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Alumnus Tim Vanginkel (Ft. Madison, IA) (back) and WIU Art Professor Bill Howard hang paintings in the new lobby at MDH.
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Those who helped establish the MDH-WIU partnership are (-r): Maggie Goettsche, MDH Administrative Director of Quality and Innovation; Wanda Foster, MDH Vice President of Nursing; Shawn Spangler, WIU Art Instructor; Tim Vanginkel, art alumnus;Kenny Boyd, President and CEO of MDH, and Bill Howard, Art Professor.
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WIU and MDH Partner with Artworks

November 18, 2011

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MACOMB, IL – McDonough District Hospital and Western Illinois University have entered into an exhibition agreement that is designed to allow the artworks of students, faculty and selected works from the University art collection to be displayed in the front lobby of MDH.

The project to use the lobby of the hospital got underway after WIU Art Professor Bill Howard, Art Studio Technician Robert Brownlow and Charles Wright, chair of the Department of Art at Western, met with the MDH Senior Leadership Team about interior upgrades in the front lobby of the hospital. McDonough District Hospital modified the lobby area to create the display space that will benefit Western's exhibition programming and enhance the hospital lobby.

The purpose of the project is to provide a welcoming visual respite to visitors as they enter the hospital. The works of emerging student artists, along with that of Western's alumni artists and faculty will be exhibited. Appropriate selections from the WIU Gallery will also be exhibited.

Exhibits will be on display for approximately one month each throughout the year and focus on one single artist or a group of artists. 3D work is also acceptable and can be exhibited along with 2D work. Artists interested in exhibiting at the hospital should contact Howard at WR-Howard@wiu.edu.

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