"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 across the state, the sculptures, collages, dioramas, photographs, and paintings celebrate books like Margaret Wise Brown'sGoodnight Moon and E.B. White'sStuart Lilliputian. Artists selected children'due south 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:Bluish Checked Chair, 2011. Inspired byThe True cat in the Hat, past Dr. Seuss, 1957 Artist: Rolla Herman, Montclair, NJ. Location: Bloomberg Children's Heart, Cardiology waiting room, 2nd Floor. Photo Credit: Rolla Herman
Championship:The Cottontails, 2011. Inspired byThe Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Du Bose Heyward, 1939 Artist: Casey Ruble, Brooklyn, NY Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, Family Lounge, 9th Floor. Photo Credit: Casey Ruble
Championship: FromStuart Piffling Serial, 2011. Inspired pastStuart Little, by E.B. White, 1945 Artist: Thomas Allen, Coloma, MI. Location: Bloomberg Children's Center, PICU Family Lounge, 4th Flooring. Photo Credit: Kris Graves
Championship:Hiding from the Moon, 2011. Inspired byGoodnight Moon past Margaret Wise Brown, 1947 Artist: Eva Wylie, Philadelphia, PA Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, seating alcove, due north, ninth Flooring. Photograph Credit: Eva Wylie
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Title:Blue Checked Chair, 2011. Inspired byThe Cat in the Lid, by Dr. Seuss, 1957 Artist: Rolla Herman, Montclair, NJ. Location: Bloomberg Children'south Center, Cardiology waiting room, 2nd Flooring. Photo Credit: Rolla Herman
Championship:The Cottontails, 2011. Inspired pastThe Land Bunny and the Piddling Gold Shoes by Du Bose Heyward, 1939 Artist: Casey Ruble, Brooklyn, NY Location: Bloomberg Children's Middle, Family Lounge, 9th Floor. Photograph Credit: Casey Ruble
Title: FromStuart Little Series, 2011. Inspired byStuart Little, past E.B. White, 1945 Artist: Thomas Allen, Coloma, MI. Location: Bloomberg Children's Heart, PICU Family Lounge, fourth Floor. Photo Credit: Kris Graves
Championship:Hiding from the Moon, 2011. Inspired pastGoodnight Moon past Margaret Wise Brown, 1947 Artist: Eva Wylie, Philadelphia, PA Location: Bloomberg Children'south Centre, seating apse, north, ninth Floor. Photo Credit: Eva Wylie
Fine art Inspired past Nature and the Garden
More than 50 artists have use nature every bit an inspiration for original artworks on permanent display in the Sheikh Zayed Tower. From landscape images to detailed depictions of blossom petals and rocks, nature-inspired art helps bring quiet and softens the clinical setting for patients and families.
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Title: Detail fromToile Garden, glazed porcelain, woods and pigment, 2011 Artist: Susan Graham, New York, NY. Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, fourth Floor. Photo Credit: Kris Graves
Title:Untitled (bluish trees), chromogenic color print, 2011 Creative person: Alexander Heilner, Baltimore, Dr. Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator entrance hall, 12th Floor. Photo Credit: Alexander Heilner
Championship: One woodblock print fromColour Field Notes, serial of eight woodblock prints and one silkscreen, 2009 Artist: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Belfry, elevator antechamber, Primary Level. Photo Credit: Polly Apfelbaum
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Title: Detail fromToile Garden, glazed porcelain, wood and paint, 2011 Artist: Susan Graham, New York, NY. Location: Sheikh Zayed Belfry, elevator foyer, 4th Floor. Photograph Credit: Kris Graves
Championship:Untitled (blue trees), chromogenic color impress, 2011 Creative person: Alexander Heilner, Baltimore, Dr. Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator vestibule, twelfth 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 Belfry, elevator antechamber, Main Level. Photo Credit: Polly Apfelbaum
Creative Wayfinding: Color Themes and Art for Elevator Lobbies
Art and color themes assistance patients and visitors discover their way. The colour blueish was chosen for the Bloomberg Children'south Center and the colour green for the Sheikh Zayed Tower. The moment y'all step off an elevator, the palette of colors will tell you lot where y'all are.
Each elevator lobby as well features original artwork. In the Bloomberg Children's Eye, art inspired past children's books delights our youngest patients and provides their families with memorable 'landmarks.' In the Zayed Belfry, art inspired by nature and the garden is located exterior each elevator depository financial institution and displayed throughout waiting rooms, corridors, and staff work stations, bringing an chemical element of peace to the busy hospital setting.
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Title:Color Field Notes, eight woodblock prints and ane silkscreen, 2009 Artist: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator entrance hall, Chief Level. Photo Credit: John Dean
Title:Polar Pink, 2011. Inspired byThe Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, 1995. Creative person: Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz, Pennsylvania. Location: Bloomberg Children's Middle, elevator vestibule, 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 Eye, elevator lobby, 12th Floor Photograph Credit: Amy Chan
Championship: Weeds #4, Acrylic paint on plexiglass, 2008 Artist: Kim Brook, Pittsburgh, PA Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator foyer, 3rd Flooring Photograph Credit: Kim Beck
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Title:Color Field Notes, eight woodblock prints and ane silkscreen, 2009 Artist: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, Main Level. Photograph Credit: John Dean
Title:Polar Pink, 2011. Inspired pastThe Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, 1995. Artist: Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz, Pennsylvania. Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, elevator lobby, Ground Level. Photo Credit: John Dean
Title:Zigzag Garden, 2011. Inspired byPeter Pan and Wendy past J.Yard. Barrie, 1911. Artist: Amy Chan Richmond, VA Location: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, lift lobby, 12th Flooring Photo Credit: Amy Chan
Title: Weeds #iv, Acrylic paint on plexiglass, 2008 Artist: Kim Beck, Pittsburgh, PA Location: Sheikh Zayed Belfry, elevator anteroom, 3rd Floor Photo Credit: Kim Beck
Fun with the Alphabet
Baltimore artist Lauren P. Adams worked with children staying at The Johns Hopkins Infirmary to create an artful upper-case alphabet to be displayed in the Bloomberg Children's Middle. Adams taught the children a technique calledpapel picado, for creating newspaper cut-outs, which were transformed into colorful silkscreens past Baltimore Print Studios. Additional alphabet-themed artworks include Scott Teplin'sAlphabet for Alphaville, a playful set of letters featuring intricate and fanciful scenes, and Jeffrey Mitchell'sABCDEFGHI<3U.
The alphabet theme continues outside the Bloomberg Children's Center, where the 26 colors that artist Spencer Finch used on the hospital's behemothic drapery wall are displayed in alphabetical social club past color name.
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Title:Alphabet for Alphaville, 2008 Artist: Scott Teplin, Milwaukee, WI Locations: Bloomberg Children's Centre, near Radiology waiting room, 4th Floor. Photograph Credit: Scott Teplin
Title:Alphabet for Alphaville, 2008 Artist: Scott Teplin, Milwaukee, WI Locations: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, most Radiology waiting room, 4th Floor. Photo Credit: Scott Teplin
Title:Papel Picado, 2011 Artist: Lauren P. Adams, Baltimore, MD. Locations: Bloomberg Children's Centre, about Shaffer Auditorium, Master Level. Photo Credit: Clayton Allis
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