Friends (collage)

Mixed media collage by India Cruse-Griffin

Friends

Artist| India Cruse-Griffin
Year| 2011 (2011)
Dimensions| 54.0 cm × 28.6 cm (21.25 in × 11.25 in)
Location| Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Coordinates| 39°46′41″N 86°11′03″W﻿ / ﻿39.7781°N 86.1841°W﻿ / 39.7781; -86.1841
Owner| Eskenazi Health

Friends is a 2011 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection.

## Description

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Friends is a 2011 mixed media collage by artist India Cruse-Griffin, which depicts two girls, one wearing a pink dress and the other a blue dress, holding flowers and standing in front of three white houses. The work, which measures 21.25" x 11.25", framed, is made from collaged paper gathered from magazines, upon which Cruse-Griffin then paints, often allowing the underlying magazine paper to show through.[1][2] While her subjects are often clear and straightforward, this collage technique serves as a reminder of the accumulation of lived experience.[1][2]

## Historical information

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### Acquisition

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Friends was acquired by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013.[3][4] In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury.[4] Each of the 54 proposals was assigned an area of the new hospital by Eskenazi Health's art committee and publicly displayed in the existing Wishard Hospital and online for public comment; more than 3,000 public comments on the final proposals were collected and analyzed in the final selection.[4][5] Friends is credited "in honor of Greg Kelleher, Lisa E. Harris, M.D."

### Location

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Friends is currently displayed in the Robert & Gina Laikin Surgery Registration & Waiting Room on the third floor of Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital.

## Artist

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Indiana-based artist India Cruse-Griffin received her BS in Art Education from Ball State University.[1][2] She has exhibited extensively, including at the Richmond Art Museum, Indiana University East, the Northern Indiana Arts Association, Indiana State Museum and the National Black Fine Art Show held annually in New York. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Indiana State Museum, the Indiana Governor’s Residence, Indiana University, Richmond Community Schools, the Richmond Art Museum and Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond. Cruse-Griffin teaches art at Richmond Senior High School, where she won two Teacher of the Year awards in 2010-2011.[1][2]

## See also

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* Eskenazi Health Art Collection
* Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Friends". Public Art Archive. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
2. ^ a b c d "INDIA CRUSE-GRIFFIN MIXED MEDIA ARTIST | Wix.com". INDIA CRUSE-GRIFFIN MIXED MEDIA ARTIST. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
3. ^ Landro, Laura (2014-08-18). "More Hospitals Use the Healing Powers of Public Art". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
4. ^ a b c "Wishard Announces First Group of Artists Selected for Eskenazi Health Art Program". www.eskenazihealth.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
5. ^ "Support Wishard's pursuit of the highest art". Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper. Retrieved 2017-08-20.

## External links

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* India Cruse-Griffin, Artist's Website Archived 2017-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
* Eskenazi Health Art Installations (video)

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Eskenazi Health Art Collection

Historic collection|

* Four Seasons (1914)

2013 commissions|

* Arbor
* Balance
* Blues
* Calm Waters
* Cloud Busting
* Crossroads
* Fig Houses
* Forever (For Old Lady Sally)
* Friends
* Hope Skip and Jump
* It was just last year...
* May/September
* Melody at Hand
* Morning on the White River
* Paths Crossed
* Sew Low
* Sunday Morning
* Synchronicity of Color
* Temporal Synapse
* The Arrival
* Two Moons
* Untitled 77
* Untitled 78
* Vegetation
* Wading in the Water

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