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"The Healing Power of Art" Reception at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford

Reception to meet artists of original works featured at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to take place on Thursday, September 17 from 6-8 pm

Hallmark Health and New England Art Reach have partnered with local artists to harness the healing power of art with an ongoing art exhibition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford.

To celebrate this collaboration, an opening reception will be held at the hospital on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Meet the artists and view their original works, which are now on display. Featured artists include Gail Allen, Hilda Bennett, Chris Bower, Celeste Guidice, Samina Iqbal, Sandra Martin and Marilene Sawaf.

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The art can be viewed in the first floor lobby and the ground floor and all of the pieces are also available for purchase. “New England Art Reach is excited to bring original artwork to the corridors of Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital,” said New England Art Reach’s Ruth Axtell.

The exhibition runs through Dec. 31 at both Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

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