Art in Detroit's Receiving Hospital
February 12 2016 | 10:00am to 11:30am
Tickets go on sale to members on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.! Any remaining tickets will be available to the public on December 29, 2015.
Friday tour
This tour will showcase the extensive and beautiful art collection at Detroit Receiving Hospital, which was begun in 1968 through the generosity of Michigan artists and friends of the hospital. The collection now consists of major sculptures as well as 800 paintings, works on paper, textiles, and crafts. Over the years, the collection has been broadened by the addition of African beadwork, tapestries from the USA, Africa, and Colombia, a sitespecific Pewabic tile water fountain and large photo murals in the Emergency Department. The collection, which continues to grow in scope and quality, retains its original purpose of lightening the burden of illness carried by patients and their families.
