CLEARWATER - Residents are the heart of our community. That's why Morton Plant Mease Health Care is asking Pinellas Country artists "What Moves Your Heart?" - an art contest for the new Morton Plant Mease Morgan Heart Hospital located on the campus of Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. The new Morton Heart Hospital continues the Morton Plant Mease tradition of offering leading-edge heart care. It will provide a state-of the art facility that will include new open-heart operating rooms, four cardiac catheterization labs and 21 critical cardiac patient rooms.
Pinellas County artists are invited to tap their talents for an opportunity to have their artwork showcased on the walls of the new 173,000 square-foot hospital.
Contest Rules: Sunday, October 1, 2006 - deadline for submitting artwork.
Artworks must be original works on paper or canvas (no giclee), unframed, two-dimensional and should not exceed 28" by 36"
Entry forms for the contest may be found at www.dfac.org
Entry forms and artworks must be delivered to Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698
Eight to 10 winning entries that best convey the theme "What Moves Your Heart?" will be unveiled at the Morton Plant Mease Morgan Heart Hospital in November and will be showcased throughout the new hospital. A purchase award of $10,000 donated by the Morton Plant Mease Foundation will be divided up among selected artists.
Artworks will be judged in early October by Morton Plant Hospital administration, Morton Plant Mease Foundation board members and Larry Morgan, chairman of the Morgan Auto Group, community philanthropist and whose family made the lead gift donation to fund the construction of the Morgan Heart Hospital.