Healing Thru Nature Galleries
at LHSC Children’s Hospital
Featuring our own London Community Artists!
The London Community Artists members have been invited to display 40 works of art on a rotational basis annually at the London Health Sciences Centre’s Children’s Hospital PICCU (Pediatric Intensive Critical Care Unit). The Healing Thru Nature Galleries have been established since 2023 to enhance the child-friendly and family-centered care. The pictures are hung throughout the PICCU department offering all people a sense of welcome, comfort and health.
The artwork is primarily for families to be uplifted through nature imagery at a time when they cannot leave the hospital and have limited access to the out of doors while caring for their children. The paintings also benefit the support staff, various medical teams and other professionals in the PICCU as well as the children themselves who are in care. They are not available to be viewed in person by the public.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
We accept 20 paintings per intake.10 horizontal and 10 vertical paintings twice yearly for a total of 40 paintings represented over 2 galleries in the PICCU. Not all pieces submitted can be accepted for hanging. The selection of paintings is not a statement on the quality of the work but rather whether it fits the requirements for this very specific display. The decision of the committee is final. Artists whose works could not be selected are encouraged to display their pieces in one of our other venues such as Cherryhill Village Mall or Western Research Convergence Centre.
REQUIRED CONTENT:
All pieces must adhere to the LHSC request for healing outdoor landscapes. They have asked for peaceful, calming, bright, inspiring and comforting outdoor views. Such as countrysides, beaches, oceans, lakes, mountains, forests, fields etc, but not city buildings or dark and stormy images. They have also noted they have a preference for Canadian scenery which could include wildlife in their natural setting as part of the landscape. Animal portraits and pets are not acceptable subjects for these galleries.
PROCESS:
Please pick up a 16 x 20” canvas panel board from the Chair of the LHSC subcommittee (Aura Burditt). These panels are the only substrate suitable for acrylic and oil mediums due to the challenges in the framing and display process for the paintings. Acrylic and oil are the best mediums for the panel boards, but with care and preparatory coating, watercolours and alcohol inks are also possible on the boards. Watercolours and Ink paintings on watercolour paper at 16 x 20 ” are also acceptable. If you have any questions, please check with the committee prior to beginning your work.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please submit a photo of your painting with the completed application form on the Members Only page of the LCA website. Please include your name, contact information, medium, and title. Indicate whether your painting is vertical or horizontal. Also, what is your asking price should someone want to buy your painting from you (excluding the framing) once the piece has finished its 1 year long installation with the Healing Thru Nature galleries at LHSC?
You will receive confirmation of your painting into the Healing Thru Nature Galleries once it has been approved.
Dates for the drop off of your artwork to Frame Space are either in the month of December for the February installation at LHSC or in the month of June for the August installation at LHSC.
The paintings will be displayed for approximately 1 year.
The committee will review the submissions and will advise each artist by return email. Once accepted, the painting will then need to be delivered for framing to:
Leslie Malota
Frame Space
Custom Picture Framing & Art
538 Adelaide St. N.
London, ON
519-488-1961
Please ensure your name, title and medium are printed on the back of the painting. The decision of the committee will be final.
CHANGEOVER:
Pickup instructions will be sent out by email approximately 1 year from the initial drop off of your painting to Frame Space advising of a pickup time.
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Leslie Malota and her partner Jennifer MacTavish at Frame Space have kindly offered to look after all the framing requirements and pickup/delivery of artworks to the hospital at each 6-month interval. We are very grateful for their generous support of this project of the London Community Artists with LHSC and the creation of the Healing Thru Nature Galleries.
