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U.S. Grains Council engaged Principal Jack Devine of Artists Circle to develop artwork concepts for their new space in Washington, DC. The collection includes photographs of fields of grain, grains silos, and two artists were commissioned to create custom photo collages.
A Conference Room features a custom photo collage above the credenza.
Photographs of silos add some abstraction to the collection.
Another custom collage at the end of a corridor.
We are in the midst of installing several hundred pieces of artwork in two new buildings at the Vinson Hall Retirement Community in McLean, VA. This is how fast our installers are! (Many thanks to Tim Anderson for the video)...
One thing’s certain: healthcare spaces cannot get away with leaving artwork out of their facilities. Sr. Associate Katie Giganti recently attended a forum sponsored by the Maryland Hospital Association, where she learned the first and foremost priority of hospitals under the new healthcare legislation: treat patients with efficiency and quality. Did you know studies have been conducted that prove patients are more likely to recover quickly (read: be discharged sooner) if they have a piece of artwork in their room? The healing powers of artwork are truly amazing.
One of the patient rooms at the new Holy Cross Germantown Hospital. Each patient room has a framed piece of photography.
The Artists Circle team has spent the last few months filling any free time with a self-imposed educational curriculum, learning about something called Evidence-based Design (EBD for those acronym happy folks). Despite its fancy name, EBD is a pretty simple concept. It is a field of study utilizing statistics/studies, which show the actual effects (“evidence”) certain design schemes can have on patients and staff in healthcare settings. In a nutshell, studies have found that calming nature images are universally accepted across cultures and patients of different ages. Carefully identified art pieces have been proven to aid in stress reduction, lessening pain, and positively contributing to the overall patient experience. We’ve put our educational findings to practice with two of our clients: over a dozen Inova Health Systems specialized care facilities, and at the new Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, where every single patient room has a piece of framed art.
Artwork installed in a waiting area for one of Inova's locations in Fair Oaks, Virginia.
While “EBD art” is great for patient rooms and clinical corridors, Artists Circle specializes in finding unique art that speaks to the true individuality of each client for higher trafficked areas. At Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, a series of glass wall sculptures was installed along the main concourse. A first glance will dazzle your eyes – the colors and dynamic arrangement are beautiful – but a closer look will reveal something more: there is hand-lettered calligraphy throughout the fused glass, which, “serves as a background texture and unifier of the nature theme. Excerpts from Ecclesiastes as well as core values including integrity, justice, reverence, and stewardship run through the art.” (artist Kari Minnick’s statement). Walk down the hall a bit after viewing Kari’s piece and you will smile once again as you look up at a colorful hanging sculpture by San Francisco artist Daniel Goldstein. “This sculpture offers a visual metaphor for the harmony that results when individuals use their special gifts to serve a collective project: offering the public access to knowledge and better health.” (artist’s statement)
We just received progress photos from a sculptor who created a custom piece for one of our real estate clients. She's done and ready to ship cross country from California! We love the juxtaposition of white against stainless: a very refined, classic look.
CHA's designer, Hickok Cole Architects, reached out to Artists Circle when CHA needed assistance developing a way to visual represent their mission. Associate Mason Wood and Principal Jack Devine worked with CHA to come up with a layout for their Mission Wall, and frame several other images that were installed throughout their office in Washington, DC. We sorted through CHA's resource pool of images and presented the layout schematics digitally to illustrate our concept to the client.
The Mission Wall features two inset areas where photographs printed on aluminum were installed.
Sr. Associate Katie Giganti presented several options to the Holy Cross art committee for the main concourse at the new Germantown hospital. The group agreed local artist Kari Minnick, whose work is also in HC's Silver Spring location, would be the perfect answer for the space, which needed color and a tie-in to the hospital's religious foundation.
The central piece of the wall installation: a cross created in the negative space. All those little jars in the background are different colors Kari uses to bring her work to life.
The cross installed.
Installer Clifford Wheeler installed the pieces while Kari confirmed placement.
Check back in soon to see the final installation photos of this gorgeous suspended sculpture we placed in the new, soon-to-be-opened Holy Cross Germantown Hospital. Here are a few images snapped during today's installation...
As you can see from the few posts we've made so far, the artwork we place is very diverse. Wall sculptures to affordable nature photographs. You name it, we can find it! Artists Circle Associate Mason Wood just installed these pieces in one of Inova Health System's locations in Ashburn, VA.
OK, so "drab" probably isn't the right word for this room; the finishes are gorgeous, as is the rest of law firm Perkins Coie's space. But, it was missing something for sure, so today we installed these three Kazaan Viveiros originals on paper. The artwork brings so much life to the room!
Photo Credit: Tim Anderson
Teaming together on the Kleinfeld, Kaplan and Becker project, Principal Jack Devine and Associate Mason Wood developed an exciting artwork collection for the new space, including this wall sculpture, which fits oh-so-perfectly in the reception area!
Aluminum and Plexiglas wall sculpture
