How Art Can Help Us Heal

Utah’s Artists Say: ‘The Arts Will Help Us Heal’ by Ellen Fagg Weist is from the Visit Utah website.

It’s a thoughtful article on how art can help us heal.  Art Around the Corner and our Outdoor Sculptures Galleries are mentioned.

Ironman M-Dot sculpture by Richard and Josh Prazen

From the article on the Visit Utah website “…this year’s newly installed slate of 31 3D artworks — which transforms downtown into an outdoor sculpture gallery — is the resumption of a 17-year-old tradition that signifies the area’s creativity, according to leaders of the Art Around the Corner Foundation, an artist-led nonprofit. ‘It’s always gratifying when you’re walking around Town Square and you see people stopping and taking selfies and pictures,’ says Marianne Hamilton, chair of the foundation’s board. ‘People are blown away that we have this remarkable public art program.'”