Spectrum Health Celebrates New Student Photo Exhibit

Spectrum Health will host a reception celebrating a new art exhibit at Butterworth Hospital that spotlights photography by students from the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT).

The reception is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Butterworth Hospital. Matt Van Vranken, executive vice president, Spectrum Health and president, Spectrum Health Hospital Group, and Dennis Grantz, manager, creative and instructional development, West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology, will provide the welcome and remarks.

The exhibit showcases the photography of 15 WMCAT high school students from the Grand Rapids Public Schools: Gabriel Benitez, Kristi Carter, Arick Davis, Michael Escobar, Maribel Garcia, Shanice Hamilton, Emily Koon, Tushona Matthews, Daishonne Mitz-Klyce, Rebecca Ojeda, Mayline Perez, Trevor Sekeet, Mack Smith, Felicia Taylor and Janae Young.

The West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology is a non-profit organization that provides meaningful opportunities for urban youth and under-employed adults to engage with the arts and technology at no cost to them. Through its after-school and summer arts programs, WMCAT offers hands-on art classes with a strong technology component to high school students attending Grand Rapids Public Schools. WMCAT also offers healthcare education and employment training to under- and unemployed community members.’ More information on WMCAT can be found at www.wmcat.org.’

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan that offers a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, a collection of seven hospitals and more than 140 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group, a multispecialty team of nearly 100 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with nearly 500,000 members. Spectrum Health’s 14,000 employees, 1,500 medical staff members and 2,000 volunteers are committed to delivering the highest quality care to those in medical need.’ The organization provided $111.1 million in community benefit during its 2008 fiscal year. As a system, Spectrum Health has earned more than 100 awards during the past 10 years.