ARTSCARE

Site Projects

The ArtsCare Program is involved in the creation of art projects and installations in several locations in Linn and Benton counties.

Contact Mary Van Denend for more information.


Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital: Ceramic Tree Installation
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital: Ceramic Tree Installation

An innovative use of ceramic tiles embedded with the image of a towering oak tree and brief, favorite quotes submitted by patients, staff, and family — located outside the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Dialysis Unit.

ArtsCare artists:  Holly Dubrasich and Susan Shumway

Da Vinci Days, Corvallis: 2009 Community Art Project
Da Vinci Days, Corvallis: 2009 Community Art Project

ArtsCare artists Jennifer Smith, Susan Shumway, Leetra Taylor, and Mary Van Denend worked with patients in Dialysis and staff in Cardio-Vascular to help create wonderful, whimsical fish for the 2009 Da Vinci Days Community Art Project.

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Corvallis: Mosaic Mural Project
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Corvallis: Mosaic Mural Project

A stunning wall of glass and tile mosaics along a high-traffic outdoor breezeway between Physical Rehab and the main hospital building at Good Samaritan. This three-phase project was completed with lively participation from the hospital community and beyond.  Passersby were delighted  to place one tile or two or twenty…

ArtsCare artists: Ella Rhoades and Wendy Brewer.
Photos of work in progress:

Other Completed Works & Installations
Other Completed Works & Installations

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center

  • Terry Inokuma's Ceramics Installation, outside the Administrative Office wing. (2011)
  • Mosaic Breezeway Mural on lower campus (2009)
  • Willamette Valley landscapes for Conference Rooms (2009)
  • Mosaic Mural for Ambulatory Infusion (2008)
  • Ceramic Tile Bench & Outdoor Mural by cafeteria (2004)

Samaritan Regional Cancer Center

  • Quilts & Ceramic Murals for Interior (2005)
  • Paintings & Quilt for Lobby of Ambulatory Infusion (2006)
  • Local Artwork for Mario Pastega House (2004)

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital

  • Ceramic Tile "Tree of Life" for Dialysis Unit (2009)
  • Japanese Healing Garden (2007)

Samaritan Cancer Resource Center, Albany

  • Shodo Pieces for Office/Library areas (2009)

Samaritan Albany General Hospital

  • Forest Mural and Donor Wall in Lobby
  • Staff Photography Exhibit
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  • "This is the highlight of my week."
    — Kim Clark, Surviving to Thriving participant 2010
  • "As I was playing in the hallway for a patient who was in isolation, a doctor walked by and said,'I could listen to that all day.'"
    — Donna Mast, ArtsCare harpist