Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center
Contact: Scott
McEachern
Phone: 541.329.1040
Email: smceachern@southerncoos.org
Art for Health
Fundraiser Benefiting the Quarterly Art Shows at
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center
The first annual Art for
Health fundraiser will take place on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the Bandon
Community Center 4pm to 6pm. Proceeds from Art for Health will benefit the 2017
Quarterly Art Shows at SCHHC. Tickets are $35 for a single ticket and $50 for a
couple. Ticket buyers will receive one 10”x10” painting by a local
artist and a drink ticket (for the $50 ticket, couples receive two paintings
and two drink tickets).
Advance purchase is
strongly encouraged. A limited number of tickets will be available at the
door.
The Art for Health
program will include:
·
Hors d’oeuvres
·
A signature Art for Health
cocktail
·
Short Talks by local artists who
regularly show at SCHHC:
o
Michael Ousley
o
Mary Schamehorn
o
Judith Ginsburg
·
A Raffle for artwork by the three
artists giving short talks
·
A small silent auction featuring a
selection of local artist’s artwork
Local artists will be in
attendance, informally and conversationally offering their insight into their
artistic practice and the benefits of exhibiting at the Southern Coos Hospital
& Health Center’s Art Shows.
Why Art for Health?
The Art for Health
fundraiser will ensure that the SCHHC Quarterly Art Shows will continue. The
shows have become a signature event for artists to show their work. Bandon and
the southern Oregon coast are
home to many artists practicing in a variety of media. The area boasts
sculptors, collagists, oil painters, pastel artists, bronze artists, assemblage
artists, plein air groups, woodworkers, and photographers.
In order to showcase the
vibrant artistic culture thriving in the region, local artist and longtime
Bandon resident Victoria Tierney worked with the Southern Coos Hospital &
Health Center administration to begin the Quarterly Art Shows at SCHHC. The
shows began in 2001. Ms. Tierney retired from curating the shows in 2015,
handing the curatorial duties to local artists Ava Richey and Susan Lehman. Ms.
Richey and Lehman have curated the quarterly shows since 2015 and have worked
diligently to continue Tierney’s work of building community around art at the
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center.
The Quarterly Art Shows at
SCHHC benefit artists, patients, SCHHC staff, and the Bandon community. For
artists, the shows offer up the walls of the Southern Coos Hospital &
Health Center, the largest gallery in the region. Patients and family members
enjoy the therapeutic effects of the artistry surrounding them as they recover.
Staff also enjoy the presence of art in the halls as they go about their work.
Finally, the community of Bandon and the southern Oregon
coast is invited to come to the hospital at any time during the course of each
show to view the art, activating the halls of the hospital.
The event is hosted
by the Southern Coos Health Foundation and the Southern Coos
Hospital & Health
Center
For more information
about this event, please contact Scott McEachern, 541.329.1040 or smceachern@southerncoos.org
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