CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md. – The Twin Beach Opioid Abuse Awareness Coalition (TBOAAC) is thrilled to announce that after an initial round of scoring of sculpture applications, four artists/artist teams were selected to move on to round two of the selection process.
For round two, each artist or team was awarded $1,500 to construct a scale model of their sculpture and present them along with their artistic concepts to the selection committee for a final round of judging. The models were unveiled at a small reception on August 18 and are fabulous!
The final sculpture design selection will be announced at the TBOAAC Glow Vigil on August 31, 2023 at the North Beach boardwalk pavilion. Once the winning sculpture design is announced, the artist/team will have one year and $30,000, pending funding approval from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) 2024 Public Art Across Maryland Grant Program to complete the sculpture.
The full-size sculpture will be unveiled on August 31, 2024 in its permanent installation at the Mark R. Frazer Sunrise Garden in North Beach, MD.
Congratulations and best wishes to all four artists/artist teams who made it to the final selection round of the TBOAAC Overdose Awareness/Memorial Sculpture Project – “Their Lives Matter”!
TBOAAC thanks the Maryland State Arts Council, CCHD Local Behavioral Health Administration, Town of North Beach, and Town of Chesapeake Beach for their support of this project.
TBOAAC Sculpture Project Coordinator: Sandy Mattingly
TBOAAC Chair: Town of Chesapeake Beach Councilman Keith Pardieck
I have to disagree with “their lives matter “
If their lives matter then they wouldn’t get hooked onto drugs knowing that it would kill them
This comment just shows that you have never had to deal with substance abuse close to you. 50% of substance abuse is not a choice, it is genetic. It’s an illness.
What about the people that have been involved in serious accidents and as a result are prescribed pain medication for their injuries and now they are hooked on pain meds ?? hmm that doesn’t seem like they just went out and DECIDED to get hooked on them. At that point, its a chemical dependency within their body.
Im sure if “they” were your sister, brother, mother, father, child or anyone close to you, you wouldn’t be singing the tune that their life doesn’t matter.
Lastly, as someone making a comment like this, I would hope that you have never sipped alcohol or smoked tobacco in your life, because those two are substances that are abused and they to, WILL KILL YOU.
Have a fantastic day!
My comment stands, my brother is one of them and I could care less about him, it’s his choice to do drugs and get addicted to them, if he doesn’t live oh well he’ll be another statistic
And fyi I smoke two packs a day, why? It’s my CHOICE
You have a fantastic day
All substance abuse is CHOICE, it has absolutely and I mean absolutely nothing to do with genetics
If you didn’t have an ounce of care in you for your brother, you would not have made a comment on this article.
Your brother CHOOSING to become addicted to drugs does not speak for every other addict in the world that have been prescribed things for actual medical issues without knowing or educating themselves on the repercussions. Do your research, look up the statistics.
“Genetics play an important role in the development of drug or alcohol addiction; in fact, research shows that about 40 to 60 percent of an individual’s susceptibility to addiction is related to hereditary factors.”
&quite frankly, you are also insinuating that your life does not matter as well considering you are (in your words) choosing to be addicted to cigarettes.
Your brother does matter to someone, maybe not you, but he does to someone.
You have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about
Drug addiction is a CHOICE period, I don’t care what you or anyone else thinks
My brother matters to the dealer he’s giving money too, so you’re right about him mattering to someone
And to answer your first comment, no he does NOT MATTER TO ME NEITHER DOES ANY OTHER ADDICT ON THIS PLANET
If you feel sorry for people that make bad choices then that’s your fault and problem not mine
Have a nice day