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�鶹��Ʒ��Ƶ will host Insights VIII, an art exhibition of creativity and the bipolar brain, Feb. 19 through March 15, at the Ritter Art Gallery on the Boca Raton campus. Art credit: David Feingold

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�鶹��Ʒ��Ƶ’s Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, in collaboration with the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, will host “Insights VIII: Creativity and the Bipolar Brain,” beginning Feb. 19 through March 15 at the Ritter Art Gallery, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.

Insights, an annual juried art exhibition produced by the Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation, is designed to bring awareness and break down ongoing stigma around the disease. Selected from more than 200 national submissions, these works were all created by individuals living with bipolar disorder.

Much of the pain of bipolar disorder is invisible to the outside world, hidden behind the outward appearance of physical health. But it is a serious, complex and debilitating mental illness without a cure – and those living with the condition often suffer in silence.

 “Art is a powerful form of expression,”  said Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., executive director of the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute. “We are excited to welcome back our friends at the Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation to share this inspiring artwork, fight social stigma and shine a light on the need for more research to understand this serious brain disorder.”

Dusty Sang and Joyce Licht Sang established the foundation after they lost their only son, Ryan, to early-onset bipolar disorder. The foundation’s mission is to foster awareness, understanding and research for the disorder.

This is the second time Florida Atlantic has hosted the Insights exhibit. The show coincides with the Brain Institute’s initiative to launch the Center for the Resilient Mind, a multi-disciplinary center where neuroscientists, social workers, clinicians, psychologists and artists can collaborate to unravel the science of human resilience across the lifespan. The center will be divided into four research areas: Program for Resilient Youth, Program for Resilient Aging, Program for Resilient Communities and Program for Artistic Resilience.

“The Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and Dr. Randy Blakely are at the epicenter of leading-edge neuroscience research,” said Dusty Sang. “The nexus between the complexity of their scientific work and the public’s understanding of illnesses of the brain can be better understood by experiencing works of art by artists with bipolar disorder where a shared vision of science and the human condition speak volumes about the path ahead.”  

The Ritter Art Gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., and Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m.

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