"Medicine for the soul." This clarification of books and their power to heal inspired a broad collection of art throughout the Bloomberg Children's Middle. Created by artists from beyond the land, the sculptures, collages, dioramas, photographs, and paintings celebrate books similar Margaret Wise Brown'due southGoodnight Moon and East.B. White'due southStuart Little. Artists selected children's books that were meaningful to them as inspiration for a whimsical variety of original artworks to amuse and entertain children and their families.
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Title:Blue Checked Chair, 2011. Inspired byThe Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss, 1957 Creative person: Rolla Herman, Montclair, NJ. Location: Bloomberg Children'south Center, Cardiology waiting room, 2nd Floor. Photograph Credit: Rolla Herman
Title:The Cottontails, 2011. Inspired byThe Land Bunny and the Little Golden Shoes by Du Bose Heyward, 1939 Artist: Casey Ruble, Brooklyn, NY Location: Bloomberg Children's Eye, Family Lounge, 9th Flooring. Photo Credit: Casey Ruble
Title: FromStuart Picayune Series, 2011. Inspired byStuart Little, by E.B. White, 1945 Artist: Thomas Allen, Coloma, MI. Location: Bloomberg Children's Middle, PICU Family Lounge, 4th Flooring. Photograph Credit: Kris Graves
Title:Hiding from the Moon, 2011. Inspired byGoodnight Moon past Margaret Wise Chocolate-brown, 1947 Creative person: Eva Wylie, Philadelphia, PA Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Centre, seating alcove, north, 9th Flooring. 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 Tower. From landscape images to detailed depictions of flower petals and rocks, nature-inspired art helps bring tranquility and softens the clinical setting for patients and families.
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Championship: Item fromToile Garden, glazed porcelain, wood and paint, 2011 Artist: Susan Graham, New York, NY. Location: Sheikh Zayed Belfry, elevator antechamber, fourth Floor. Photograph Credit: Kris Graves
Title:Untitled (blue trees), chromogenic color print, 2011 Artist: Alexander Heilner, Baltimore, MD Location: Sheikh Zayed Belfry, elevator foyer, 12th Floor. Photo Credit: Alexander Heilner
Title: I woodblock print fromColor Field Notes, serial of eight woodblock prints and one silkscreen, 2009 Artist: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator entrance hall, Main Level. Photograph Credit: Polly Apfelbaum
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Artistic Wayfinding: Color Themes and Fine art for Lift Lobbies
Fine art and color themes help patients and visitors find their mode. The color blue was chosen for the Bloomberg Children's Eye and the color green for the Sheikh Zayed Belfry. The moment you lot step off an lift, the palette of colors will tell y'all where y'all are.
Each elevator lobby also features original artwork. In the Bloomberg Children'due south Centre, art inspired by children's 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 banking company 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:Colour Field Notes, eight woodblock prints and one silkscreen, 2009 Creative person: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, Primary Level. Photo Credit: John Dean
Title:Polar Pinkish, 2011. Inspired byThe Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, 1995. Artist: Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz, Pennsylvania. Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, elevator lobby, Footing Level. Photo Credit: John Dean
Title:Zigzag Garden, 2011. Inspired byPeter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, 1911. Artist: Amy Chan Richmond, VA Location: Bloomberg Children's Center, elevator anteroom, twelfth Flooring Photo Credit: Amy Chan
Title: Weeds #4, Acrylic paint on plexiglass, 2008 Artist: Kim Brook, Pittsburgh, PA Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, 3rd Floor Photo Credit: Kim Beck
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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 be displayed in the Bloomberg Children'southward Center. Adams taught the children a technique calledpapel picado, for creating paper cut-outs, which were transformed into colorful silkscreens past Baltimore Print Studios. Additional alphabet-themed artworks include Scott Teplin'due southAlphabet for Alphaville, a playful set of messages featuring intricate and fanciful scenes, and Jeffrey Mitchell'sABCDEFGHI<3U.
The alphabet theme continues outside the Bloomberg Children'due south Middle, where the 26 colors that creative person Spencer Finch used on the hospital'due south behemothic curtain wall are displayed in alphabetical order past colour name.
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Championship:Alphabet for Alphaville, 2008 Creative person: Scott Teplin, Milwaukee, WI Locations: Bloomberg Children's Center, near Radiology waiting room, 4th Floor. Photo Credit: Scott Teplin
Title:Papel Picado, 2011 Creative person: Lauren P. Adams, Baltimore, MD. Locations: Bloomberg Children'south Middle, near Shaffer Auditorium, Main Level. Photograph Credit: Clayton Allis
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