Carrie and Maureen Are Using Art to Unmask Conversations about Mental Health

Uncorked with Funny Wine Girl · Nov 20, 2025 · 51m

Have you ever responded to someone asking how you're doing with an "I'm fine"?

I have many times throughout the years. Although I am also known to share exactly what's going on with me--sometimes to my friends' chagrin--because they tell me people don't want to hear about it.

Manny times we say "I'm fine" rather than express our emotions. South Central Pennsylvanians Carrie Breschi and Maureen Joyce, whose son died by suicide, created a project that uses art to encourage people to share their story or at least illustrate it through art. They both know personally how cathartic making art can…