Empower Wellness: Donate to dnj Gallery's ArtandMed' program

 

In October 2023, Pamela Schoenberg discovered the 'ArtandMed' curriculum by Ted Meyer, created for use in medical schools. It utilizes art as a tool to teach an understanding of wellness through patient/artist voices. With this added visual component, one’s ability to comprehend illness becomes more possible. Thus, Schoenberg decided to embrace this core, as well as combine an additional health component, at dnj Gallery.

 

In other words, Schoenberg decided to redirect the mission of dnj Gallery from solely commercial to a space with a more charitable and educational purpose.

Our journey to creating this GoFundMe campaign comes from a deep desire to make a positive difference in the lives of those struggling with health challenges. We strive to bridge the gap between art and medicine, providing a platform for patient comments often overlooked in traditional galleries.

 

Any donation to the program 'Art and Med' goes directly to the costs associated with running this program. The program includes the main art exhibition by those with the illness about the illness, a lecture conversation between patient/artists' and their doctors, and workshops and events which correspond to the specific patient/artist’s community. The funds will be used for shipping and returning the artwork, installing it on the gallery walls, retaining the expert instructors for the health workshops and events and support in publicizing the exhibitions.

 

To donate to our GoFundMe

click here

"Creating Order" Artist-Patient/ Medical Professional Conversation:

 with artists Lydia Emily, Ananda Karabo, Susan Trachman

and

Leslie J. Tarlow, MSN, GNP-BC, MSCN, an Instructor of Clinical Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Division, at the University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine.

Conversation moderated by Ted Meyer.

Please click the link here.

WORKSHOP:

  “Easy Movement to Release Upper Body Tension"

With Lisa Schechter:

Many people experience pain and tightness in the neck, shoulders and back. In this workshop, we explored ways to release excess tension in body and mind through simple movement and breathing activities, we learned how to improve our awareness of how we move and breathe and the connections throughout our body, and we thought of using our whole body proportionately in movement and how this helps us feel ease in body and mind and a sense of whole-body.

*workshops were held for the MS community

Webern Quartet

The Webern Quartet performed on Monday, November 11th at dnj Gallery.

*event was held especially for the MS community

"Listening to music, especially classical music, has been proven to produce dopamine, reduce cortisol, and even improve brain function."

Program -

Schoenberg String Quartet No. "0"

Webern 6 Bagtelles, Op.9

Beethoven String Quartet No.12,Op. 127

 "CREATING ORDER" 

    A group show by artists with Multiple Sclerosis

Thanks to all  those who came to the opening reception:     

                                                                                                

 

"Creating Order": a group show by artists with 

            Multiple Sclerosis

Saturday, September 28th - Saturday, December 7th

Listen to an interview on Real Talk MS podcast:  HERE

Breath-Taking: Group Show 18 Artists with Cystic Fibrosis 

                @ dnj Gallery in Santa Monica to June 22 

                    An interview with the Lead Artists of Breath-Taking:                                                             Dylan Mortimer and Dominic Quagliozzi      

by Stage Explorations-- a You-Tube Channel

 Through IV poles, cars and palm trees, a patient's art illustrates                                    life with cystic fibrosis

UCLA Health interviews Dylan Mortimer in a story about his life with cystic fibrosis, presenting his art work and its inclusion in the exhibit "Breath-Taking" at dnj Gallery.  

Cystic Fibrosis is the first exhibition in the 'Art and Med' program beginning at dnj Gallery. 

As mentioned in the press release for this exhibit, "In October 2023, Schoenberg discovered the exhibit “Art and Med” at the Torrance Art Museum, curated by Ted Meyer.  Meyer, artist-in-residence at the U.S.C. Keck School of Medicine, organizes exhibitions and discussions highlighting the health condition of a patient/artist side by side with a recognized medical professional. Meyer's efforts bridge the gap between art and medicine, providing a platform for patient voices often overlooked in traditional galleries."

"With a new desire to explore this deeper understanding and to teach through art, the mission of dnj Gallery from adjusted from solely a commercial to a space with a more charitable and educational purpose.  Believing that supplementary knowledge will help facilitate our community’s ability to aid in their own healing, the art and med program was born. Insight leads to motivation and the empowerment to rebuild and control one’s situation. She will also offer health coaching to the artists/patients during this exhibit.  In a collaboration, health goals are realized. This transformation reflects Schoenberg’s commitment to utilizing art as a tool to support individuals with chronic illnesses."

Come by to see "Breath-Taking":  a group exhibit featuring Dylan Mortimer and 17 other artists with cystic fibrosis.  The exhibit is open until June 22.

dnj Gallery:

3015 Ocean Park Boulevard 

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Hours:  Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays 12-4pm