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Dear Friend of The Healing & Arts Studio,
We are sad to inform you that The Healing and Arts Gallery has closed our doors. Due to a lack of sales, funding and staffing we are forced to close this location.
Our recent appeals have brought many of our loyal customers and many new customers in to shop, and we have recieved a handful of private donations. While this show of support is so very appreciated it has not been enough to maintain this retail venue. So we will close up shop, and we will continue to operations through our website in an effort to raise enough funds to relocate to a more succesful location in the future.
Ellen and Lilly would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for your patronage all these years. We thank those of you who were able come by and say goodby. We will miss you all. From all of us here at The Healing & Arts Studio we wish you the very best!
Sincerely, Ellen & Lilly
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The Healing & Arts Studio, Inc. is a 501(C)(3), non-profit, public charity run for and by healing adult survivors of childhood abuse. For 12 years we operated The Healing & Arts Gallery & Gift Shop and still produce The Healing Times, a free survivor newsletter. In addition the Studio served as a "Nesting Ground" for survivors to develop their own art/healing oriented entrepreneurial projects and helped sponsor three survivor-run businesses in various stages of development: Lilly's Art & Framing, World Bead & Design and Iris Weaver- Herbal Gifts.
Ellen and Lilly founded the Studio and ran the entire operations on a voluntary basis since it opened its doors in 1994. Both women are survivors of severe childhood abuse. They created the Studio as a safe, supportive environment to pursue their own personal healing work and their artistic professions, and as a safe place for other survivor artists and crafts people to sell their work.
Ellen and Lilly presently oversee the creation and developement of this website in order to continue reaching the survivor community and educate the public about survivor issues.
Our mission is to help bring an end to the destructive and often multigenerational cycle of child abuse. By speaking out we are breaking the silence and denial that have historically shrouded this issue. Through outreach and education we are increasing awareness and understanding and promoting healing and transformation. Through the creation of a physical environment, a "nesting ground" run for and by adult survivors for 12 years, we strove to promote the personal healing and self-empowerment of individuals who have suffered the social epidemic of interpersonal violence, torture, exploitation and abuse during the formative years of their life. Now more than ever our society needs healing.
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While Ellen and Lilly have achieved many of their goals with very little funding they still have far to go to fully actualize their vision. They are proud of their accomplishments and are always striving to maximize revenues in order to expand their operations and offer new and exciting resources to the survivor community. If you would like the opportunity to help The Healing & Arts Studio achieve all of their goals please join The Healing Force today. You can make a tax-deductible donation on-line right now using your Master Card, Visa, American Express, or Discover Card. Just click on the donate button. Or, you can mail your donation to The Healing & Arts Studio, c/o Lillys art & Framing 731 Harrison Ave, Suite 12, Boston, MA 02118. Together we can make a better tommorow for our children and our grandchildren. We thank you for your support
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