May 29 Helping to Heal Through Music and Arts
and Crafts
Elaine Sims, Director,
Elaine
Sims has worked in arts in healthcare since 1990. Her areas of special
expertise include the visual and performing arts, healing gardens, caring for
the caregiver initiatives as well as the full spectrum of arts in healthcare
offerings including art cart programs, bedside music, artists-in-residence,
medical school arts curriculum and running a full medical center orchestra. The
Gifts of Art program maintains nine changing exhibit galleries mounting over 50
shows a year including an annual employee art exhibition as well as building a
vibrant permanent art collection. Weekly public concerts, bedside musicians,
live music in waiting areas and the cafeteria round out the musical offerings.
The Life Sciences Orchestra presents two free public concerts each year
providing a creative outlet for caregivers, scientists, staff and students.
Elaine is serving her fourth term on the Board of The Society for the Arts in
Healthcare. She is also a consultant for the SAHCS consulting service and
speaks regularly at conferences. Elaine is a member of the Ann Arbor Commission
for Art in Public Places and the Percent for Art Task Force. She also serves on
the UM Health System Environment of Care Committee and the Interior Design
Standards Committee. Elaine particularly enjoys collaborating with University
and community partners in exploring, promoting and expanding the world of arts
in healthcare.
June 5 Key Elements of the
Zingerman’s Experience: Building a Community of Businesses
Ari Weinzweig. Founding partner of Zingerman’s Community of
Businesses.
Ari Weinzweig will share
the elements that bind the various Zingerman’s businesses together into a
community among themselves, as well as tie them to the Ann Arbor Community as a
whole. Ari Weinzweig is one of the founding partners of Zingerman’s Community
of Businesses, which includes Zingerman’s Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Creamery,
Catering, Mail Order, ZingTrain, Zingerman’s Coffee Company and Zingerman’s
Roadhouse, a full service restaurant featuring traditional American foods,
beers and wines. Zingerman’s produces and sells all sorts of full-flavored,
traditional foods in its home of
June 12 Daring to be Different
Lana Pollock. President of the Michigan Environmental Council since 1996, Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board Member, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the National League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Trustee of NextEnergy, which supports economic development with alternative energy sources and Governor’s Appointee to the Michigan Land Use Leadership Council in 2003.
As a legislator, Lana represented
causes.
June
19 Tales From the Sky: The
Survival Flight Program at the
University of
James M. Sprang, R.N. Flight Nurse, Survival Flight at the University of MichiganHospital.
James Sprang will describe activities of the Flight Team and describe their
aircraft. Several illustrative case studies will be part of his presentation.
This
Lecture Series was planned by Virginia Rezmierski, Esther Rubin, Frances
Weinstein, and Edwin Marcus, Chair
2900 Jackson Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48103
* TIME: 10:00 till 11:30 a.m.
* FEE: $20.00 for all four lectures; add $10.00 if non-member.
$10 one day only, if member; Scholarships available