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Summary

RxArt plans to install a carefully curated series of original drawings by contemporary artists in a highly visible well-trafficked area of Gouverneur Hospital to be placed in a pediatric waiting room. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project advances RxArt’s mission to identify facilities in which the installation of art could make a real and lasting impact on the well-being of patients and attending staff, and is specifically conceived to ease the stress of pediatric patients waiting to be seen by medical staff. Gouverneur is the largest freestanding ambulatory clinic in New York, serving approximately 50,000 patients per year, and an additional 300,000 at their main campus and satellite locations.

Activities

Three artworks have been selected for the space at Gouverneur Hospital. The artworks will be framed and installed with informational plaques by November 2009. Copies of RxArt's newest coloring book will also be distributed to the pediatric unit.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $6,095
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,905
Total Funding Goal: $11,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The artwork is on long-term loan with no intention of it being removed. The project will engage a demographically diverse new audience daily by exhibiting art in a nontraditional venues that nearly all of us will visit at some point in our lives.

Project Message

"I applaud Diane's comittment to bridging the gap between the arts and health care....RxArt has fostered a creative, playful and fun atmosphere for both our patients and our clinicians."
- Dr. Harold Koplewicz, Founder and Director of the NYU CHild Study Center

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Megan Skidmore

RxArt
208 Forsyth Street
New York, NY 10002
United States
212-260-8797
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Project Sponsor

Diane Brown

Organization

RxArt
208 Forsyth Street
New York, NY 10002
United States
212-260-8797
http://www.rxart.net/

Learn more about RxArt and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

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This project is located in United StatesUnited States and can also be found under HealthHealth.

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When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 11, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 4, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

RxArt's First Installation in NYC's Public Hospitals

By Diane Brown - President, RxArt, December 09, 2009 04:43 PM

Since founding RxArt, it has been a dream of mine to be able to work in New York City’s public hospitals. I am thrilled to tell you that in October we completed our first installation of original drawings and prints by Ben Jones, Laura Owens, Paul Henry Ramirez, Chris Martin and Garrett Phelan in the pediatric unit of Gouverneur Hospital on the Lower East Side.

Two years ago RxArt moved to a storefront on the Lower East Side, so Gouverneur seemed like the perfect place to start. The response from patients, staff, and hospital administrators has been extremely gratifying. The generous contributions we received during the GlobalGiving Challenge have made our work in Manhattan’s hospitals a reality – thank you for your support of these exciting RxArt projects.

We need your help more than ever to maintain projects of the caliber produced in 2009, and in order to extend our program and reach as many patients as possible. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

With all good wishes this holiday season,
Diane Brown

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