‘People First’ Art Exhibit From Gesher Human Services Opens
PEOPLE FIRST” is a new exhibition coming to the Janice Charach Gallery, located at The J in West Bloomfield (6600 W. Maple Road) from now to Sept. 17. The event will showcase artists from Gesher Human Services’ Creative Expressions program, with the collection celebrating their unique artistic journeys and distinct worldviews. All 45 of the artists who participate in the arts enrichment program will have their work exhibited.
Some artists with serious mental illnesses attend the Clubhouse for the Common Good, located in the Lois and Milton Y. Zussman Center in Southfield. Clubhouse offers employment opportunities, educational classes, culinary and horticultural experiences, social and cultural activities, plus opportunities in the arts, to members with serious psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression. Other participants of Creative Expressions with developmental disabilities take part in Gesher programs such as Choices, which is an activities and skill-building program.