Tea Party for Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Support a great cause with a fun event! I did. I donated a piece of my artwork for the silent auction! 

Come celebrate an afternoon of sweet treats at the 3rd annual GenerosiTEA for all moms and girls!

February 18, 2012

11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Woodland Hills Event Center

Join in the fun at the third annual GenerosiTEA benefitting Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.  Enjoy making memories at this special event featuring a fashion showcase for small girls to young teens, activity stations, silent auction and "tea market" with multiple vendors for any girl's shopping delight! 

Photography available. $40/couple. Sponsor tables still available.

For more information, call (901) 287-6308.


Much love to the children and their families at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. XXOO

Michelle East Art & Photography Working with the Wooberry Dolls!

Look what I got for Christmas!

I opened a card from a colleague Melissa Conroy, whom I collaborated with on the Le Bonheur Children's Hospital project in 2010. Inside the card was this super cute calendar 

she had made and to my surprise, 

she gave me photo billing right on the front page!  :) 

 Thank you so much Melissa!  It is my pleasure to work with you. 

Melissa Conroy's sweet dolls - named woOberry dolls , were the feature of many photographs I took that are now adorning the walls of Le Bonheur's brand new children's hospital in downtown Memphis, TN. 

Check out Melissa's Website http://www.wooberry.com. It is so much fun for kids! Full of bright colors, artwork, dolls and much more! She is also the author of a wonderful children's book Poppy's Pants, we have a signed copy I am pleased to say, and my kindergardener loves it!

 I was so blessed to work on a project of this scale with so many caring and wonderful women who make up the Le Bonheur Club.  For more information about the new children's hospital or the sponsoring artwork for the hospital, you can go to their website at http:/www.lebonheur.org

Till next time my friends,

Michelle East Photography's work at the New Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

What a fabulous evening at the Art with Heart Party last night at the new Le Bonheur Children's Hospital located in downtown Memphis, Tn!
It was a privilege to be one of the 40 artists chosen to have their work featured in the permanent collection in the new hospital.
I am so humbled and thankful to be a part of this project.

So much fun to work on this for the kids at Le Bonheur!  The three pictures of the Emu animals will be a permanent installation on the 7th floor - the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit  (EMU).  The emu is mascot for this floor to both patients and staff!

The collaboration project with dollmaker and author Melissa Conroy, http://www.Wooberry.com,
is a permanent installation in the O. R.

If you would like to be a part of this special community event and underwrite a piece of artwork,
http://www.lebonheur.org/art.

Till next time,

Michelle East Photography's work at the New Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Today my sweet friend Amber emailed me some pictures of my display at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital downtown Memphis. I have not had a chance to see the final work hung in the halls so the pictures are a great gift to me today!  I am so pleased with how it all came out!  This project started last year October of 2009 when I was asked to do some photography for the new hospital in collaboration with children's author Melissa Conroy. Melissa also makes custom dolls, the ones featured in the pictures, her site is www.wooberry.com.

In January of 2010 during a snow storm in Memphis, Melissa, Dianne Papasan and I met in my studio to do the initial photography for the project! Melissa was in town from her home in Philadelphia for a whirl wind weekend of book signing and to work on this Le Bonheur Children's Hospital project. She did an awesome job under the pressure of the terrible weather we were having and I was very impressed with her. She even allowed me to photograph her for her business head shots to be used in conjunction with her books!

Once the photographs were prepared to her specifications, I sent her the images and she added her additional artwork.  The images were then sent to the amazing staff at Le Bonheur who have spent countless hours working on the art for the hospital.

In the spring/summer the images were printed and hung and voila, there is an awesome wing in the hospital of these great wooberry dolls!  I know the children will be smiling as they travel this hallway!

Thank you so much to Dianne Papasan for the opportunity to be a part of this incredible project! I have enjoyed the entire process and it has been a privilege for me to be included on something as special as this for our community.

More to come on this project!

The Art for Heart Party is Thursday, the 26th of August in the evening. If you would like to see more of the wonderful artwork from artists all around the mid south, please join me there! It is going to be a magical night! You can purchase tickets at http://www.lebonheur.org  click on the Art with Heart tab.
(it will have an easel with a heart that say art with heart)

Hope to see you there!

Michelle East Photography's work at the New Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Time	August 26 · 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location	The New Le Bonheur Children's Hospital 50 N. Dunlap Street Memphis, TN
Created By	Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
More Info	The region’s top artists lent their talent to make the new Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital a restorative and hopeful place. Now Memphians are invited to support the effort to heal children and families through art. For Art with Heart on Thursday, August 26, the Le Bonheur art collection will be on display for the first time and available for underwriting.

To purchase tickets and to learn more about the art available for underwriting, visit: www.lebonheur.org/art

The art in the new Le Bonheur was created around the themes of courage, compassion, hope and love. From quilts and mosaics to metalwork and photography, the new hospital provides children an opportunity to see and experience all types of art.


Please join me for a wonderful evening! I am so honored to be a part of this lovely event!

Till next time,