{"id":1571,"date":"2025-07-05T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sickaf.amandaalderson.com\/dir\/?page_id=1571"},"modified":"2025-07-06T11:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:51:34","slug":"about-sick-af","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sickaf.amandaalderson.com\/dir\/about-sick-af\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SICK AF shares our stories.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Exploring the languages and personal stories of chronic illness and injuries, and the process of healing, through contemporary craft and the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Revealing such deeply personal experiences takes immense courage.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SICK AF Essay >><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The healing arts places craft firmly within their discipline for recovery, though medical language coldly straddles the tactility and expressive ability of craft and the act of making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“For the artists in the SICK AF, art making is part of their healing journey. And science supports what many artists have always known \u2014 that creativity heals.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The artists\/crafts practitioners in this exhibition identify as having gone through a life changing illness or event. The language of their journey is intrinsically embedded through their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sick AF delves into the personal narratives of artists who have navigated life-altering illnesses or injuries, using contemporary craft and the arts as a medium for expression and healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists >><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SICK AF curator, exhibition team and presentation partners.
An ART ON THE MOVE touring exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Us >><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Connect with the artists from SICK AF via their website, social media and online shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow & Contact Artists, Purchase Works >><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SICK AF shares our stories.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Images: SICK AF inaugural exhibition, Nysiztor Studio, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SICK AF shares our stories. Exploring the languages and personal stories of chronic illness and injuries, and the process of healing, through contemporary craft and the arts. “Revealing such deeply personal experiences takes immense courage.“ SICK AF Essay >> The healing arts places craft firmly within their discipline for recovery, though medical language coldly straddles … <\/p>\n

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