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Blank Canvas is a tribute to the restorative power of art, shown through portraits of women artists battling addiction. The story follows six women as they embrace creative sensitivity to overcome personal afflictions that have lead to substance abuse. In Blank Canvas we discover an inspirational community of artistic support that grows around these women, each on her own transformational journey...a journey that is both tragic and triumphant.

WINNER: Best Emerging Filmmaker, San Francisco Women's FIlm Festival 2007 "..very moving. Extremely well done." -Ted Baer, former Vice President, MGM/UA Television "powerful and moving" - Mitchell Block, Founder, Direct Cinema Limited

BLANK CANVAS, CREATING A NEW LIFE CONTACT: ASHLEY PHELPS, Director/Producer EMAIL: ashley@blankcanvasmovie.com CONTACT: 510.846.2218 PRESS KIT: click here Aquarius Health Care Media Blank Canvas on PBS (KTEH) Monday April 14th: http://www.kteh.org/tv/productions/videoi/season13/1313.jsp CREDITS Ashley Phelps, Director/Producer/Editor Jeff Martin, Editor Renen Bergan, Editor/Assistant Producer Lisa Phelps, Legal Consultant Deborah Davis-Price, Assistance with publicity and marketing Post Sound Design Berkeley Sound Artists, Jim LeBrecht MUSIC Jolie Holland, Escondida "Do You?", "Poor Girl", Springtime Can Kill You "Nothing to Do but Dream" Sean Hayes, Alabama Chicken "Moonrise" Randy O'Dell, Original Music Ora Cogan, Tatter "Thirst" Aiko Shimada, Like Hanna "You" PHOTOGRAPHS Courtesy of Bill Owens "Suburbia" © 2007