by Carolyn Abrams | Feb 8, 2023 | arts, Odyssey House Art Project
We’re pleased to announce that Chad Porter, who has been working with the Odyssey House Art Project for 12 years, has been promoted to Expressive Arts Director following the retirement of longtime director Jerald Frampton. Over the last decade, Mr. Porter and Mr....
by Carolyn Abrams | Nov 11, 2022 | arts, Odyssey House Art Project
The Odyssey House Art Project’s visiting artist series continued with a two-day workshop by Nancy Nowacek, a research-based artist, designer, and educator working in visual art, public art, social practice, and socially-engaged contexts. The workshop, (Between)...
by Carolyn | Nov 21, 2017 | arts, GivingTuesday, Odyssey House Art Project
Next Tuesday, November 28, 2017, we are participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. This year, we’re raising money to support the Odyssey House Art Project. For more than a decade, our expressive arts program has been a therapeutic oasis for...
by Carolyn | Oct 23, 2017 | arts, heroin, Opioid epidemic, prescription drugs, recovery, young men
The Odyssey House Art Project is comprised of men and women in treatment for substance use and mental health disorders. In a city where 1,374 died from drug overdoses in 2016 – and someone dies from an overdose every seven hours – these services are more critical than...
by intern | Jul 15, 2015 | arts, Dr. Peter Provet, in the news
Manhattan Times by Monica Barnkow “I was a walking mess.” Russell M. recalled how he had faced off with the courts after struggles with substance abuse. It was August 2014, and he needed to make a change. His break came, he said, in being referred to Odyssey...
