2012-330 Arts - Door to Door of UNC Health Care $1,500

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L NARRATIVE DooR to DooR(contined) Page 2. 8. With funds from the LiveSTRONG Foundation,painting workshops were offered to the Oncology Patients,by Jane Filer and iPad art to the Pediatric Oncology patients,by Bridget Pemberton-Smith. Collage and poetry writing were offered by Joy Javits to the adult Oncology patients in the hospital chemotherapy and patient rooms. The Grant received from LiveSTRONG encourages this Coordinator to work with the patients directly and to make that artistic work interactive. The DooR to DooR go at playing the guitar. It also allowed a Burn patient/musician to play with Gabriel for several other patients. More art is being made interactively. The guitar,keyboard are made available to patients to borrow on a regular basis. A first year medical student offers piano lessons to patients. The new harmonica program is very interactive. Proposed Uses of Grant Fund From the Orange County Arts Commission DooR to DooR is in its 21St year! The fifteen artists will perform at UNC Hospitals during the 2012-2013 year. Diali Cissokho and Pline Mounzeo will give drumming sessions to the psychiatric patients. The 10 Djembe drums we use were purchased by the UNC Volunteer Association,a huge support to the arts in the hospital,some years ago for use by the Physical Therapist who started this drum circle,Frake Hansel,Physical Therapist. Occupational Therapist,Julie Pace,often accompanies the drummers and gives her OT time for the drumming. Louise Omoto Kessel will offer collage,puppet making and origami making to Pediatric Patients. Ericka Lee Wilkins will sing Classical Songs to women on the 3rd(women on bed rest)and 6th(Women with Cancer and other ailments. Harvey Dalton Arnold,who was with the Nationally acclaimed"Outlaws"band,will play his Guitar and Rock Ballads, Harvey has been a patient. Kim Arrington,a Poet will work with Psychiatric child and adult patients;she hopes to put together of book of their writings. Charlotte Runde will draw,in 5 minutes flat,a Caricature portrait that she gives to the patient. They smile when they see how she put back as it was,a cancer patient's hair,or removes the tubes. Becky Lofland with Androgeena Puppet,who is 7 for the 21St time,sports a watch on her ankle,"so the cats can see when it's snack time."Richard Tazwell, sings and plays the keyboard. He brings strange and interesting instruments like the Jamaican thumb piano,portable roll-up piano and backpack guitar,cymbals and cowbell for patients to play,which often make them laugh. Steven Fishman,sings songs from the 30's&40's,Jenifer Crowell,a silent clown/artist draws beautiful paintings on patient faces or arms,James Beckwith sits on a pillow on the floor and plays the Sitar and an Hispanic singer,Teresa Fernandez,acoustic Bass player,Ben Palmer and a Writer,Megan Cutter,she works with her husband who is disabled,and very funny. Several of the artists will be performing for the Psychiatric patients. They are Children and Adolescents,Eating Disorders, Crisis,Psychosis and Geriatric patients,all locked in. Others of the artists will travel to the various areas of where patients are in separate rooms. Nurses will recommend,and I will ask permission of each patient. The patients tend to be from North Carolina but some are from neighboring states. Race,ethnicity and gender are divided for the most part between males and females,Caucasian and African American patients. More occasionally there is a patient or staff member who is Asian,Native American or Indian.