Today at St. Boniface Hospital local AIHM artists Lois Gillespie, Vanessa Kuzina and Stacey Kemmesies sing for the folks on E4 during the afternoon tea.
It was like the Andrews Sisters came for tea- time.
Oct 29
Music Heroes!
Cheers to Lois Gillespie and Tim Cummings for their profile with peacebeats.org.
They were noted in their ‘music heroes’ section on health causes.
CMU student Stacey Kemmesies will be playing her practicum at St. Boniface Hospital and Tache Centre/Action Marguerite this academic year. Artists in Healthcare are delighted to have Stacey.
Oct 09
Filling Hospitals with Music
The impact is immediate and huge and it shows you why you chose to be an artist.
-Keith Price, guitarist
They’re like travelling minstrels, making their way through the lobbies and the wards of CancerCare, St. Boniface Hospital, the Grace Hospital and other healthcare facilities.
Oct 07
Art by the Big Blue Chair, CancerCare Manitoba
CancerCare Manitoba – Art by the Big Blue Chair
This new program funded through a grant to Artists in Healthcare from the Manitoba Arts Council began Aug 20th.
“Thanks to Lulu from Poco beads for donating beads and kits to the patients at Cancercare Manitoba and St. Boniface Hospital programs!”
I asked our artist Kate Black, if she had any stories for our board, to help us get a feel for how the new art at bedside program was going and received the following:
Of course I have stories!
Sep 19
Healing with Music in Turkey
Doctors at a hospital in Istanbul are turning to an unusual form of medicine – music. Music therapy may sound a strange approach to modern medicine but according to doctors at the Memorial hospital in the Turkish capital it is producing results.
The man behind the drive is Professor Bingur Sonmez and he has been joined by his colleagues Dr Erol Can and Mehmet Susam in order to revive the traditional Islamic idea of music therapy. Continue reading
Sep 17
Cre8ive Art Supplies
Cre8ive Supplies is pleased to offer art specialists working with Artists in Healthcare a daily discount of 20% on all retail purchases, and free sign-up for our reward points program.
All they have to do is identify themselves as a network affilliate of Artists in Healthcare at the time of their purchase.
Additional discounts may be available on larger orders, just ask!
Feb 17
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Here is a link to information and support on palliative and end-of-life care, loss and grief.
Jan 12
Aaron Shorr’s guitar has a healing effect
“Artists in Healthcare,
I would like to thank all of you for your hard work. I can imagine sometimes your work can seem like it goes unnoticed, or unappreciated but it contributes to many success stories of people surviving cancer, or having a better quality of life.
My father is a cancer survivor, so directly or indirectly, I thank you.
Here is my short story about the pictures if you’d like to put either, or both, on your blog: Continue reading
Dec 20
Lois Gilespie and Vanessa Kuzina play at the Buhler Gallery
Vanessa Kuzina and Lois Gilespie at the Buhler Gallery
A little Christmas concert was held at the Buhler Gallery in the St. Boniface Hospital for the staff and patients.
Both artists are talented singers and guitar players and they sang both festive tunes and some original songs. Continue reading
Nov 17
A book about art and healthcare
Mary Louise Chown has recently published a book based on her six years experience working
as a visiting artist for AIHM.
Mary Louise’s book is a narrative interweaving of conversations, reflections, folktales and stories, told by patients in hospice and palliative care settings. Continue reading
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