Visual arts and medical science merge at Crosstown’s ‘The Art of Science’
Visitors look over the piece at “The Art of Science” at Crosstown Arts. The exhibit includes work by more than 40 artists inspired by the work of local researchers and clinicians at organizations like St. Jude and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Epigenetics, asthma, polyps and mitral valve regurgitation might seem unlikely subjects of artistic inspiration, but the marriage of medical science and visual art is drawing visitors to “The Art of Science.”
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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