Art Exhibits
A brick wall with colorful art exhibits

Our Art Reflects Our Community

The Gifts of Art exhibition program strives to honor the diversity of our community by mounting exhibits that reflect it. You can learn more about the current artwork or enjoy these exhibits online.

Current Art Exhibits See all art exhibits
Motawi Tileworks: A celebration of 30 years
Nawal Motawi presents this retrospective exhibit as a celebration of local artistry.
Event runs February 20, 2023 - December 23, 2023
A piece of tileworks art
Backstitch: Mixed Media by Speicher-Willis & Barnes

In their exhibition Backstitch, Madeleine Speicher-Willis and Emma Barnes follow the thread in reverse, reformulating their concepts of home and more.

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Barnes' backstitch work on a floral piece
Quilling and Origami by Devi Palaniappan

Theivayanai (Devi) Palaniappan has been working in paper arts for over thirteen years.

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Palaniappan's orange floral paper earrings
Thrive! Healthy People – Healthy Planet: Photography
This exhibit features works by national and international photographers representing the essentials of health in nine areas.
Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
photograph of a gardener tending to tomatoes
Mixed Media by Ladan Bahmani & Brian Patrick Franklin

Ladan Bahmani and Brian Patrick Franklin are artists and designers addressing language and mass communication.

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Intricate wood carvings over paper prints
Cotton & Silk by Katie Mongoven

Until We Meet Again is a collection of hand-dyed and hand-stitched embroideries of Mongoven’s work.

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Mongoven's intricate work of orange floral pieces
Transcolorations: Digitally Fabricated Sculpture by Jon Malis

Transcolorations is a translation of digital color science into physical form. 

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Malanis piece showing the colors red, orange and blue
Native Wildflowers in Watercolor by Cheryl Gould

Cheryl Gould is a retired art teacher who now hikes and bikes with her camera. She uses her photos as a basis for her paintings.

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Gould painting of flowers along the lakeshore
Transcolorations: Digitally Fabricated Sculpture by Jon Malis

Transcolorations is a translation of digital color science into physical form. 

Event runs June 12, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Malanis piece showing the colors red, orange and blue
Ever-changing. Always Inspiring.


With a large and diverse faculty, staff, patient, guest, and learner population, the Gifts of Art exhibition program strives to be inclusive and honor this diversity by mounting exhibits that reflect our community and today's world.

The artwork in Gifts of Art's nine galleries changes quarterly and represents a broad range of styles, mediums, forms, and subjects. Enjoy an ever-changing sampling of the best art the region has to offer.

All exhibits are available both in-person (for those who work, are approved visitors, or have an appointment on the main medical campus) and online.

Carved art on display in the hospital corridor
How to Exhibit

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A Michigan Medicine employee holds up a ribbon earned for her art
Employee Art Exhibit

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Permanent Art Collection

Hospital corridors and lobbies are also art galleries.

Community Art

Hospital-wide community art projects are specialties of Gifts of Art. Learn more about some of the projects.