Spectrum Health Hosts 28 ArtPrize Artists

Spectrum Health is hosting the work of 28 artists at four of its sites during ArtPrize, the community art competition. The art is primarily paintings, but also includes photography, quilt art and three sculptures. The venues are Butterworth Hospital main lobby (10 artists), Meijer Heart Center lobby (5 artists), Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion lobby (7 artists) and the Widdicomb Building lobby, 665 Seward Ave, NW (6 artists).

ArtPrize runs Wednesday, September 23, to Saturday, October 10 and Spectrum Health has extended its lobby hours to match ArtPrize hours. The hours are Monday to Thursday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday, from noon to 6 p.m. Spectrum Health is a premiere benefactor of ArtPrize. More information is available at www.artprize.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 and mmpc, multispecialty physician groups with more than 400 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with nearly 500,000 members. Spectrum Health’s 16,000 employees, 1,500 medical staff members and 2,000 volunteers are committed to delivering the highest quality care. 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.