Art and Healing explores the transformative and restorative potential of creative practice. While art is not medicine, it can foster healing through inspiration, reflection, and expression. The act of making can be calming and meditative, offering space to process emotion, navigate trauma or illness, mark upheaval, and celebrate joy and triumph. Art gives form to what can be difficult to articulate, communicating across boundaries of language and experience while harnessing the resilience within us all. Creativity encourages a positive outlook and provides a meaningful pause from daily routine.
Featuring works in painting, printmaking, drawing, illustration, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and more, the exhibition highlights a wide range of artistic approaches – from representational to conceptual – that engage with art as meditation and as a celebration of its enduring, restorative power.
If you'd like to read more about the exhibition, view our press release here.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: February 13
Announcing Selected Artists: February 21
Artwork Dropoff: Saturday, March 7, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM, Tuesday, March 10, 10:30 AM–2:00 PM
*Shipped work must be received no later than March 6
Exhibition Opens: March 20
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 26, 5:30–7:30 PM
Exhibition Closes: May 1
Artwork Pickup: Saturday, May 2, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM and Tuesday, May 5, 10:30 AM–2:00 PM
*Please note that the Mosesian Center for the Arts reserves the right to make minor adjustments to the exhibition timeline.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday–Friday, 12:00–6:00 PM
Art Therapists on Creating Connections at New Art Center
In this multi-venue collaboration, join the New Art Center in Newton for an illuminating talk with practicing studio artists and art therapists, Erin Palazzolo Loparo, M.S.-ATR and Tova Speter, M.A., LMHC, as they explore the intersection of personal creative practice and community-based healing.
Art and Healing: Art Therapists on Creating Connections
Thursday, March 12, 6:30–7:30 PM
This event is free and open to the public, light refreshments will be served.
Erin and Tova's artwork is on view March 20–May 1 in the Art and Healing exhibition at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Exhibiting Artists:
Megan Aki, Dede Booth, Linda Brown, Janet Buck, Heather Carroll, Bradford Casler, Elsa Campbell, Marsha Cohen, Kat Lombard-Cook, Anne-Marie Delaunay-Danizio, Camille DeMarco, Jessica DeVitto, Dana Donaty, Rachael Dubinsky, Diane Fiedler, Robin MacDonald-Foley, Dan Foren, Mary Galli, Maryann Garlick, Yola Gilibert, Wendy Gonick, Teresa VanHatten-Granath, Yildiz Grodowski, Stina Hals, Bredt Handy, Maia Shelby Hay, Martha Heller, Adi Kitov, Kumaran Kolandaivelu, Nilima Kolli, Sergii Kyrychenko, Cindy Lewis, Xiang Li, Janet Lincoln, Erin Palazzolo Loparo, Madeline Ludke, Lisa Lubarr, Kristin Ilse, Resi Ibanez, Betsy Martin, Diana Martocchia, Laura Menucci, Jeanne McDermott, Lori Moretti, Irina Moroz, Abhilasha Natarajan, Emily Newmann, Rebecca O’Brien, Allison Pratt, Sawyer Reitz, Jennifer Martinelli Rybicki, Kelli Sacher, Diane Savino, Tova Speter, David Bricklin-Small, Judith Ellen Sanders, Laurie Simko, Cynthia Smith, Ariel Shoemaker, Stacy Shorr, Amalia Tagaris, Cathy Weaver Taylor, Jamie Tessler, Keith Tornheim, Stephanie Watts, Alix White, Nerida White, Kathleen Wynn, Anahid Ypres
Interested in purchasing artwork from this exhibition? We’d love to help! To inquire or reserve a piece, email exhibitions@mosesianarts.org or call 617-923-0100 x8305.
You can also stop by during Gallery hours, Tuesday through Friday from 12:00–6:00 PM, where a Patron Services Associate will be on hand to assist you in finding the perfect piece for your space. Thanks for supporting local artists!
Featured image: Heather Carroll, Fragments No. 12
