"Medicine for the soul." This description of books and their power to heal inspired a broad drove of art throughout the Bloomberg Children's Center. Created past artists from across the country, the sculptures, collages, dioramas, photographs, and paintings gloat books similar Margaret Wise Dark-brown'sGoodnight Moon and E.B. White'sStuart Little. Artists selected children's books that were meaningful to them as inspiration for a whimsical variety of original artworks to charm and entertain children and their families.
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Title:Bluish Checked Chair, 2011. Inspired byThe Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss, 1957 Artist: Rolla Herman, Montclair, NJ. Location: Bloomberg Children'south Center, Cardiology waiting room, 2nd Floor. Photo Credit: Rolla Herman
Title:The Cottontails, 2011. Inspired byThe Country Bunny and the Piffling Gold Shoes by Du Bose Heyward, 1939 Creative person: Casey Ruble, Brooklyn, NY Location: Bloomberg Children's Center, Family unit Lounge, 9th Floor. Photo Credit: Casey Ruble
Title: FromStuart Little Serial, 2011. Inspired byStuart Footling, past East.B. White, 1945 Artist: Thomas Allen, Coloma, MI. Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Heart, PICU Family unit Lounge, 4th Floor. Photo Credit: Kris Graves
Title:Hiding from the Moon, 2011. Inspired byGoodnight Moon past Margaret Wise Brown, 1947 Artist: Eva Wylie, Philadelphia, PA Location: Bloomberg Children'south Center, seating apse, n, 9th Floor. Photo Credit: Eva Wylie
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Art Inspired by Nature and the Garden
More than than l artists accept utilize nature every bit an inspiration for original artworks on permanent display in the Sheikh Zayed Belfry. From landscape images to detailed depictions of flower petals and rocks, nature-inspired fine art helps bring serenity and softens the clinical setting for patients and families.
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Title: Detail fromToile Garden, glazed porcelain, wood and paint, 2011 Artist: Susan Graham, New York, NY. Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, fourth Flooring. Photograph Credit: Kris Graves
Title:Untitled (blueish trees), chromogenic color impress, 2011 Artist: Alexander Heilner, Baltimore, Md Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, 12th Floor. Photo Credit: Alexander Heilner
Title: One woodblock print fromColor Field Notes, series of eight woodblock prints and i silkscreen, 2009 Artist: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator anteroom, Main Level. Photo Credit: Polly Apfelbaum
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Artistic Wayfinding: Color Themes and Art for Elevator Lobbies
Fine art and colour themes help patients and visitors find their way. The color blue was chosen for the Bloomberg Children's Center and the colour green for the Sheikh Zayed Tower. The moment you step off an elevator, the palette of colors will tell you lot where you are.
Each elevator lobby as well features original artwork. In the Bloomberg Children'due south Middle, fine art inspired past children'south books delights our youngest patients and provides their families with memorable 'landmarks.' In the Zayed Tower, art inspired by nature and the garden is located outside each elevator bank and displayed throughout waiting rooms, corridors, and staff work stations, bringing an element of peace to the busy hospital setting.
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Title:Color Field Notes, 8 woodblock prints and one silkscreen, 2009 Artist: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator entrance hall, Main Level. Photograph Credit: John Dean
Championship:Polar Pinkish, 2011. Inspired byThe Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, 1995. Artist: Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz, Pennsylvania. Location: Bloomberg Children's Eye, elevator anteroom, Ground Level. Photograph Credit: John Dean
Title:Zigzag Garden, 2011. Inspired byPeter Pan and Wendy past J.M. Barrie, 1911. Artist: Amy Chan Richmond, VA Location: Bloomberg Children'due south Middle, lift lobby, 12th Flooring Photo Credit: Amy Chan
Title: Weeds #four, Acrylic paint on plexiglass, 2008 Artist: Kim Brook, Pittsburgh, PA Location: Sheikh Zayed Belfry, elevator lobby, 3rd Flooring Photo Credit: Kim Brook
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Fun with the Alphabet
Baltimore artist Lauren P. Adams worked with children staying at The Johns Hopkins Hospital to create an artful upper-instance alphabet to exist displayed in the Bloomberg Children'south Center. Adams taught the children a technique chosenpapel picado, for creating paper cut-outs, which were transformed into colorful silkscreens by Baltimore Print Studios. Additional alphabet-themed artworks include Scott Teplin'sAlphabet for Alphaville, a playful ready of letters featuring intricate and fanciful scenes, and Jeffrey Mitchell'sABCDEFGHI<3U.
The alphabet theme continues exterior the Bloomberg Children's Center, where the 26 colors that artist Spencer Finch used on the hospital's giant curtain wall are displayed in alphabetical gild by colour name.
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Title:Alphabet for Alphaville, 2008 Artist: Scott Teplin, Milwaukee, WI Locations: Bloomberg Children's Center, near Radiology waiting room, 4th Floor. Photograph Credit: Scott Teplin
Title:Papel Picado, 2011 Artist: Lauren P. Adams, Baltimore, Doctor. Locations: Bloomberg Children's Center, virtually Shaffer Auditorium, Main Level. Photo Credit: Clayton Allis