Home
/ Stone Prose by Color Bakery 18x18inch Canvas Wall Art
Stone Prose by Color Bakery 18x18inch Canvas Wall Art
Art Inspired by Beloved Children's Books
"Medicine for the soul." This description of books and their ability to heal inspired a broad drove of art throughout the Bloomberg Children's Heart. Created by artists from beyond the country, the sculptures, collages, dioramas, photographs, and paintings celebrate books like Margaret Wise Brown'sGoodnight Moon and E.B. White'sStuart Little. Artists selected children's books that were meaningful to them every bit inspiration for a whimsical variety of original artworks to amuse and entertain children and their families.
Slideshow
Title:Blue Checked Chair, 2011. Inspired byThe Cat in the Lid, by Dr. Seuss, 1957 Artist: Rolla Herman, Montclair, NJ. Location: Bloomberg Children'due south Center, Cardiology waiting room, 2d Floor. Photo Credit: Rolla Herman
Championship:The Cottontails, 2011. Inspired pastThe Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Du Bose Heyward, 1939 Artist: Casey Ruble, Brooklyn, NY Location: Bloomberg Children's Eye, Family unit Lounge, 9th Floor. Photograph Credit: Casey Ruble
Championship: FromStuart Niggling Series, 2011. Inspired byStuart Little, by E.B. White, 1945 Artist: Thomas Allen, Coloma, MI. Location: Bloomberg Children'due south Center, PICU Family Lounge, quaternary Flooring. Photograph Credit: Kris Graves
Title:Hiding from the Moon, 2011. Inspired byGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, 1947 Artist: Eva Wylie, Philadelphia, PA Location: Bloomberg Children's Center, seating alcove, north, 9th Flooring. Photo Credit: Eva Wylie
Slideshow
Art Inspired past Nature and the Garden
More 50 artists have use nature as 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 art helps bring quiet and softens the clinical setting for patients and families.
Slideshow
Title: Particular fromToile Garden, glazed porcelain, wood and paint, 2011 Artist: Susan Graham, New York, NY. Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator foyer, 4th Floor. Photo Credit: Kris Graves
Championship:Untitled (blue trees), chromogenic color impress, 2011 Artist: Alexander Heilner, Baltimore, MD Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, 12th Floor. Photo Credit: Alexander Heilner
Championship: One woodblock print fromColor Field Notes, series of eight woodblock prints and ane silkscreen, 2009 Creative person: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, lift lobby, Principal Level. Photo Credit: Polly Apfelbaum
Slideshow
Creative Wayfinding: Color Themes and Art for Elevator Lobbies
Art and colour themes help patients and visitors notice their way. The color bluish was called for the Bloomberg Children's Heart and the colour green for the Sheikh Zayed Tower. The moment you lot step off an elevator, the palette of colors will tell you where you are.
Each elevator lobby likewise features original artwork. In the Bloomberg Children's Center, art inspired by children's books delights our youngest patients and provides their families with memorable 'landmarks.' In the Zayed Tower, fine 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 chemical element of peace to the busy hospital setting.
Slideshow
Title:Color Field Notes, eight woodblock prints and one silkscreen, 2009 Creative person: Polly Apfelbaum, New York, NY Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, Master Level. Photograph Credit: John Dean
Championship:Polar Pinkish, 2011. Inspired byThe Gold Compass, Philip Pullman, 1995. Artist: Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz, Pennsylvania. Location: Bloomberg Children's Centre, lift lobby, Ground Level. Photo Credit: John Dean
Title:Zigzag Garden, 2011. Inspired pastPeter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, 1911. Artist: Amy Chan Richmond, VA Location: Bloomberg Children'south Center, elevator foyer, 12th Floor Photo Credit: Amy Chan
Title: Weeds #four, Acrylic paint on plexiglass, 2008 Creative person: Kim Brook, Pittsburgh, PA Location: Sheikh Zayed Tower, elevator lobby, 3rd Floor Photo Credit: Kim Beck
Slideshow
Fun with the Alphabet
Baltimore artist Lauren P. Adams worked with children staying at The Johns Hopkins Hospital to create an artful upper-case alphabet to exist displayed in the Bloomberg Children's Center. Adams taught the children a technique calledpapel picado, for creating newspaper cut-outs, which were transformed into colorful silkscreens by 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'southABCDEFGHI<3U.
The alphabet theme continues outside the Bloomberg Children'south Centre, where the 26 colors that artist Spencer Finch used on the hospital'due south giant curtain wall are displayed in alphabetical order past color proper name.
Slideshow
Championship:Alphabet for Alphaville, 2008 Artist: Scott Teplin, Milwaukee, WI Locations: Bloomberg Children'southward Center, nigh Radiology waiting room, quaternary Floor. Photo Credit: Scott Teplin
Title:Papel Picado, 2011 Artist: Lauren P. Adams, Baltimore, MD. Locations: Bloomberg Children's Center, near Shaffer Auditorium, Main Level. Photo Credit: Clayton Allis