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Commissioned by the Harborview Community Service League and the Harborview Fund, in cooperation with METRO.
Excerpt from the 2005 HMC Report to the Community Road to recovery: Patients turn bus shelters into art
"While recovering from an illness, people sometimes discover new things about themselves, just as some Harboview patients did when they turned two bus shelters into works of art last year. "I never thought I was artistic," one patient said. "I never knew I could paint."
Throughout 2004, more than 200 Harborview patients, family members and staff members joined with recreational therapists, case managers, art program staff and a local artist to create the "Healing Shelters." Used by hundreds of patients and visitors each day, the two METRO bus-stop pavilions are located across the street from Harborview. The art project was a collaboration involving Seattle artist Cheryl dos Remedios, METRO and Harborview patients. . . . "It feels good," one patient said, once the project was complete, "to be able to give something beautiful to the community." |