rogers
Kathy Smith
Bill and Wilma Stanley
Thomas Thomasian
Anju Verma, DRG Counseling
Mary Virginia Welles
Cindy Wheeler
Holly Hill
Hospital
Tom & Ellen Clemmer,
in memory of Wilmer C. Betts, MD
Josie Douglas,
in memory of Sarah K. House
Kathy Driver
Crystal Farrow
Garner United Methodist Church
Tom Hadley
Louise Jordan
Ann & Gerry Akland
in memory of
Sarah K. House
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