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News

01Sep

Cherokee Indian Hospital to Install Syllabary Wall

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Clients in the News
Cherokee Indian Hospital will honor the language and tradition of their ancestors by creating an artful display of the Syllabary — a set of 85 written characters that make up the Cherokee alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary was invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s and is still taught in Cherokee Indian schools today. [...]
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07Jul

Cherokee Indian Hospital Call to Artists – CLOSED

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Call for Artists
Cherokee Indian Hospital would like to feature local art in the public areas of their new hospital opening October 14, 2015. The CIH Art Committee is working with Distinctive Art Source (healthcare art consultants specializing in helping hospitals create healing art programs that feature artwork created by local artists.
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18Feb

How to Create an Integrated Visual Experience

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
White Papers
An integrated visual experience, when executed, remains nearly undetected. Not surprisingly, this seemingly effortless effect takes planning. In fact, to achieve an integrated visual experience in healthcare requires a union of multiple disciplines and the intentional dissolution of boundaries.
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13Jan

NGHS Earns Gold Award in 2014 Landscape Architecture for Healthcare Communities Competition

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Clients in the News
Our friends at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainsville, Ga. have earned the Gold Award in the 2014 Landscape Architecture for Healthcare Communities Competition. Their story was featured in the October 2014 issue of Healthcare Design magazine. Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s therapeutic [...]
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05Dec

DAS Earns Micro Business Certification

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Media and Press
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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29Sep

Distinctive Art Source Earns MDOT Certification

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Media and Press
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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09Sep

Owensboro Health Art Program Celebrates…

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Clients in the News, Videos
Distinctive Art Source worked with the team at Owensboro Health on a healthcare art project that celebrates the people and culture of Owensboro, KY. Thoughtfully selected artworks celebrate Community, Donors, Local Artists, Faith, Architecture, History, Music, Agriculture, the Ohio River, Seasons, Local Festivals, Nature and Water. The Floating Seeds installation was the recipient of a [...]
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22Aug

Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Turns Ordinary to Extraordinary

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Clients in the News, Media and Press, Videos
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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21Aug

Creating Healthcare Art Programs for Military Facilities

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
White Papers
  Today’s military hospitals are no longer stereotypical clinics adorned with American flags. Our military population requires a unique and thoughtful approach – both to healthcare and healing art programs. The team at Distinctive Art Source has been honored to help create art programs in several military facilities including the National Intrepid Center of Excellence [...]
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13May

Foster Community Relationships Through Hospital Art Programs

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
White Papers
At Distinctive Art Source, we walk through the doors of dozens of hospitals each year and have been a part of the design team in facilities across the country. One thing that never ceases to impress us is the commitment hospitals make to their communities. Not simply their role of providing healthcare – but the [...]
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13May

Southeast Health Celebrates the Lives of Cancer Patients with Journey Portraits

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Clients in the News
Southeast Health Celebrates the Lives of Cancer Patients with Journey Portraits
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27Feb

Call for Artists: Northeast Georgia – CLOSED

Posted by Theresa Ceniccola
Call for Artists
Project: Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton Call for Artists:   Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton would like to feature purchased art works created by local artists as well as locale specific art work in multiple mediums for public areas of their new hospital, opening Spring 2015.  The Art Committee is dedicated to creating a visually cohesive experience [...]
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