Museum of Science, Boston

Many Faces of Our Mental Health

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Display period: 2017-2018

 

Impact Upon Exhibition Trend:

Many Faces is likely the first exhibition focused upon mental health education and awareness to be displayed by a major American museum. Developed in a collaboration between MOS, Boston, artist Lynda Cuttrell, Dr. Bruce Cohen (former president of McLean Hospital), and others. Christine Reich of MOS, Boston explains the goal of Many Faces was not to fill visitors with information. Instead, the goal was to change visitor “affect and feeling” – helping those who experience mental illness to feel belonging and fullness of identity, and helping others develop empathy.

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Mark Cutler is a Rhode Island resident, New England music legend, and founder of The Same Thing Project, one of the first organizations in the United States dedicated to community songwriting. The Project believes everyone is a songwriter, and that music is at the root of some of life’s best emotions, especially when experienced together. The Same Thing Project's workshops include people from all walks of life - musicians, non-musicians, artists, retired folks, people with disabilities, and blue and white collar workers.  The same joy, laughter, and tears are experienced by all, with each contribution from each songwriter, however small, having the same importance as former strangers create community and co-write an original song . Read More.

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