“Wellness is Beauty – Beauty is Wellness”

Now Showing: Livin’ the Summer’s Dream
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Artists: Autism Rocks by Kind Tree, and Fairy Woodland by John Crawford

-music by Bliss

“This little gallery (more info below the video) is one of the best places to view art in Eugene, with its inviting walls and contemplative atmosphere. This show is engaging and asks the viewer to participate by writing their own story in the Journals provided. The intergrated Health Clinic brings together beauty and wellness in and unsual ways that help us all see the world from a new perspective.” -Rhiah Clachir

Village Health Gallery from Rhiah Clachir on Vimeo.

One of the newest and least known places to view art in Eugene is at Village Health Clinic, which features a group of health practitioners focused on integrative medicine and wellness.  The clinic was founded on the principle “Beauty is Wellness, Wellness is Beauty” which is why it brings art to the community by exhibiting local artists’ work.  The work is changed seasonally, as administrator Dawn Gandalf  says, to honor “living congruent with the seasons”.

The art is for sale, “but Village Health does not take a commission in order to altruistically support the artists without attachment to financial gain,” states Dawn.  Dawn defines healing as “A practical, simple way to align persons with the totality of who they are: mind, body, spirit and emotion. At our clinic, art is the focal point and not just a wall decoration.  When an individual comes Village Health, their healing begins by being stimulated with what they see and what they feel… by their senses. It’s nice for the practitioners too.”  Dawn is very selective and discerning of what hangs on the walls at Village Health.

The Gallery is not without approval from influential members in the artist community.  The executive director of Lane Arts Council says this about the gallery: “This space is extraordinarily well designed. It offers excellent quality space to display art and allows the art to be presented clearly as art. If you look at what is available in Eugene, there are only two or three commercial spaces and there is very little that would be comparable.”