“Balancing Act” – Works by Elena Johnson

Art and Medicine
Hoyt Gallery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Contorted female painting

Artist Elena Johnson discussed “Balancing Act” with Elizabeth C. Ortiz, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology.  She spoke about how rheumatoid arthritis has focused her work on the body. This exhibit spoke to the challenges she faces doing what she loves, while balancing the erratic symptoms of an aggressive disease and its medication side effects.

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