Exhibition puts ‘People Before Politics’ as NSW Drug Summit draws near

The show seeks to address the taboo of talking about drug use through artworks that focus on self-expression.
14th Art from the Heart of the Cross exhibition organised by MSIC, themed 'People Before Politics'. An artwork featuring a panda with a cigarette in its mouth and doing graffiti.

The annual Art from the Heart of the Cross exhibition is putting ‘People Before Politics’ this year, showcasing works of self-expression by a wide range of people at Uniting’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC).

As the NSW Drug Summit draws near, exhibition organisers are looking to send a message to the public. “People before politics was the theme of a previous International Harm Reduction conference, which really resonated with us,” says James Mulholland, Health Education Team Manager at MSIC. 

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_