Executive Director
Judy Ginsburgh
Judy is the founder and Executive Director
of Central Louisiana Arts & Healthcare. She is the primary administrator for the program. She also provides
music for palliative care patients and in her other life, is a professional singer and recording artist. To visit Judy's
music website, click on her picture.
Barry Owen has been with
Arts & Healthcare since 2004. He is a respected collage artist and teacher and facilitates many of the visual arts
activities for our programs. He maintains a working art studio at River Oaks Square.
JoAnne Thompson is in
charge of our visual arts programs at the Cabrini Cancer Center. A cancer survivor herself, JoAnne is acutely sensitive
to the needs of patients and caregivers dealing with cancer. She is a professional artist and teacher who maintains
an art studio at River Oaks Square.
Lea Thomas is a professional
artist who has many varied skills from painting to sewing to cooking. She began working with Arts & Healthcare
in 2010 and is our new Art Gallery Supervisor. She also visits various areas of the hospitals facilitating art projects with
patients.
Micah Ramirez with Family
Missions entertains patients and staff with balloon art each month.
Dance Fitness Instructor, Cassandra Davis has worked with
Arts & Healthcare since 2006. She presents dance concerts in the hospital lobbies and makes visits to the Rehab
Gym at Cabrini once a month. In July, 2011, Cassandra and her family moved to Ghana. We miss her so much.
But, she is working to set up a school there with art, music and dance. We will keep you posted on her return visits
to the States where she has promised to make hospital visits.
Earleen Baillio
and the Dancin' Dames entertain at the hospitals several times a year. They are always a hit!