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Neuroscienes Hospital\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The Brushes with Life gallery located in the N.C. Neuroscienes Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>Five years ago, artist and author Jay Quinn joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/recovery-rehabilitation\/brushes-with-life\/\">Brushes with Life Arts Program<\/a> after hearing about it from his psychiatrist. He had just moved to Chapel Hill from South Florida and decided to reinvest in his artistic pursuits, including representational acrylic and mixed media works with text incorporation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI became a regular member and went each week,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cI rediscovered a lot of my own talent that had been asleep for a long while and was inspired and motivated to reopen that part of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brushes with Life hosts weekly meetings at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/patients\/clinics-programs\/step-community-clinic\/carr-mill-step-clinic\/\">UNC Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP) Community Clinic at the Carr Mill Mall<\/a> in Carrboro. Members often join after seeing brochures or receiving emails about the program at the STEP Clinic and other hospitals and clinics nearby, said Shreya Gunna, a graduate student at the UNC School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/directory\/matt-ballard-msw-mdiv\/\">Matt Ballard<\/a> is the program manager at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/recovery-rehabilitation\/the-farm-at-penny-lane\/\">UNC Farm at Penny Lane<\/a>, a property being developed for multiple therapeutic programs. 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