Our Art Collection’s Impact
For 25 years, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s Art Collection has been the creative heart of our health care centres, providing a calming and therapeutic environment for patients, staff, and visitors alike.
From postmodern abstractions to coastal landscapes, the waiting rooms and corridors of Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), UBC Hospital and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre are now home to a collection of more than 2,800 stunning works of art. Central to our belief in the power of art to heal, we celebrate contemporary work by prominent Canadian artists like Susan Point and David Robinson, as well as artists of international stature like Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
Help us celebrate 25 years of art and healing with a gift of artwork or philanthropic gift of support. Your donation will help to manage and care for our collection, ensuring it continues to inspire and heal for years to come.
Celebrating 25 Years of Art & Healing
Watch VideoThe healing power of art
Roberta realized the uplifting impact art can have on people going through tough times after visiting a hospital in LA and seeing its collection. And as a former VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation Board Chair, she saw an opportunity.
Through Roberta’s passion for art and drive to do good, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s Art Collection was born.
“I’ve always appreciated art, so that resonated with me. I also saw the impact that I could have on thousands of people coming into the health care centres every day. As a donor, you feel that you’re contributing to the wellbeing of other people.”
– Roberta Beiser, Co-Founder, Art Collection
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SYLVIA TAIT
Journey – Similkameen, 1984
Oil on canvas
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ANDY WARHOL
Flowers II.118, 1974
Hand coloured screen print with analine watercolour, Edition 227/250
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PETER JOHN VOORMEIJ
Start Again, 2003
Acrylic on canvas
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CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUES
Still Live 07, 2010
Cibachrome print, Edition 7/21
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Levi Nelson (Lil wat7úl Nation)
Biology, 2018
Oil on canvas
Support the Art Program
Donate to the Art Program
Help us celebrate 25 years of art and healing with a philanthropic gift of support. Your donation will help fund framing, installations, and conservation efforts that ensure our collection continues to inspire and heal for years to come.
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Gifts of Artwork
Our acquisitions of art are currently limited. If you would like to submit artwork for review, please read our guidelines and complete the submission form below. We are currently collecting work for mental health, long-term care and rehabilitation spaces and welcome a diversity of cultural perspectives through vibrant and vital artworks that uplift and inspire.
All potential donations are considered on an individual basis in terms of their suitability for the hospital environment as well as in the wider context of the overall collection.
Gifts of artworks
“Last spring was difficult, but this enormous piece gave me so much pleasure. Thanks to the artist who donated it to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.”
– Grateful Patient
Roberta Beiser, Chair
Linda Bartz
Stephanie Forgacs
Lilian Hudson
Katharine Knowles
Mira Malatestinic
Gerry Nakano
Coleen Nemtin
Jim O’Hara
Grace Robin
Pennylane Shen
Dr. Bev Spring
Andy Sylvester
For more information on donating art or making a financial gift to the Art Collection, contact:
Katharine Knowles
Art Collection Curator
Email: art@vghfoundation.ca
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