Holy Cross Hospital and ArtServe recently wrapped up the “Femme Empowered” art exhibition, which was on display from May through July at the Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women’s Center at Holy Cross HealthPlex.

Through the work of acclaimed South Florida artists Nerissa Balland and Lori Pratico, “Femme Empowered” celebrated the courage, strength and inspiration derived from strong female role models in a one-of-a-kind mixed-media art exhibition.

According to research from Americans for the Arts, the arts enhance coping, thereby reducing patients’ need for hospital care, pain medication and unnecessary extra costs. In addition, the arts reduce patients’ level of depression and situational anxiety, contribute to patient satisfaction and improve medical providers’ recruitment and retention rates.

About Holy Cross Hospital

A member of Trinity Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL-based Holy Cross Hospital is a full-service, non-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. Holy Cross Hospital has been named one of the top three hospitals of 64 in the Miami metro area and one of the top 15 in the state in U.S. News and World Report's 2018-2019 Best Hospital rankings. Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community’s trusted health partner for life. To learn more about Holy Cross Hospital, visit holy-cross.com. Connect @holycrossfl.