{"id":257892,"date":"2012-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/for-lj-gallery-owner-healing-starts-with-art\/"},"modified":"2012-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T07:00:00","slug":"for-lj-gallery-owner-healing-starts-with-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/for-lj-gallery-owner-healing-starts-with-art\/","title":{"rendered":"For LJ gallery owner, healing starts with art"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Lorna York, art does much more than simply sit on a wall looking aesthetically pleasing. Or rather, that is exactly what it does, but it\u2019s the effect of that on the human mind that she said can be truly remarkable. “So many studies have shown that certain forms of music or artwork have healing properties,” she said. “That said, not all artwork will do that. Art being painted by say, a heroin addict, won\u2019t have healing properties.” York, owner of Madison Gallery on Prospect Street, doesn\u2019t just wax sentimental about the various qualities art offers outside of its obvious visual ones. She actually puts her money where her mouth is. On Nov. 3 \u2014 at the Top Docs gala at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla \u2014 York will announce the recipient of the third annual Healing Art Fund, which bestows on the winning medical facility a work of art to display on its walls. The concept of the Healing Art Fund is that each year, York donates to one facility a painting that she feels “has higher properties of healing.” “As an art dealer, I hope to give back,” she said. “A lot of times you go into a [medical] institution with stale walls, because the budget got cut right about there when art would have been added. I want to donate artwork that has healing properties, but I\u2019m not doing it for monetary gain. It\u2019s just primarily for healing.” The idea for the fund, York said, came about when the economy hit rock bottom. Instead of throwing “just another cocktail party” or writing a check to support various organizations in need, York wanted to “bring communities together.” The Top Docs gala, which recognizes San Diego\u2019s top doctors as voted on in San Diego Magazine, provided the perfect backdrop for York\u2019s philanthropic aspirations. “I wanted to show how these doctors could do something for their community and give back,” she said. “If you\u2019re involved in healing us, let\u2019s make a change to these medical facilities that you\u2019re working in. I want them to give back, to get actively involved. We\u2019re creating a higher vibration in our medical facilities.” Last year, UCSD\u2019s Moores Cancer Center won a work by artist Luc Leestemaker, York\u2019s friend and colleague who passed away in May. Medical professionals countywide await anxiously to hear who will be this year\u2019s recipient. Madison Gallery, located at 1020 Prospect St. Suite 130, is currently featuring, among others, work by Korean artist Jaehyo Lee. Lee\u2019s large-scale wood and metal sculptures reflect elements found in nature. Starting on Nov. 7, the gallery will feature the work of Lori Cozen-Geller, whose minimalist pieces are built with automotive paint on laminate, wood, fiberglass and metals. For more information on the gallery or the Healing Art Fund, visit www.madisongalleries.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Lorna York, art does much more than simply sit on a wall looking aesthetically pleasing. Or rather, that is exactly what it does, but it\u2019s the effect of that on the human mind that she said can be truly remarkable. “So many studies have shown that certain forms of music or artwork have healing […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":257893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11560","_seopress_titles_title":"For LJ gallery owner, healing starts with art","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11560],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-la-jolla-village-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}