Artists in Healthcare Manitoba

Aaron Shorr’s guitar has a healing effect

“Artists in Healthcare, I would like to thank all of you for your hard work. I can imagine sometimes your work can seem like it goes unnoticed, or unappreciated but it contributes to many success stories of people surviving cancer, or having a better quality of life. My father is a cancer survivor, so directly

Lois Gilespie and Vanessa Kuzina play at the Buhler Gallery

A little Christmas concert was held at the Buhler Gallery in the St. Boniface Hospital for the staff and patients. Both artists are talented singers and guitar players and they sang both festive tunes and some original songs.

A book about art and healthcare

Mary Louise Chown has recently published a book based on her six years experience working as a visiting artist for AIHM. Mary Louise’s book is a narrative interweaving of conversations, reflections, folktales and stories, told by patients in hospice and palliative care settings.

Arts and Cultural Industries of Manitoba features AIHM

Artists in Healthcare Manitoba is a featured member of ACI MB for May 2011

Amazing Musician Gives His All

“Amazing Musician Gives His All. Summer Student Program Begins“ “Hi Shirley, WOW!

Guitars at CancerCare

Here is a new Video about the healing power of music.

Tim Cummings

Tim Cummings Tim studied guitar with Ken Davidson and Bob Sabourin in Ottawa (1968 to 1973) and Theory and Harmony with Julia Van Octon ( Toronto Conservatory). He continued studies with guitarist Hank Monis and pianist (jazz theory)Ted Moses in Toronto during the late 1970’s.

Keith Price

Keith Price Keith Price joined the Music to My Ears Program with Artists in Healthcare in 2005, after studying with Larry Roy and Steve Kirby at the University of Manitoba. Having strummed since the sixth grade on his grandfather’s old guitar, Keith Price landed his first gigs at age fifteen. First influenced by pop, punk

Music to my ears

Music to My Ears Thanks to support from Long & McQuade music, Music to My Ears musicians are recording a CD which will be given to patients, families and staff and made available for purchase on this website in 2011.

RURAL EXPANSION

Rural Expansion Artists in Healthcare began their rural expansion program fall 2009, in partnership with Cancercare Manitoba.