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“Strong at the Broken Places: Healing Art” is an exhibit created by members of more than 20 community groups, including residents of homeless shelters, Cambodian women elders, people struggling with addictions, single parents, hospice volunteers, college students and others.
The exhibit will be held at the Arts League of Lowell Gallery, 246 Market St., Lowell, from Oct. 24 through Nov. 1. There was an opening Healing HeArt Party reception on Saturday, Oct. 24 and will be a closing reception Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1 to 3 p.m.
“The exhibit was designed to illustrate how art may be used to express and transform ‘brokenness,’ whether it’s a broken heart, body, community or dream,” says Anne Mulvey, professor emeritus and co-coordinator of the planning committee.
Mulvey says that community-based public art projects like this have tremendous potential to foster and sustain individual, small group and community health by engaging, affecting and connecting artists and viewers. Students in a Community Social Psychology graduate seminar designed by Mulvey also created art that will be displayed, and are assisting with planning and launching the exhibit.
In conjunction with the exhibit, an introduction to InterPlay, an active creative process that unlocks the wisdom of our bodies, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gallery 119, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell.
The exhibit and InterPlay program are sponsored and funded by the UMass Lowell Division of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Students, staff and faculty from the Art and Psychology Departments are also assisting in designing and implementing these projects.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, email Anne_Mulvey@uml.edu.