I Am Here – Postcards from the Edge

November 16 6:00-7:45

Fredericton Public Library

Please join River Stone Recovery Centre and Solo Chicken Productions at The Fredericton Public Library in The HUB, for the opening of an exhibition of photography, art and poetry that aims to remind us that all people, regardless of social inequalities and experience with substance use, hold purpose, deserve to be visible as they are, and should be treated with dignity and unpatronizing compassion. The exhibition features original poetry from the participants and the staff of the centre created collaboratively with artist Lisa Anne Ross, portraits by photographer Kelly Baker and oil portraits from artist David Porter.

The exhibition is a part of the larger I AM HERE – Postcards from the Edge community arts project, sponsored by the Atlantic Mentorship Network- NB, meant to foster compassion in our community for the participants of River Stone Recovery Centre. Since April 2023, centre participants and staff worked weekly with Lisa Ross talking, writing, and building a creative and personal relationship. The result is a collection of deeply personal poetry and intimate portraits by Kelly Baker that are being turned into quietly public postcards that will be shared widely with our community.

(Exhibition is open to the public from November 16 – December 16, 2023)