New Hampsire
Contact Person: Hannah McGehee
Email: livingfibromyalgia@gmail.com
Website: http://www.livingfibromyalgia.com
Event Name: Living Fibromyalgia: Communicating Chronic Pain through Narrative and Creative Expression
Event Description: "This exhibition explores lived experiences of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain and fatigue diagnosis without known cause, definitive diagnostic test, or cure. In the past, to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia was to be told that your pain was purely psychological. Although this is no longer the dominant perspective, research has not yet sufficiently explained the physical symptoms of fibromyalgia to completely legitimize the diagnosis in either medical or social terms. Patients continue to struggle with disbelief from healthcare providers, family members, friends, and often themselves. In turn, all aspects of life are influenced by the diagnosis, from social relationships to employment to identity. Living Fibromyalgia examines how patients create and communicate their experiences with the diagnosis through narrative and creative expression. The exhibition also aims to educate medical providers and the public about the lived experiences of fibromyalgia in order to encourage better care, awareness, and understanding. The exhibitions, featuring creative work and narratives by fibromyalgia patients from around the US, will be open to the public from May 12 to June 16, 2015. The exhibition opening will take place on May 12th at 6:30pm in the Student Art Gallery; this event is free and open to the public."
Event Location: "Student Art Gallery, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755"
Date: 5/12/2015
