Media and Press

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DAS Earns Micro Business Certification

Distinctive Art Source recently received Micro Business Certification in the Small, Women-owned and Minority-owned Business (SWaM) Program of the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity. This certification enables DAS to participate in all state purchases that have been set aside for micro-businesses. The Micro Business Certification is part of our SWaM certification. It [...]
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Distinctive Art Source Earns MDOT Certification

The Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Office of Minority Business Enterprise recently awarded Distinctive Art Source with certification as a Minority Business Enterprise. This certification makes DAS eligible to fulfill minority participation goals on contracts issued by the State of Maryland. The Maryland Department of Transportation’s Office of Minority Business [...]
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Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Turns Ordinary to Extraordinary

You’ve seen team member photos in hospitals before. They adorn staff corridors and are typically headshots, group photos or “day-in-the-life” action shots that strive for a photojournalistic appeal. We strongly support incorporating staff members in artwork and couldn’t help but share one of the best we’ve seen. At Riverside Doctors’ Hospital in [...]
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Distinctive Art Source Sponsors HCD Golf Outing

Distinctive Art Source is pleased to sponsor Health Care Design’s Golf Outing in Orlando in November! Located at Shingle Creek Golf Club, the event is complimentary for HCD attendees and includes transportation to and from the Gaylord. Last year’s event was a fun and relaxing way to start the conference and we are sure it [...]
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Distinctive Art Source Celebrates 10 Years in Healthcare Art Consulting Business

When Barbara Harriman, IIDA, opened Distinctive Art Source in July 2003, she could clearly see the future of healthcare art. She envisioned a world in which hospitals would no longer be filled with sterile rooms and corridors. Instead, the hospital environment would be a place of healing in which the patient and visitor experience was [...]
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DAS Projects Among CoD+A Top 100

Distinctive Art Source is honored to have two projects selected among the Top 100 projects in the CoD+A Awards competition celebrating the collaboration of design and art. We are excited that the world will have a chance to see the wonderful art installations at Inova and Owensboro! The CoD+A Awards are sponsored by The Art Commission [...]
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Nemours Children’s Hospital Orlando Featured on Healthcare Design Magazine Cover

Congratulations to the team at Nemours Children’s Hospital Orlando on the feature story in Healthcare Design Magazine, March 2013. DAS is honored to be a part of this extraordinary project. Page 38 tells the story of how DAS worked with Nemours to partner with local museums [...]
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Inova Fairfax Hospital’s New Patient Tower Brings Healthcare Into the Future

The Spring 2013 issue of INhealth magazine features Inova Fairfax Hospital’s new patient tower, which offers a contemporary design that is not only aesthetically pleasing but also designed to promote and instill wellness. DAS was honored to work alongside the team at Inova in creating the facility’s art program, which includes a dichroic glass sculpture [...]
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Dichroic Glass Sculpture Featured at Inova Fairfax Hospital

Inova Fairfax Hospital South Patient Tower DAS collaborated with artist Kenneth vonRoenn Jr. to design a memorable sculpture that complements both the design and transparency of the rotunda at Inova Fairfax Hospital while also creating a unique identity for the new South Patient Tower. The 16’h [...]
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Riverside Health System Call to Artists – CLOSED

This call is CLOSED. Date:  August 29, 2012 Call for Artists:  Riverside Health System would like to purchase original and reproduction art by local artists (in both traditional and contemporary materials and fabrication methods) for their 250,000 sq. ft. Pavilion at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA and the new 105,000 sq. ft. [...]
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DAS Receives Warm Reception at Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care Conference

The team at Distinctive Art Source had the honor of attending the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care Conference in Washington, DC last month. As first-time participants in this conference, we were impressed by the quality of the information and the genuine connections we formed. [...]
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Barbara Harriman to present at LSU College of Art and Design and Department of Interior Design

Distinctive Art Source is pleased to share the following announcement regarding president and creative director Barbara Harriman’s upcoming presentation at her alma mater, Louisiana State University. Healthcare Art Consultant and LSU ID graduate, Barbara Harriman Speaks March 12 at 5:00pm The LSU Department of Interior Design Student Organization Lecture presents Healthcare Art [...]
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Young Patient Discovers New Passion for Photography

When Sydney’s doctor told her she could no longer play sports after surgery, she was heart-broken. That kind of news can be devastating for a 14-year-old girl. Fortunately for Sydney, Children’s Hospital Central California had the perfect opportunity for this young lady. Distinctive Art Source had just issued a Call for Artists on behalf of [...]
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Healthcare Design Sets Stage for Telling the Story of Southeast Health

Distinctive Art Source was honored to share the stage with our friends at Southeast Health, Starizon  and PNM Architects at the Healthcare Design 2011 Conference in Nashville, TN earlier this month. The story we told was [...]
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