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Painting and Healing Meet at UAB’s PaintFest
Bringing people together through art. Photo by Theodore RoweTheodore Rowe - Contributor
trowe@uab.edu
On Thursday, July 14, as part of the Foundation for Hospital Art, Paintfest America gave cancer patients, cancer survivors and hospital staff the opportunity to paint on a range of canvases in the Northern Pavilion of UAB Hospital, home of the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Hospitals are never-ceasing currents of doctors, patients, cafeteria workers, information assistants, nurses, security guards and delivery drivers that are all shifting around one another in various roles, specializations and daily occurrences. Rarely does one think of the arts finding a place in such an intricate stream.