What The Exhibition Is about
Recovered Futures is a curated art exhibition that shares creative works by artists with lived experience of mental health recovery.
The exhibition creates space for personal stories, reflection, and dialogue through visual art, offering audiences an opportunity to engage with recovery as a lived, creative, and human experience.
Recovered Futures is hosted by Richmond Fellowship Queensland as part of its commitment to amplifying lived experience voices through community and cultural initiatives.
APPLICATIONS OPENING SOON
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PROUDLY HOSTED BY
Richmond Fellowship Queensland is a community organisation that supports recovery-oriented initiatives. RFQ hosts Recovered Futures to create space for lived experience voices through art.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
We are deeply grateful to our sponsors for their generous support, which helps bring this event to life and strengthen our community.
"We are our own biggest critics and I think being able to put it (the art) up there and see the reactions from people shows us that 'oh, I'm actually better than I think I am.'"
"I just happened to see the exhibition and decided to have a look but I'm really glad I did. Many of the artworks were amazing and really made me think and have a genuine response which is something I have never particularly experienced before."
"I love the way mental health well-being is portrayed in most of the paintings. It makes me think about my dark times and how I overcome them. And it made me realise how far I have come."
STORY HUB
Duane
For proud Jiman man Duane, art has never existed as just a way of creating; it’s been a bridge to healing and a medium for expressing connections with family, culture, country and community.
Alison | et al Gallery & Studio
Alison has built something more than a place to display art - the gallery has become a learning hub and a community where artists can find their voice and improve their practice.
Ally Douglas | RAAD
“I connected with the meaning behind what the exhibition aims to promote, which is so important these days and so prevalent, especially today with everything that’s going on. I don’t usually do exhibitions, but I think this one just really appealed to me because of the meaning behind it.”