Arts Collaborative Medford invites you to an opening reception for its new art exhibition, “Room to Breathe.” This is not just an exhibition — it is a collective exhale, a testament to the power of art to heal, protest, and imagine new possibilities. Driven by the charged and bright abstract paintings of Elaina Bates-Egan and featuring 12 artists working in collage and printmaking, these artists transform emotion into action, offering space for reflection, resilience, and renewal. In addition to Bates-Egan’s painting, the exhibition features collages and prints by Stephanie Todhunter, Jacob Leidolf, Uma Edulbehram, Grace Drugge, Gina Yu, Carlos Villamil, Joseph Luongo, Mitch Poulin, Dominique Butori, Abaigeal Wright, and Dominique Litif-Nelson.

Also opening tonight in the ACM’s Literary Corner, with its own reception, is “Imprint in Print,” which showcases Medford cartoonist Anne Christine’s autobiographical comics that explore patterns and repetition of experience across generations and within families.

Both exhibitions will be on view through May 26.