NAEMI

“Make” Outsider Art Documentary introduces us to the art, lives and mental illness of artists Judith Scott, Ike Morgan, & Royal Robertson. Screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Eugenio Rothe, MD with panelists Silvia Quintana, LMHC, Elizabeth Hoy, MD & Maite Castillo. Friday – April 13, 2018, 6:30pm. Free and open to the public. Upcoming Events The Value and … +

OUTSIDER ART exhibits Misleidys Castillo, Isaac Crespo, Sebastián Ferreira, Damián Valdés Dilla, and Boris Lopez’ works.  Produced by untrained artists often recovering from mental illnesses who are typically distant from the conventional art world -these  30 pieces-  represent honesty and passion from an often ignored and misunderstood part of the population. Outsiders in a world in which art is produced and experienced … +

The Foundation NAEMI (National Arts Exhibition of the Mentally III Inc) presents its 29º Anniversary Annual Art Brut Exhibition opening on April 21st 5-7pm at Borders Picture Framing & Gallery (1601 SW 1st St Miami, FL 33135). Works from Misleidys Castillo, Isaac Crespo, Christopher Paul, Sebastián Ferreira, Damián Valdés Dilla, Lucia Ballester and Peyi Rodríguez Cabrera are for sale. There is free … +

There are many collections of ‘outsider art’ but few are nonprofit institutional collections like NAEMI with a perspective of the various manifestations of contemporary art that holds the collection. Among its more than thousand pieces are a variety of techniques related to contemporary art, which now include photography. Art of individuals recovering from mental illnesses rarely appears in the news, even less … +

The National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to collecting, displaying and selling art by artists recovering from mental illnesses, will open its 27th Annual Art Exhibition “Mental illness has been in the news a lot recently. Mental Illness is the ‘abandon’ illness of our century. For the past 28 years, NAEMI has made it its mission to … +

Opening reception: May 10, 2013, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.From May 10 through June 3, 2013. The National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to collecting, displaying and selling of art by persons in recovery from mental illness, will open its 25th annual exhibition on May 10th at Borders Picture Framing Gallery in Miami.

September 8 ,2012. 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI), a non-profit organization founded in 1988 dedicated to collecting, displaying and selling art by artists in recovery from mental illness, will hold a fundraising event and art sale on September 8, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Borders Picture Framing Gallery in Miami.

From May 5 through 26, 2012. NAEMI, an international organization dedicated to collecting, displaying and selling art made by people recovering from mental illness, will launch its 24th Annual Exhibition with an opening reception at the RODEZart.com Gallery on first Saturday May 5, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

From May 27 through Jun 24, 2011. NAEMI, an international organization dedicated to discovering, promoting and exhibiting work by artists with mental illness launches a new exhibition with an opening reception at Borders Art Gallery in Miami.

The National Art Exhibition by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) holds its 22nd edition this month. Proof that art is often found in the unlikeliest of places, this organization focuses on presenting the work of the mentally ill to South Florida audiences with a mission that is stated on their website:

May 1st through 30th, 2009.  NAEMI, the National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill, is presenting their annual exhibition at the Miami Center for the Photographic Arts, located at 1601 SW 1st Street in Miami. The exhibition consists of fifty-seven works by mentally handicapped artists from the US, England, Spain, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay. The work selection was done by Juan Martin, … +

Fundraising in benefit of the NAEMI Foundation. January 25th, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Prominent members of South Florida’s artistic, medical and mental health communities will come together on January 25th, 2008 for a special fundraiser and reception at Little Havana’s Nuez Gallery to benefit the National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI). Like all NAEMI exhibitions, this fundraiser will include works that … +