DOWNLOAD & COLLABORATIVELY SHARE OUR ARTWORK
Created Specifically to Help the Spa, Salon and Wellness Industry
Communicate to Your Clients and Community The Healing Power of Touch
Four Artists and their Work
You may download the artwork for free from these featured artists:
Pacia Elaine Anderson, Mizuho Call, Vasileia Dereli and Tia Crystal
Pacia ElaineAnderson
Pacia is a teaching artist, creative consultant, and community
development and engagement strategist with numerous academic, non-profit, civic, and
community-based organizations and institutions. Based in St. Louis, MO, she believes
that a purposeful life is lived creatively, communally, and in service to others. As a
result, she is focused on uplifting the work of grassroots, neighborhood, and
youth-based initiatives, such as Cherokee Street Reach, Good Journey Development
Foundation, URB Arts, and Freedom Arts Education Center. Her winning piece, Healing
Touch, represents the unifying, healing power of touch and forms the foundational
aspects of human connection.
MizuhoCall
Mizuho Call was born and raised in Shiga, Japan, but she dreamed of living in the U.S.
At the age of 18, she decided to study photography and graphic design at a liberal arts
college in Virginia. She later went on to work at a spa distribution company for eight
years before starting her own design company. Her artwork, Healing and Nurturing, is
meant to showcase how wellness comes from inner peace. Says Call, “My art
expresses the balance of well-being and wellness, as healing and nurturing the life
around us.
VasileiaDereli
Born and raised in Athens, Greece, Vasileia Dereli graduated from Athens Law School
in 2010 and Athens School of Fine Arts in 2015. Not long after, she was awarded the
SNF Artist Fellowship grant ARTWORKS for her artistic talent. Working primarily with
video and paint, Dereli explores the effect of liminal spaces when transitioning through
different levels of consciousness. Her piece, Healing Hands, utilizes mixed media on
paper to spread the message of healing.
TiaCrystal
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A celebrated artist, jewelry designer, and energy healer, Tia Crystal got her start in
London, England, where she worked in interior design. She later awakened the artist
within while walking through the countryside of Assisi, Italy. There, she stumbled upon
an old paintbrush and a nearby bottle lid with the letter T on it. Paying attention to what
she considered a message from the universe, she embarked on an artistic journey,
creating mesmerizing art that hangs in galleries, resorts, and private residences around
the world. Now based in the U.S., Crystal is busy with her various jewelry brands,
including Luv Tia, Lo Amo, A Mala, and Te Amo. Each piece she creates is meant to
inspire people to live with a deeper conscious awareness in life. “My dream is to create
a world where love is the voice and vision,” says Crystal. According to her, her selected
artwork, Dancing Light, is a reflection of her own energy.
PRESS RELEASE
HELPING TO UNITE THE SPA, SALON, AND WELLNESS INDUSTRY IN
PROMOTING THE HEALING POWER OF TOUCH, THE ART IN WELLNESS
COLLABORATIVE CELEBRATES FOUR ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK.
VAIL, CO—In an effort to help the spa and wellness industry translate the healing power
of touch into a movement that inspires people across various cultures and communities,
the Art in Wellness Collaborative recently called on artists from around the world to
submit artwork that effectively communicates the benefits of touch to the general public.
The Collaborative’s founders, Julie Bach, executive director of Wellness for Cancer;
Sallie Fraenkel, founder and president of Mind Body Spirit Network; and Michael G.
Tompkins, a visionary in the luxury hospitality, healthcare, wellness, and spa industries
and a partner with Hutchinson Consulting, served on the judging panel along with Mary
Bemis, founder of Insider’s Guide to Spas, and Cord Coen, founder of Zents. Together,
they selected four artists to have their work shared with the spa and wellness
community.
“I came up with the collaborative to unite the global industry during COVID19 around a
succinct and powerful message, which artfully reinforces and strengthens a positive
message around the healing power of touch...that we are here to help with stress and to
reinforce wellbeing,” says Bach.
Winning entries each received $1,000 sponsored by the owner of Bellus Academy
and the founding President of Beauty Changes Lives. “Symbiotic to each other,
beauty and art heal and restore people across all geographies, cultures and ethnicities.
These awardees embody the transformative power of healing touch and the therapeutic
techniques beauty professionals apply to change lives and make life itself more
beautiful.”
“The creative expression
of art fosters healing and mental well-being, sometimes
enabling the healer to self heal,” says Tompkins. “It is in this spirit these works were
created.” The artwork of these extraordinary artists can now be downloaded and printed
as a poster to share with the spa and wellness community, reminding people of art’s
ability to enhance well-being and connection and promoting the healing power of touch.
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Collaborative Founders
Recognizing the challenges we face and the need for positive action, the Art in Wellness Collaborative was born to unite the spa and wellness industry around common messaging and to promote the evidence-informed mental wellness and well-being of spa, beauty and wellness.
JulieBach
Julie Bach initiated the Art in Wellness Collaborative to bring together the spa, salon and wellness industry around common messaging.
Bach is also the Executive Director of Wellness for Cancer, a registered 501 c(3) charity with a presence in 54 countries and with the primary mission of helping individuals touched by cancer find wellness centers trained to provide personalized services in a time when needed most.
Bach was awarded Leading Woman in Wellness at the Global Wellness Summit in 2017, Leading Woman in Philanthropy by American Spa in 2018, and chairs the Global Wellness Institute's Wellness for Cancer initiative.
Sallie Fraenkel
Sallie Fraenkel is the founder and president of Mind Body Spirit Network where she connects people through events focusing on spa, wellness, food, beauty and travel.
She has a lifelong passion for and expertise in wellness travel which she uses in her consulting practice. Fraenkel’s 30+ years as a marketer has given her a deep appreciation for creativity in B2B and B2C communications. Sallie is the former CMO & COO of SpaFinder Wellness, Inc.® and Executive Vice President of the Global Wellness Summit. Prior to that she had a twenty-year career
in the entertainment industry at Showtime Networks Inc where she ran the Home Entertainment Division.
Sallie serves on several non-profit boards including the Transformational Travel Council, NYSPA, GSN Planet, WSPA and as Co-Chair of the Social Impact Initiative for the Global Wellness Institute. She served on the MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) Board for 10 years.
Michael G.Tompkins
A visionary leader in the luxury hospitality, healthcare, wellness, and spa industries, Michael G. Tompkins has led celebrated teams to success for over twenty-five years.
He held CEO positions with Miraval Resorts, Hilton Head Health, and PALM Health, is a Past Chairman of the International Spa Association (ISPA) and held executive positions with Canyon Ranch Health Resorts.
Currently Michael is a partner with Hutchinson Consulting, a St. Louis based firm with a one stop shop for hospitality/wellness concept, building, repositioning, marketing, and recruiting. In 2017 and 2018 he created St.ART, a Saint Louis non profit, 501c3 philanthropic street art event to open a dialogue to the socioeconomic divide in his city.
He and his partner are avid art collectors and financial supporters of local artistic prodigies.
