Heart & Healing

In 2004, Art for Recovery introduced all-day workshops inviting patients, staff, and visitors to create a "Heart and Healing" image on a 4"x4" canvas.

The canvases were collaged, painted, written on, and enhanced with wire, string, and ribbons.

More than 500 were created, resulting in a display of four lucite boxes, each containing 144 canvases, now on permanent display off of the UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center lobby.

view a slide show of canvases here     [Quicktime player required]

1 of 4 panels of canvas tiles on display, 1600 Divisadero Street, 1st Floor
 
 
 

pictures of canvas displays
| anonymous, 2005 |
 
 
 
 
 
 

About the Artwork
Each image above links to a larger view. Works of poetry and artwork were created independently by individual patients unless otherwise stated. Names are withheld in some cases to protect the privacy of the individual. Initials, diagnoses, ages, and titles of artworks are used with permission. These works, which are not for sale, remain in the Art for Recovery collections at UCSF. Artwork, poetry, and statements may not be reprinted without permission.