3:30pm | Denise Clayton-Leonard, founder and CEO of Artful Healing, is the Artist in Residence at Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach. She was honored with the 2002 Public Corporation for the Arts ‘Artist of the Year’ award, has served as the Artist in Residence at the Long Beach Museum of Art, and is an active and positive force in the City’s creative community. 

In this interview, she speaks about the work she does at the hospital, and an exciting partnership with the the 26th International City Bank Long Beach Marathon, which will be using art created by hospital patients on the mile markers used throughout the race. The marathon is hosting a Mile Marker Silent Auction at the marathon’s free Health and Fitness Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center in Hall C, which is accessed via the main Arena entrance. The Expo is taking place this Friday from 12:00-7:00pm, and on Saturday from 9:00am-6:00pm.  The marathon takes place on Sunday, October 17th,

You can view and purchase beautifully framed patient art on Friday, October 22nd, at the gallery located inside the Miller Children’s Hospital.  They’ll be holding an art sale from 10:00am-6:00pm.  More information will be available on the hospital’s event calendar. 

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