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Eskenazi Health Art Collection
The Eskenazi Health Art Collection consists of a wide variety of artworks composed of fragments from the 1914 City Hospital mural and artwork project, artworks added over time, and newer pieces which include works created for the new Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and campus in 2013. Other works have been added occasionally; there are also artworks at the clinics throughout Marion County. 1914 City Hospital mural and artwork project In 1911, the Indianapolis City Hospital expanded by adding two dedicated patient buildings, the Burdsal Units, named after Alfred Burdsal, a wealthy businessman and the project's benefactor. St. Margaret's Hospital Guild, a local women's volunteer group dedicated to supporting the City Hospital, donated money for decoration of the new wards. While the amount of St. Margaret's donation is unclear, sources indicate it was $200 – $1,000. The Guild approached the president of the City Board of Health, Dr. T. Victor Keene, who consulted local artists, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital
The Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital is a public hospital located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The hospital is the flagship medical center for Eskenazi Health, founded in 1859 as Indiana's oldest public healthcare system. The hospital is operated by Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. The current hospital opened December 7, 2013, less than to the west of the original campus, replacing Wishard Memorial Hospital. Many of Eskenazi Hospital's 4,620 medical staff are provided by a mix of faculty, residents, and students of the adjacent Indiana University School of Medicine. The hospital is an Adult Level I Trauma Center and serves about 1 million outpatients annually. History The hospital was founded as Indianapolis City Hospital in 1859 in response to a smallpox epidemic in the city. During the Civil War, the hospital was used by the Union Army to treat some 13,000 sick and wounded soldiers. The hospital reverted to community control after the war. In 1943, the hosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma B
Emma Louise Boughton (born 27 November 1970), better known as Emma B, is a radio presenter in the UK. Early career Boughton's childhood was spent in Canada before she moved to Birmingham, England as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in English and Drama, staying on as a sabbatical officer organising all the live events and skiing competitively for the university. She came seventh in the giant slalom in the British university championships. Her first experience with radio was at the age of seven as part of a drama on BBC Radio Oxford with Timmy Mallett. She worked at Radio Caroline (at Bristol dock) before writing articles for media magazines, which included ''Kerrang!''. She also presented a daily children's show along with Timmy Mallet at Radio Oxford, where she was called ''Susan Zinc''. Personal life Boughton got married on 8 November 2003. She has two children who were both born in London, one being an actress and musician and the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Skip And Jump
''Hope Skip and Jump'' is a 2012 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Historical information Acquisition ''Hope Skip and Jump'' was commissioned by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013. In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury. Each of the 54 proposals was assigned an area of the new hospital by Eskenazi Health's art committee and publicly displayed in the existing Wishard Hospital and online for public comment; more than 3,000 public comments on the final proposals were collected and analyzed in the final selection. ''Hope Skip and Jump'' is credited "in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends (collage)
''Friends'' is a 2011 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Friends'' is a 2011 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin, which depicts two girls, one wearing a pink dress and the other a blue dress, holding flowers and standing in front of three white houses. The work, which measures 21.25" x 11.25", framed, is made from collaged paper gathered from magazines, upon which Cruse-Griffin then paints, often allowing the underlying magazine paper to show through. While her subjects are often clear and straightforward, this collage technique serves as a reminder of the accumulation of lived experience. Historical information Acquisition ''Friends'' was acquired by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever (For Old Lady Sally)
''Forever (For Old Lady Sally)'' is a 2006 Printmaking, print by The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett located on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital, Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Forever (For Old Lady Sally)'' is a 2006 Printmaking, print by The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett. A quilter, Bennett begins by creating a sampler quilt in the style of the The Quilts of Gee's Bend, quilts of Gee's Bend, which uses recycled household and thrift store clothing. Collaborating with Paulson Press, Paulson Press (Berkley), an innovative etching technique is used to transfer the quilt to an etching plate. The plate is coated with wax and treated with acid, which pulls the color from the sampler quilt and produces prints of great detail, rendering individual threads, seams, folds, and variation in color, and results in a softgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fig Houses
''Fig Houses'' is a 2010 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Fig Houses'' is a 2010 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin, which depicts a row of houses. The work, which measures 13" x 37.25", framed, is made from collaged paper gathered from magazines, upon which Cruse-Griffin then paints, often allowing the underlying magazine paper to show through. While her subjects are often clear and straightforward, this collage technique serves as a reminder of the accumulation of lived experience. Historical information Acquisition ''Fig Houses'' was acquired by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013. In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads (mural)
''Crossroads'' is a 2013 mural that consists of two acrylic on canvas paintings (''Crossroads I'' and ''Crossroads II'') by the artist Ismael Muhammud Nieves. It is located within the Eskenazi Outpatient Care Center on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description Each framed work measures 158 x 49.5 inches. Inspired by sitting on a porch or gazing out a window, letting the mind wander across the landscape, Nieves created a bright composition of Indiana native flowers and plants by incorporating emblematic images from the Eskenazi Health Art Collection together with Native American and Indiana state symbols incorporated with graffiti shapes, as Ismael Muhammad Nieves comments below:Indiana’s landscape is beautiful year-round. The landscape has been enjoyed through contemporary eyes as well as the Native Americans who call this land home. Throughout the mural are woodland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloud Busting (installation)
''Cloud Busting'' is a 2013 ceramic installation by Malcolm Mobutu Smith, which consists of eight tiles made by hand and individually mounted to a wall painted with a swirling, playful pattern, located within the Eskenazi Health Outpatient Care Center on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Cloud Busting'', the ceramic mural artwork by Malcolm Mobutu Smith, is inspired by the common pastime of identifying shapes and forms among the clouds. In the same way imaginative scenes and stories are derived from undetermined clouds, ''Cloud Busting'' offers shapes and forms that seem to float along the wall, awaiting interpretation. This work transforms the waiting room into a colorful, lighthearted, and fun space where visitors can engage with the inspiring and intriguing work. Smith describes ''Cloud Busting'': “In this work I hope the viewer can engage in a continuous sense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calm Waters
''Calm Waters'' is a 2013 large glass and paint installation by artist Katherine Bradford. It is located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Calm Waters'' is a 2013 mixed-media installation by artist Kathy Bradford, which consists of seven panels of ⅜-inch thick glass that sit several inches in front of a painted abstract pattern resembling waves in blue, gray and teal. The glass panels consist of sand-carved clear laminated glass and clear, white and gray etched glass. A technique known as glue-chipping, which creates a sparkle effect, is also used on the panels. The layered arrangement of glass and paint, which measures 77" x 238" overall, creates the illusion of both notable depth and change or movement as pedestrians walk past. Of the work's subject and purpose, the artist has said, "This imagery is of a large body of calm water with cloud reflections throughout the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues (print)
''Blues'' is a 2007 print by Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Blues'' is a 2007 print by Gee's Bend quilter Loretta Pettway Bennett. A quilter, Bennett begins her printmaking process by creating a sampler quilt in the style of the quilts of Gee's Bend, which uses recycled household and thrift store clothing. Collaborating with Paulson Press (Berkley), an innovative etching technique is used to transfer the quilt to an etching plate. The plate is coated with wax and treated with acid, which produces prints of great detail, rendering individual threads, seams, folds, and variation in color, and results in a softground spitbite aquatint etching on paper. Blues depicts a composition of blue, green, and cream colored squares and rectangles, and measures 48.25" x 37.75", framed. Historical information Acquisition ''Blues'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balance (installation)
''Balance'' is a 2013 glazed ceramic installation by Tim Ryan, which consists of two panels on adjacent walls, each of which features triangular tiles that surround a channel containing white-glazed "eggs," that is located within the Eskenazi Health Outpatient Care Center on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Balance'' is a 2013 glazed ceramic wall installation designed by artist Tim Ryan. The work is composed of two large panels, each which measure 4' x 15', framed, and feature blue and green glazed, patterned, triangular tiles surrounding a path of red grout in which white egg-shaped forms are embedded. While all clay features were made using high-fire stoneware clay, three different techniques were used to create the forms. The blue and green triangular tiles are hand-rolled and slab-cut; a ceramic extruder was used to make the thin, raised dividers; and the whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbor (installation)
''Arbor'' is a 2013 permanent art installation created by Adam Frank, commissioned for the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. Description ''Arbor'' is a 2013 permanent art installation created by artist Adam Frank inside Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital. Utilizing new lighting technologies, this eight-part work displays visually accurate shadows of Indiana native trees via recessed floor-to-ceiling light boxes in the green elevator bays of the hospital on levels 1-3 and 6-10. Of the work’s intention and purpose, Frank said, “''Arbor'' provides the hospital with an iconic, quiet work that symbolizes health and life. This work brings familiar, organic, natural lighting effects into what is normally a cold and sterile environment. Arbor brings natural lighting effects into the modern built environment in an entirely new way. The project is specifically meant to enhance how hospital patients, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
