Presentation by Stephen Legari, Art Therapist at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Toward the Texture of Knowing exhibition will activate the Haggerty Museum of Art as a place for reflection, contemplative practice, and mindfulness. We’ll begin that exploration with a presentation by Stephen Legari, the first full-time art therapist on staff at a North American museum. Through his work with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Legari works with Canada’s Social Prescribing program–which empowers doctors to prescribe free art museum visits to patients with a range of ailments, from depression to diabetes to chronic illnesses.