Art of Healing students 'setting the world on fire'

The Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center's class continues to be a success.

By Emily Blackwood
| 11:30 a.m. January 29, 2016

Mary Ann Ward peacefully enjoyed the moment of creativity in her day.

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Peggy Yacovone paints a few strokes of yellow above the already reddish orange lines on her paper.

"I'm setting the world on fire," she says with a grin. Yacovone went with a warm-tone pallette because she said she's always choosing blues and purples — as evident by her purple pants and jacket.

Janis Brown was told she was going to get "her own corner on the sidewalk" one day if she kept up her artistic talents (Photos by Emily Blackwood).

Choosing colors outside their comfort zones seemed be a common theme among Thursday's Art of Healing Workshop at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum. The class, which partners with the Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, helps participants heal through creativity and art projects. The Expressive Mark Making With Paint class, held Jan. 28, was completely booked, and instructor Kristin Heron even had to wrangle up a few extra chairs to make sure all 21 participants had a place to sit.

Visit ormondartmuseum.org for information on more upcoming, free Art of Healing classses.