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06/30/10

YMCA of Newport Beach Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Melissa Schramm, Project Coordinator for the Interpretive Display team, attended the YMCA of Newport Beach Ribbon Cutting Ceremony honoring the new 2010 Partners Campaign display, which was designed and installed by Aesthetics. Aesthetics was honored to be a part of this wonderful event, and proud our work has such a positive impact on our clients and their environments.

To learn more about the YMCA of Newport Beach, click here.

06/30/10

Dedication Ceremony at Sharp Coronado
Sharp Coronado had a dedication ceremony in April to honor Capt. Richard and Mrs. Barbara Sewall with a plaque created by Aesthetics, for their generosity over the years. The dedication ceremony was for the upgrade of two brand-new, state-of-the-art elevators at Sharp Coronado.

For information on Sharp Coronado, visit http://www.sharp.com/coronado

06/16/10

The Channel City Club
Annette discusses her book "Transforming the Healthcare Experience through the Arts"
The Channel City Club was founded over 60 years ago in Santa Barbara, California, to provide the community with a local venue for outstanding speakers on state, national, and international issues.

For more information, visit http://channelcityclub.org/

04/22/10

Annette Ridenour speaks at SAH Conference
On April 29th, 2010, join Annette Ridenour and a panel of community partners to the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota as they present the details of the Arts & Healing and Urban Renewal project at the 2010 SAH Annual Conference. This session is titled, Building Community Partnerships through Arts Programs.

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has embarked on a multi-year program to transform the health care experience and promote urban renewal through a unique collaboration with the local arts community. In a merging of architecture, landscape, science and art, Children’s of Minnesota will create a revitalized sense of place in the community and provide children and families unique opportunities for healing and the unfolding of new gifts as a result of their experience with trauma or pain.

For more information on the SAH Conference, please go to www.thesah.org.

01/20/2010
HealthLeaders Media -  References Transforming the Healthcare Experience Through the Arts and provides insight by Blair Sadler on how art can reduce health costs and improve satisfaction. To read the article, click here or download a PDF version here.
02/18/2010
Call for Art Opportunity - A Michigan based hospital group is inviting artists who reside in the state of Michigan to provide portfolios of artwork that evokes messages of health and healing through the expression of spirituality and art. (PDF Format)
02/08/2010

Call for Art Opportunity - Aesthetics, Inc. in partnership with Cottage Health System, announced the following Call for Art opportunity for artists who reside in the area as far north as San Luis Obispo, as far south as Ventura and as far east as Bakersfield, California. (PDF Format)

02/02/2010
World Health Care Design review of Transforming the Healthcare Experience Through the Arts (PDF format)
06/17/2005
“Wayfinding in healthcare facilities includes sound sense” by Annette Ridenour highlights the integrated approach to incorporating Wayfinding Programs and Visual Arts (provided by Aesthetics, Inc.) and Music (provided by Aesthetic Audio Systems, Inc.) in healthcare environments. The article was partially published in Healthcare Building Ideas in June/July 2005. (PDF format)
04/21/2005
“The Sound-track of Healing,” Our work at Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, Colorado is shown in the feature story of the March/April 2005 issue of Spirituality & Health Magazine. The focus is on “The Sound-track of Healing,” and our sister company, Aesthetic Audio Systems, Inc. (PDF format)
03/072005

Just What the (Art and Music) Doctors Ordered: A comprehensive wayfinding, art and music program at a Colorado hospital” Society for the Arts in Healthcare On-line Newsletter, March 2005. (PDF format)