Visit With Cleveland Clinic’s Art Program Director Joanne Cohen & Curator Bellamy Printz

Joanne Cohen & Bellamy Printz(left to right) Joanne Cohen – Executive Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Arts and Medicine Institute’s Art Program & Bellamy Printz – Artist and Cleveland Clinic Art Program Curator

Bellamy Printz - Joanne Cohen - Andrew Reach(left to right) Bellamy Printz, Andrew Reach & Joanne Cohen

 Andrew and I were honored when they visited our home to see Andrew’s art as they were considering adding Andrew’s art to the hospitals collection. They subsequently purchased his art and is now installed in the newly renovated Lutheran Hospital on Cleveland’s west side.

Joanne Cohen is the Executive Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Arts and Medicine Institute’s Art Program. Bellamy Printz is an artist and co-founder of Zygote Press,  a non-profit, cooperative, fine art printmaking workshop in Cleveland. Ms. Printz also works alongside Ms. Cohen as a curator for the clinic’s art program. Cleveland Clinic has made the incorporation of art into their facilities a top priority with the belief that the arts go hand in hand with healing.

Cleveland Clinic’s website writes about the program:

Fine art is good medicine.

It comforts, elevates the spirit, and affirms life and hope. Art in the healthcare setting, combined with outstanding care and service, creates an ambiance that encourages healing and supports the work of medical professionals.

As one of the world’s great medical centers, Cleveland Clinic has always included the arts in its healing environment. The four founders and subsequent leadership encouraged artistic and musical expression by employees. Distinguished artworks have long hung on the walls. In 1983, an Aesthetics Committee was officially formed at Cleveland Clinic to address issues of art and design in Cleveland Clinic facilities.

CC_LutheranHosp_1Bruce Baumwoll & Andrew Reach at Installation
of Andrew’s Artwork “Getting Up”

Andrew writes about the work Getting Up:

Influenced by Islamic Art and Sufism, my circles come alive with radial spinning constructions distilled from a personal methodology of kinetic dynamism and allows me to experience freedom and move kinetically through my art, much like the Sufi Whirling Dervishes whose spinning dances bring them closer to spiritual bliss.

CC_LutheranHosp_3Andrew Reach and Installation of his artwork “Getting Up”

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CC_Lutheran-Hospital-ExteriorCleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital

CC_LutheranHosp_5Reception at Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital

Vicki Macdevitt & Cindy Weinstein – Memories From a Rockaway Family

 

 The  World of Vicki Macdevitt and her families wonderful  journey in the Rockaways

When I last spoke with Vicki she was going to make a great video of many of her photographs for all of us to see  in the summer some time. I can not wait to see how she brings all of it to life. This is just a sample of her collection .

Memories from Vicki

vicku-macdevittStrolling and visiting in the B 26th court.. 1973 — at courtyard beach 26th.. 1973.-11 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

(B.29th st. Hotel) Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

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B 28th B court Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

two brothers fooling around, 1980i or 81 on Beach 26th Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

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vicku-macdevitt-3 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

vicku-macdevitt3generationhangingoutonpoarchbeach25street--9 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

vicku-macdevitt3generationhangingoutonpoarchbeach25street-10 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

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vicku-macdevitt5 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

vicku-macdevitt-beach28thstreet-adamsfamily-2 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt

vicku-macdevitt-marciaandmarvinbeach66thstreet-6 Photo private Collection :Vicki Macdevitt


Chick here to see the gallery

The Amazing Rockaway Collection Of Robin Greenberg Johnson

 The Amazing Collection Of

Robin Greenberg Johnson


 These wonderful memories are from her personal collection, All of these have been share with many of us on Facebook. This is one of those great collections,   Robin has many more memories that she is going to share soon. We all look so forward to what she pulls from her packed boxes.

481681_4986403092919_1189697693_n From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson09 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson10 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson10 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson11 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson


robingreenbergjohnson11g From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson12 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson12 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson13 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson13 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson14 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson14 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson15 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnsonAftermath of fire B27th. Back says around 1969 not a great photo, but the only one I have.01 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

rockaway_armor-lg From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

857390_4986403812937_1501682040_o From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

860979_4986404172946_52580803_o From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

862009_4972980797370_665738011_n From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson


1496386_10202145659058021_1136657564_o 1658400_10202145674258401_1121877515_o From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

nunley_rockaway_lg From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohmson01 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohmson02 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohmson10 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohmson11g From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohmson12 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohmson13 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson01 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson01 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson02 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson02 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson03 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson04 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson04 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson05 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson06 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson07 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson07 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson08 (2)From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robingreenbergjohnson08 From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

robinGreenbergJohnson09 (2) From the Private collection  of Robin Greenberg Johnson

Henry N. Cobb – A New York Photographer – Taken During His Stay The Summer of 1947 In Warsaw Poland

 Henry N. Cobb – A New York Photographer –   Taken During His Stay The  Summer of 1947 In  Warsaw Poland

Featured in the exhibition is the work of American architect Henry N Cobb, who visited Poland in 1947, and whose pictures provide the only record in color.

1947-barwy-ruin-warszawa-i-polska-w-odbudowie-na-zdjciach-henryego-n-cobba_178103Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (7)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (8)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (9)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (11)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (12)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (13)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (14)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (15)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (16)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (17)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (18)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Barwy-Ruin-1947-2Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Barwy-Ruin-1947-3Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

cobb_4Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (19)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (20)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (21)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (22)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (23)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (24)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (25)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (26)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (27)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (28)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (29)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (30)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (31)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (32)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (33)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

photos were taken by New York photographer Henry N. Cobb during his stay in Warsaw, Poland in the summer 1947Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

photos were taken by New York photographer Henry N. Cobb during his stay in Warsaw, Poland in the summer 1947-0Photograph by Henry N. Cobb
Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (3)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (4)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (5)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb

Warsaw after World War II, in August 1947 (6)Photograph by Henry N. Cobb