Art therapy takes centre stage on ABC’s Space 22

Bringing seven strangers together in artist-led group therapy unveils encouraging results in this six-part series hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

When the infamous Cronulla Riots erupted in December 2005, beaming brutal scenes of racially motivated violence around the world, the fate of police officer Craig Campbell caught public attention.

‘The price he has paid for his bravery was clear. I didn’t want to paint him as a knight in shining armour, but rather as he is: a rough, battle-hardened old warrior who lives with the ghosts of a lifetime of trauma.’

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Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.