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The Art Mission, a satellite of Mercy Professional Services, with deepest respect and gratitude dedicate our Art Therapy Studios to Linda Ranz.<p>
We gratefully acknowledge the generous patronage of The 2008 Linda Ranz Award for the Advancement of Art in Medicine that has given us the opportunity to create a pioneering presence of Art Therapy for Cincinnatians, in a beautiful new space.<p>
Because of her compassionate and forward vision Linda Ranz inspired and championed grant funding which has provided Art Therapy for literally thousands of mentally ill persons, both acute and chronic who otherwise would never have had a chance to experience its healing effects.<p>
Linda’s innovative accomplishments allowed for the provision of a pilot program at the Good Samaritan in-patient adult Psychiatry Unit from 2005 to 2007. This grant funding for arguably, the most effective psychotherapy, Art Therapy integrated with the latest advances in Psychiatry, resulted in a synergistic opportunity to experience the best in both Art and Medicine, for emotionally and mentally suffering persons in Greater Cincinnati. Thanks to her we are now making the power of Art Therapy available to the general population as well as mental health consumers through The Art Mission at Mercy Professional Services. In deep gratitude and loving memory we have named our two and three dimensional studios as The Linda Ranz Studios for Art Therapy.<p>
The example provided to us by the life of Linda Ranz, her unpretentious, down-to-earth, good natured, respect and concern for all without discrimination, throughout her long career as a successful Cincinnati business women, continually serves to inspire us onward. Her strength of character continues to fuel us in our efforts to be of service through our Art Mission.<p>
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