Almoradí to open «La Metamorfosis», an art exhibition about mental health

Almoradí will open the «La Metamorfosis» exhibition at 19:00 on Thursday 22 October. The show, featuring paintings and photography, explores mental health through art at the municipal Exhibition Hall. The programme also includes a clay workshop on Wednesday 21 October for people using the service.

The exhibition brings together works by Julia Ferrández Galindo, focusing on inner transformation, identity and emotions. Her paintings use figures such as birds, butterflies, masks and boats to represent processes of change and personal discovery.

The exhibition also features a photographic project of five images that uses the metamorphosis of the butterfly to explore bipolar disorder. The photographs are by Patricia Aguilar, with Beatriz Galindo Rufete as the model and José Gómez Javalo’s contribution. The series presents different stages of emotional experience, including struggle, support and fragility.

The municipal initiative is part of World Mental Health Day, which is observed on 10 October. The Town Hall presents the exhibition as a way of bringing this issue to the public and helping to challenge stereotypes through artistic expression.

Almoradí added the SASEM programme to its Social Services on 1 January 2024. The service provides care and follow-up for people with serious mental health problems in their own environment, in coordination with the health network and other community resources. The Town Hall also says it has had an agreement with Fundación ADIEM for more than 22 years to support people affected and their families.

Article prepared by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.