(Un)silenced Exhibition
APS Bank hosts (Un)silenced Exhibition - APS Bank
A (UN)SILENCED – an art exhibition highlighting the link between mental ill health and domestic violence - a joint initiative of APS Bank plc and SJAF
Through a partnership agreement with APS Bank plc, an important exhibition was organised and launched on the 12th of May. Artworks by two women supported by the St Jeanne Antide Foundation exhibited their life experience of living with a narcissist through their artworks and poems. A video was also produced featuring a team of female actresses who brought to life extracts from the poems appearing in the exhibition catalogue. The exhibition at the APS Bank’s head office in Swatar was open from the 12th of May until the 4th of July 2022.
The exhibition, video and artworks plunged the viewer into the unjust and devastating reality faced by so many women supported by SOAR and the Foundation in general. Foundation supports. (un)SILENCED coincided with the European Mental Health Week and its theme of: SPEAK UP FOR MENTAL HEALTH. Through this exhibition, APS Bank and the St Jeanne Antide Foundation jointly spoke up for mental health by sharing survivors’ journey towards resilience and faith. Nora Macelli, CEO of the St Jeanne Antide Foundation said of the exhibition: “Art and writing are truly powerful tools. For us family support workers, our work becomes truly meaningful when the people we support find their ‘voice’ and express it courageously – like today. Thank you, APS Bank, for being there for us since 2018. Your support gives us the energy to forge ahead. Partners like you sustain us and energise us to further highlight contemporary social issues through art and writing.”
Visit the exhibition here.
The exhibition, video and artworks plunged the viewer into the unjust and devastating reality faced by so many women supported by SOAR and the Foundation in general. Foundation supports. (un)SILENCED coincided with the European Mental Health Week and its theme of: SPEAK UP FOR MENTAL HEALTH. Through this exhibition, APS Bank and the St Jeanne Antide Foundation jointly spoke up for mental health by sharing survivors’ journey towards resilience and faith. Nora Macelli, CEO of the St Jeanne Antide Foundation said of the exhibition: “Art and writing are truly powerful tools. For us family support workers, our work becomes truly meaningful when the people we support find their ‘voice’ and express it courageously – like today. Thank you, APS Bank, for being there for us since 2018. Your support gives us the energy to forge ahead. Partners like you sustain us and energise us to further highlight contemporary social issues through art and writing.”
Visit the exhibition here.