Posted in Art on Apr 19th, 2013
Meet some of the artists of the 31st Annual Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Fine Arts Exhibition. Lane Cooper, featured artist of this year’s art show, shares he learned about the art show about six years ago when he was a patient at Mary Free Bed, and has been participating ever since. Lane loves the [...]
Posted in Art, Brain Injury on Apr 25th, 2012
“Sometimes the most difficult things in your life are the best for you,” David Thinger says. David, featured artist for the 30th Annual Mary Free Bed Guild Fine Arts Exhibition, sustained a brain injury that caused him to have an uncontrollable seizure disorder. He’s learned to accept life as it is, and is committed to use his [...]
Posted in Art, Mary Free Bed Guild, spinal cord injury on Apr 20th, 2012
Often the road to hope and recovery is a maze with twists and turns that move forward then backward. Vern Criner has been navigating his maze for 4 years. Vern has suffered setbacks, surgeries, and despair. But, his times at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital have provided steps forward toward hope. Vern was a florist [...]
by Sandra Mitchell, blog manager Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital takes its participation with ArtPrize seriously. For the third year running, Mary Free Bed has sought artists with ties to the hospital’s mission of restoring hope and freedom. As with the previous two years, the pairing of artist and venue had to be just right. [...]
Posted in Art, ArtPrize, spinal cord injury on Sep 10th, 2010
by Sandra Mitchell, Mary Free Bed web specialist & blog manager When the ArtPrize® pairing of artists and venues began, Carol Roeda, a Grand Rapids-based artist, and Mary Free Bed wanted a meaningful connection if they were going to participate in the international art competition held in downtown Grand Rapids. Even before Carol entered her proposal [...]
Posted in Art, Events, Mary Free Bed Guild on Apr 6th, 2010
On Monday, April 12, the Mary Free Bed Guild will hold a dedication ceremony for the sculpture Rain by artist Anna Donahue. The Guild bought and commissioned the piece to be bronzed after exhibiting it at the hospital for ArtPrize 2009. Artist Anna Donahue and her family have ties that run deep with both art [...]
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