In this art exhibit, we showcase participant-artists’ work to illuminate our research findings about a novel therapy group that integrated mindfulness practices with expressive art forms to help people process their cancer experiences. The 32 participant-artists engaged in mindfulness practices in the group, and expressed themselves in various artistic activities. You can see many examples of their artwork here.
In the first section of the exhibit, you will view collages which display several peoples’ artwork together in one piece. Next is a section displaying the body outlines. The exhibit concludes with a series of mandalas. In addition to viewing the artwork, we have provided interpretive text to help you engage with the exhibit. We also created an audio guide to elucidate the meanings of the artwork and our research findings. We highly recommend you read the text before you listen to the audio guide provided for each section.
We hope you enjoy our exhibit.
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge and thank the participant-artists who generously shared their time, experiences, and artwork with us. Thank you to Hyeon Jeong Choi who designed the online exhibit, Cathy Hardy who narrated the audio guide, the actors who read the participants’ quotes, and Zaeya Winter who created the collages. We are also grateful to the George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Trinity Western University audiovisual staff for their support.
Research team
Kendra Rieger, Tom Hack, Miriam Duff, Patrick Faucher, Alysha Creighton, Mandy Archibald, Amie Zaborniak, and Christina West.
To learn more about our research, please visit artsforequity.ca