The Art of Recovery Festival will run from September to October and is a showcase and celebration of all the fantastic creativity within the recovery community.

21 Sep: Showing of the White Chip, a play about alcohol addiction & recovery7:30pm at Mossedge Village Theatre Click here for tickets

22 Sep: Matinee showing of the White Chip
12pm at Pace Pop Up Theatre Click here for tickets

4-18th October: Art Exhibition, open 10am-4pm, Tue-Sat
The Art Department; 2-10 Causeyside Street; PA1 1UQ Click here for more info.

– Exhibition Pop Up Events (all taking place at The Art Department) 

6 October: Launch Party, 11am – 1pm. A chance to view some artwork, take part in an art workshop, meet some of the artists, hear some spoken word and mingle! Click here for tickets

8 October: Meet the Author. 2pm – 4pm. An opportunity to meet Aidan Martin. Aidan’s debut book, a memoir, Euphoric Recall – discusses in detail his recovery from addiction and many traumas. Click here for tickets

11 October: The Living Library of Lived Experience and Recovery. 11am – 3pm

This event will have people enter a ‘library’ to interact with ‘living books’ in order to learn about dependency, stigma and recovery first hand. The library will be open to everyone who has an interest, curiosity or confirmed idea of what these concepts mean and is designed to offer a way to learn and reflect, encouraging room for personal change , hopefully leading to further changes across our society. Click here for tickets

15 October: Christmas in Rehab. 2pm – 4pm. A short film based on a true story. Watch the film and meet some of the stars. Click here for tickets

ARTISTS! We want to hear from you

To submit your work to be showcased in The Art of Recovery exhibition, please send the following information:

• Name
• Phone number
• Locality
• A bit about you and your art
• Photos of examples of your work

to natalie@scottishrecoveryconsortium.org. Please note all artists will be required to drop art at 2-10 Causeyside Street, Paisley PA1 1UQ between 10am – 12pm on 4/10/22 and collect 17/10/22 between 10am-11am.

LIVING LIBRARY PARTICIPANTS

Would you like to volunteer to be part of a lived experience living library?

You will be asked to share your lived experience of recovery and answer any questions from “readers” at the event.

Contact Natalie: natalie@scottishrecoveryconsortium.org

for more info or an informal chat to discuss how you could get involved.