Laugh Your Arts Off For Mental Health (LYAO4MH) is a community collaboration of mental health
organizations and agencies who have come together to provide the community with a fun-filled evening
designed to embrace our mental health with laughter, art and culture. We have created an event that
celebrates and showcases local talents of people in our community living with a mental illness, helping to
bust the stigma and increase our social support.

THE EVENT FEATURES
Terry Cooke, President and CEO of the Hamilton Community Foundation as a featured comic.
A group of stand up comics from Stand up for Mental Health who take a comedic view of their mental health issues
and their journey.
Art auction from community artists with lived experience with mental health issues.

EVENT DETAILS
Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia
Programme de Hamilton pour la Schizophrénie
Cottage
Studio
Judy Marsales, Founder and President of Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd. as a featured comic.
Date: Thursday April 8, 2010
Time: 6-9PM
Location: McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Rd South
Hamilton ON

- Artist Call for Entry -
Laugh Your Arts Off For Mental Health has been created in partnership with the Schizophrenia Society of
Ontario (Hamilton Chapter), Crazy Daisy, the Cottage Studio and Stand Up for Mental Health, with support
from Trivaris, the Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts and numerous community partners.

PARTNERS
Please feel free to contact Kristen Chamberlain if you have any questions – chamberlain.kristen@gmail.com
As part of the fundraising effort LYAO4MH is seeking visual artists with a lived-experience connection to
mental health. You may have lived experience with a mental health problem yourself, have a close family
member or friend with a lived experience, have a life connection to a survivor, or simply have been impacted
by mental illness. With 1 in 5 Canadians experiencing mental health problems, not only is it our capacity for
resilience that provides hope and optimism, but also our ability to reach out and help others to be creative
and productive members of our community.

- Artist Call for Entry -

VISUAL ART AUCTION
LYAO4MH is seeking two-dimensional or three-dimensional works in any medium that can be displayed
on easels and plinths. Works should be provided in a ready-to-hang condition.

CRITERIA
Artists are being asked to provide a minimum bid for their works. The minimum bid will serve as the artist
fee for each given work, with funds raised beyond that going towards the events overall fundraising target.
Artists are welcome to donate the entire sale price but the event organizers do not expect this. A charitable
tax receipt will be issued to the artist for the amount raised beyond the minimum bid, or full contribution
should the work be wholly donated. Unsold works will be returned to the artist.

PRICING
It is suggested that works have no greater than a $250.00 minimum bid.
If you need help determining the amount for your work, guidance can be provided once your work has been
submitted and accepted.
LYAO4MH is seeking 40 pieces in total for the event. Artists wishing to submit works can do so by filling
in the “Submission Form” below and bringing works to either The Cottage Studio or The Schizophrenia
Society Of Ontario, Hamilton Chapter. See below for details.
The Cottage Studio
Next to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
70 James Street South
Hamilton Ontario
Open: Monday to Friday, 1 PM to 3 PM
Schizophrenia Society Of Ontario, Hamilton Chapter
193 James St. S.
Hamilton Ontario
905-523-7413
Open: Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM
- OR -
ART SUBMISSION DETAILS
The event organizers reserve the right not to display all works submitted due to the nature of the event and
space in which it is being held.
Artists whose work is chosen will also be given a complementary ticket to the event and are encouraged to
be present during the auction portion of the evening to stimulate conversation about their work and how it
relates to their lived-experience with mental health.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 26, 2010
Name:
Minimum Bid:
I would like to donate my work and receive a tax receipt
I would like to receive my minimum bid and would be happy to donate any funds
raised beyond the minimum bid
Artist Entry Form
Laugh Your Arts Off For Mental Health
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Title of Work:
Medium:
Mental Health Experience: tell us about your lived experience with mental health
If you would like we’ll print this on a display card to share with the event patrons during the event.
250-word maximum. Please share my story

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