Beneath a photo of a lizard carefully camouflaged in some plants are the words: ‘Do you see him. Sometimes you want to fit in at school and it is difficult’.The lizard is just one of many moving and inspiring pieces of art in the Mindframe Photovoices art exhibition on now at the Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA) at City Hall in Hamilton.Entry in the show was open to clients and former clients of the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI). This year’s show, themed ‘Do you see what I see? Take a closer look!’ includes over 55 submissions of art, photography, jewellery and creative writing from approximately 80 artists.Reilly Ingham is one of the art therapists who works with patrons of the MWI’s Mindframe art therapy programme.“Having this art show is definitely a self esteem booster for our service users,” she said. “It is wonderful for them to see their artwork up and to see that it is in the gallery and everyone is looking at it. It allows them to be defined as artists, photographers or creative writers, rather than by their mental illness. It gives them a way to relate to the community.“While preparing for the exhibit, service users showed excitement and pride in their artwork, wanting to share their experience with the public. This exhibit allows community members to interact with service users in a positive way and to see people for their artistic ability, rather than for their mental illness.”Miss Ingham, 28, recently graduated from The School of Visual Arts in New York with a Masters in Art Therapy.“I have always been interested in art and I use art as my own therapy,” she said. “I really believe that art has a healing quality and the process of art making can be therapeutic.”The Mindframe programme allows MWI clients and former clients to come in and work on different projects of their choosing. People in different wards at MWI also sometimes take part in group art projects. One group project involved painting a mural at MWI. As the mural could not be transported to the BSOA, Miss Ingham took a photograph of it, and projected it onto a wall of the gallery.The work in the show is on sale. Most of the money goes to the artists themselves, but 15 percent goes back to the art programme to purchase more supplies and materials. Miss Ingham said MWI also appreciates donations of art supplies.“There are so many different people coming in and using the supplies that the paint gets used so much,” she said.The exhibition includes pen and ink drawings, paintings, sketches and jewellery but one of the highlights of the show are the photographs taken by the Photovoice photography club. This group is run by occupational therapist Akilah Lapsley Dyer and several volunteer professional photographers including Charles Anderson and Nicola Muirhead.“The volunteer photographers are there to try and help the clients understand what makes a good picture,” said Miss Ingham.Members of Photovoices are taken on photo expeditions around the Island and are encouraged to write a little blurb to go with the photograph to express their thoughts on the image.Another highlight of the exhibition is Margaret Davis’ jewellery and clay products. Her interest began when she was a client in one of MWI’s programmes.“I have been making jewellery for three years since I stopped my job,” she said. “When I first started making it I had no real plans to do anything with it. In an art group at MWI, they had some beads. I said ‘this is fun and I can do this’.”Jewellery making quickly became a passion. To date, she has shown her work in three art exhibitions including two at the BSOA and one in the old Phase One building in Smith’s.“I don’t sell my work at Harbour Nights because the overhead is too expensive and I am not able to make a lot of product because I do have arthritis,” she said. “It is therapy, although very slow going, sometimes.”In the show she includes a collection of cute clay animals and figures that sit on top of a pen or pencil.“The clay stuff is good for my hands,” she said. “It is more creative than the jewellery but the clay harder to work with.”If you are interested in purchasing some of her work contact her at binks@northrock.bm.The exhibition runs until October 29. For more information see www.bsoa.bm.