Fine Arts Exhibition showcases works by artists with disabilities
More than 80 works of art, from paintings to photographs and drawings, will be featured in the Mary Free Bed Fine Arts Exhibition, which opens Monday and runs through June 27. The 35th annual event, sponsored by the Mary Free Bed Guild, will spotlight pieces by 31 artists with disabilities. The exhibition kicks off with […]
Legacy lives on in artwork donated to Mary Free Bed
Pat Seanor met Larry O’Toole in 1969, when they were students at Grand Rapids Junior College. The young, aspiring artists struck up a friendship that continued until Larry’s death in 1986 following a lifelong struggle with rheumatoid arthritis. Larry was just 34 when he died, but his legacy is preserved in his large scope of […]
Mary Free Bed and Airway Oxygen to Provide Wheelchairs for Artprize 2014
For the first time in the history of ArtPrize, visitors with limited mobility will have free access to wheelchairs. Thanks to support from the Mary Free Bed Guild, home medical equipment suppliers Airway Oxygen Inc. and, of course, ArtPrize, at least 10 wheelchairs will be available for the duration of ArtPrize, which begins September 24 […]
Meet the Artists of the 2013 Mary Free Bed Fine Arts Exhibition
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 […]
Restoring hope, sharing beauty
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 […]
You’re Invited: Dedication Ceremony for “Rain,” 2009 ArtPrize Entry
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 and […]