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Summer Colors Artist Spotlights: Part I

by | Jun 6, 2018 | Events

Summer Colors, now in its 10th year, was an idea born out of passion for both art and the patients of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Founded in 2009 by Jenny and Loren Koziol and Jill and Dupree Scovell, this silent art auction raises awareness about the hospital, while also exposing the Dallas community to up and coming local artists. Each year, local artists donate original pieces of art to be featured in the auction, with all the proceeds benefiting our hospital. Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to all of the artists. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, July 26, at Scottish Rite Hospital. Additional information and tickets can be found at scottishritehospital.org/summercolors

Christina Mitchella

Dallas native, Christina Mitchella, is an accomplished and award-winning artist specializing in impressionistic drawings and abstract oil paintings. Her life-long zeal for the arts transitioned from passion to career. After graduating with a Bachelors in Fine Arts, Christina began actively showing her works in galleries, competing in art shows, auctions and completing commissioned pieces for her growing base of followers and supporters.

Christina’s art is remarkably inspired and contemplative, spanning many different artistic mediums. Whether she is creating a portrait, painting in still life, or transforming a canvas with abstract expressionism, her impeccable attention to detail and vibrant use of color breathes life into every stroke and sketch.

It is Christina’s hope that her works will emit joy, stir inspiration and spread enthusiasm for the arts in all who view them. Her works can be viewed in galleries throughout Texas, and she is currently available for commissioned work.

ERIKA KRIVDA

 

 

I believe that there is no one “thing” that inspires me. My inspiration comes from an accumulation of three things: my past, present, and future. Coming from a family of artists, I have been painting and creating since I was a child. I’ve watched my artwork evolve over the years and I love finding new ways to create. Painting is my way of understanding myself and everything around me.

Lydia Abigail

Lydia Abigail has been heavily involved in the art industry for nearly 7 years. She has participated art shows with the North East Art Association, Texas Woman’s University, the 101 Gallery, and many local shops. Lydia loves to connect with other artists and has completed many art shows, pop-up galleries, or craft markets with other artists in her area. Not only does Lydia show her work locally, but she also has completed live art drawings for coffee shop events and lead therapeutic art workshops. She has completed commissioned jobs with work in oil paint, pencil, charcoal, ink, and chalk. Lydia has been trained in oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pencil, woodwork, and clay and is always continuing her study of these mediums. Lydia Abigail is currently involved in many local creative organizations which give her inspiration and encouragement!

Lydia Abigail is inspired by this magnificently beautiful world around her. Many of her works of art are based off of or are impressions of nature. Natural sources and images are often incorporated into each of her pieces, whether by pictures, scientific studies, or the simple observation of earthly-details. Overall, she finds the outdoors to be her main source of inspiration for her creative journey.

ALLYSON HALL

Allyson Hall happily tabled her career as a journalist for the adventures of motherhood almost nine years ago. Four babies later, the youngest finally on board the “potty train,” she finally figured out what she wanted to be when she grew up. Allyson followed the pull to turn her creativity into a professional pursuit that excited her every day. It started with photography. She loves capturing the unexpected moment, the unposed expression on faces. Her Nikon is like a fifth child — it goes everywhere with her.

About face silhouettes is an extension of Allyson’s passion for photography, a new use for the thousands of .jpgs that were building up in her photo library. She was looking for a fresh medium to capture the images of her children and remembered the great black and white silhouettes of Allyson as a kid.

By first photographing her subjects’ profiles, she has a fixed moment from which she can trace a detailed silhouette. Allyson takes her time, putting great care into precisely cutting the slope of a nose, the pout of the lips or the curl in the hair. This is what sets an “about face” original apart from many other silhouettes. The greatest compliment she has received comes from clients who say they can fill in the rest of the silhouetted face’s features with their mind’s eye. 

Allyson uses sturdy colored cardstock to give her silhouettes a modern vibe and to provide her clients another opportunity to express their individuality. So that’s what Allyson is about. She hopes that her work adds a splash of color to your walls and makes you smile. 

 

Jenn Thatcher

 

Jenn Thatcher has always has a love for color and design. After moving to Texas from Chicago 10 years ago, she was working for a Wall Street firm with a demanding travel schedule and long hours. Being a wife and mother of three, with two of the children being Scottish rite patients, she finally decided to leave her corporate career to pursue painting full time. Jenn believes that creating art is a gift from God, and a blank canvas is a metaphor for life. It can be anything you want it to be. And if you don’t like the direction it’s going, it’s never too late to start over or change direction.

It’s so important to remember that everyone and everything can be beautiful at some point in time, it’s all a matter of how you look at it. Jenn’s work is featured in stores through the US and works directly with designers and clients in the Dallas area. Some of her work can be viewed on Instagram @Jenn_Thatcher_Art or on her website at www.jennthatcher.com.

 

Helen Doty​

 

Helen was born and raised in Manchester, England. As a teenager she lived with my parents in Singapore for 4 years, before moving with them to Chicago IL.  Helen was working as a computer programmer when she met her husband. After marrying her American, we moved down to Texas, where they have lived happily for over 10 years. The two are now raising our two daughters here in Frisco, Texas. Helen has only been painting for a year. Purely for just the pleasure of creating at first. Then as gifts for friends and family. She is excited to have just sold her first commissioned piece!

Helens art is inspired and gets ideas by chatting with the person that is looking to add something to a space or room, with photos, or a certain color palette. To View more of Helen Doty’s paintings, visit her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HelenDotyArt/

Anita Felix

Anita is renowned for her interpretations of ballerinas, churches, barns and of course, angels.
Her current surroundings in east Texas inspire her modern paintings of quaint historic barns and churches.
After living by the ocean for many years, you can see the influence of water in many of her contemporary pieces.

Mione Plant

Mixing things that don’t formally go together can be a great trick in design and fashion, and most certainly in life. I love the things about myself that are incongruous, at odds with each other, not a natural combo.

My parents come from the East (Middle East and Eastern Europe), yet I was raised in the heart of West Texas. I’m an engineer by training, but am real cozy with my right brain. I’ve biked from Texas to Alaska, but am feminine and delicate. I’m a mom to a two year old vibrant son, but act like a kid delighting in spontaneous moments of joy. I love deep personal connections with my friends and family, but re-energize alone with a piping hot cup of tea. I’m a perfectionist, but take pleasure in synchronous missteps. I’m serious about my work, but playful with my creations.
I’m inspired by flashes of beauty in my environment, bringing life to the small things, as well as the big ideas. I work with multiple forms of expression including abstract art and illustrative work.

My abstract artwork is inspired by contemplative moments and a desire for deep meaning and connection, while I apply freedom of brushstroke and allow a sense of flow in the direction taken.

In contrast, my illustrative artwork is inspired by a child-like sense of wonder, and created with visions of bringing a smile or even laughter to viewers of all ages. This work entails finely detailed imagery, developed over the course of many weeks.

Leida A. Bartmess

Constantly pushing the edge, LeidaB presses in her work for discovery and celebration. Her compositions are fluid, with color and dimension setting the pace for a unique painting every time with a new journey. Viewing a LeidaB painting is a rich experience that drips with color and emotion. Her passionate works are alive with movement, boldly created with brushes and a palette knife. She loves working with acrylics, heavy mediums, resin and found objects, dramatically transferring her vision to the canvas and ultimately on to the viewer.

 

My inspirations comes from JD Miller and my mentor is Cynthia Chartier.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

CW33: 14 Local Amputees Headed to Colorado for Ski Trip

CW33: 14 Local Amputees Headed to Colorado for Ski Trip

by | Feb 12, 2018 | Events, Press Coverage

To watch video and read original story, visit here.

DALLAS — It’s round two for 16-year-old Cody and some of the 13 other teens headed to Winter Park, Colorado!

Every year, American Airlines, Saint Bernard, and other sponsors team up to send Scottish Rite patients on a once-in-a-lifetime trip. And for Cody, who is considered a ski-trip vet, is taking his new computerized legs along for the journey.

“The first time I went I  got to try skiing for the first time that was my first time ever skiing or getting to do a winter sport,” Cody said. “I think I’ll have more independence on walking in the snow and able to navigate the slick surfaces.”

NewsFix caught up with the rest of the crew for their send-off filled with balloons, treats, and goodbye hugs.

Dallas Morning News: Texas teenage amputees find friendship, support on the slopes of Colorado

Dallas Morning News: Texas teenage amputees find friendship, support on the slopes of Colorado

by | Feb 12, 2018 | Events, Press Coverage

Read original article and see video here.

Diana Lopez was born without a right leg, but she doesn’t let that keep her from having fun. Even when she fell down last year while on her first ski trip to Colorado, the 16-year-old still found a way to enjoy herself.

And the Garland teen is expecting that same excitement this year as she and 13 other young amputees travel back to Winter Park, Colo., for another ski trip.

“You might fall, but you’re going to laugh and get back up,” Lopez said. “And you’re going to have all of your friends right there with you.”

Lopez and the other teenagers left DFW International Airport on Monday for Colorado as part of the 37th annual ski trip organized by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. They will receive one-on-one instruction during the weeklong trip, which is financed by American Airlines, Saint Bernard and other donors.

Henry Ellis, a Texas Scottish Rite orthopedic surgeon, said the trip not only helps the teens face and overcome challenges, but it also connects them with others dealing with similar struggles.

“You find that the kids start feeding off each other and learn how to deal with different parts of their normal daily activities that they never thought they could, and it’s because they had never been around another kid who is an amputee,” said Ellis, who tagged along on the venture. “So they really grow inside, emotionally and mentally, and come up with ways to deal with struggles that they have by talking and learning about it.”

Capt. Jim Dees, Director of Flight with American Airlines, center, talks with Diana Lopez, 16, left, and Alfonso Apodaca, 15, teenage amputee patients from Scottish Rite Hospital, during a ceremony at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in DFW Airport, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.(Jae S. Lee/Staff Photographer)
Capt. Jim Dees, Director of Flight with American Airlines, center, talks with Diana Lopez, 16, left, and Alfonso Apodaca, 15, teenage amputee patients from Scottish Rite Hospital, during a ceremony at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in DFW Airport, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.
(Jae S. Lee/DMN Staff Photographer)

Ellis said many of the teens become friends and continue to keep in touch long after their initial meeting.

‘It’s just really inspiring’

Alfonso Apodaca said he met Lopez on last year’s ski trip and the two have since kept in touch through Snapchat. As he waited at DFW on Monday to board the group’s American Airlines flight, the 15-year-old Bedford youngster said he was excited to make new friends.

That’s vastly different from how he felt this time a year ago. As he prepared for that excursion, the L. D. Bell High School sophomore said he was concerned about going  on a trip with strangers.  But he said it didn’t take him long to get comfortable around the other youngsters.

“It’s definitely a welcomed space,” Apodaca said.  “It’s amazing hearing others stories and how they feel the same way as you, and it’s really great because where I’m from, we don’t have other kids with prosthetics at school. To see other kids feel that way, it’s just really inspiring.”

Cody McCasland, of Keller, Texas, 16, walks into the gate to board an American Airlines jet at  DFW Airport, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (Jae S. Lee/Staff Photographer)
Cody McCasland, of Keller, Texas, 16, walks into the gate to board an American Airlines jet at  DFW Airport, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.
(Jae S. Lee/DMN Staff Photographer)

Olivia Coats, a high school freshman from Austin, will be skiing for the first time this year. Born without the lower part of her right leg, she uses a prosthetic leg to get around.

“She’s been excited about this trip since she was 3 years old,” said her mother, Carissa Smith, who brought her daughter to the airport. “She’s read all about the trip since then.”  

Although she was looking forward to the trip, Coats admitted that she was nervous to go down the snowy slopes.

“I just don’t want to fall and break my face,” the 14-year-old said, laughing.

Cody McCasland of Keller, who is making his second trip to Colorado after initially going in 2016, said he hoped to encourage first-timers like Coats to embrace skiing, even if they may have trouble learning at first.

“You can’t give up after your first fall,” said McCasland, 16. “You have to get up and keep going again. It doesn’t matter how you fall. It matters how you get back up.”

An American Airlines jet carrying 14 teenage amputee patients from Scottish Rite Hospital on a ski trip receives the "shower of affection" on ramp upon departure to Colorado at  DFW Airport, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (Jae S. Lee/Staff Photographer)
An American Airlines jet carrying 14 teenage amputee patients from Scottish Rite Hospital on a ski trip receives the “shower of affection” on ramp upon departure to Colorado at  DFW Airport, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.
(Jae S. Lee/DMN Staff Photographer)

A way to bond

Dr. Tony Herring, another Scottish Rite orthopedic surgeon, said Monday that he never imagined the trips he started in 1981 as a way for teen amputees to have a good time, would help lead to building long-lasting friendships.

“It just sort of happened that kids started talking and telling each other stories,” Herring said.

He said many of those who go on the trips often don’t have anyone else around them who they can share similar experiences with. The ski trips help them bond with others who are dealing with the same situations.

“The kids will start telling stories about things that have happened to them, like how they were playing basketball and their leg came off or what they are challenged with,” he said. “That’s almost more important than the skiing itself.”

Dallas Morning News: Bragging rights on the line during next month’s BMW Dallas Marathon

Dallas Morning News: Bragging rights on the line during next month’s BMW Dallas Marathon

by | Nov 25, 2017 | Events, Press Coverage

Read original story here.

Lorena Floccari hopes she and her four Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children co-Fellows can halt a 13-year losing streak against the hospital’s orthopedic staff in a deep-rooted competition involving next month’s BMW Dallas Marathon.

This marks the 20th year that the staff and its Dorothy and Bryan Edwards Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedics and Scoliosis recipients have fielded five-person relay teams. The Cox School of Business Relays are held in conjunction with the Dec. 10 marathon and half marathon.

“It’s grown to be an expectation,” said the hospital’s chief of staff, Dr. Dan Sucato, one of the staff relay members. “The camaraderie it engenders is really strong. It allows people to come together under the guise of competition. It’s all about generating enthusiasm and support for the hospital, the community and the marathon.”

The hospital, the primary race beneficiary, has received $4 million from the marathon since the partnership began in 1997.

Each August, the hospital welcomes its five Fellows to work alongside its attending staff and to participate in extracurricular activities. Floccari remembers learning about the marathon relay while interviewing as a fourth-year resident at the Mayo Clinic. She said opportunities to bond with the staff and the other Fellows through such events helped persuade her to accept the Dallas fellowship.

“There’s more of a community feel here than any other program,” she said following a training run at the hospital. “It sets you up well for everything to come when you have these relationships with your mentors.”

The Fellows have beaten the staff only once, back in 2002. That year, one of the Fellows was a former Navy SEAL. He rallied the group, which consisted of numerous other athletes including an ultramarathoner, a former NCAA Division I soccer player, a college baseball player and a woman who was an Olympic hammer throw participant, recalled Dr. Tony Riccio, the staff team captain.

There were a few years the Fellows should have won, according to lore, such as the year the staff used a ringer or in 2005, when one of the Fellows needed a ride to the relay exchange location. The staff member responsible was late, and the Fellows lost a big lead.

The 2017-18 Fellows, who range in age from about 28 to 32, are all athletes. Dustin Greenhill, an All-American gymnast at West Point, started running while serving in the Army. Jeff Peck, a four-sport high school athlete who played intramurals at Northwestern, has run the 12-person, 200-mile Hood to Coast relay multiple times. Surya Mundluru played NCAA Division I tennis at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Ian “Corky” Corcoran-Schwartz played baseball and rugby at Johns Hopkins.

And then there’s Floccari, a former pitcher for the Saint Louis University softball team, who has completed several half marathons.

Most of the staff’s team members, who range in age from about 40 to 68, were former Fellows, and they have run the relay many times, said Dr. Riccio, a staff orthopedic surgeon and avid cross fitter. Dr. Sucato participated as a staff member the first year of the competition.

Others include Dr. Philip Wilson, assistant chief of staff and director of the Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine, who competes in cutting horse events; Dr. John Birch, assistant chief of staff smeritus, an avid soccer player and long-distance runner; and Dr. Henry Ellis, a staff orthopedic surgeon and competitive skier, who has worked as a physician for the U.S. Olympic Ski Team.

Floccari said she and her co-Fellows have become more focused as race day approaches.

“We weren’t taking it as seriously until we found out the history and that the staff wins every year,” she said. “We’ve been ramping up our training. We’ve been doing some strategizing.”

Michael – BMW Dallas Marathon Patient Champion

Michael – BMW Dallas Marathon Patient Champion

by | Nov 16, 2017 | Events

Since 2007, the Patient Champion program has enlisted Scottish Rite Hospital patients to help encourage
and cheer on runners in the BMW Dallas Marathon. This program is a way to highlight some of the
wonderful kids the marathon generously supports each year. We’re excited to introduce you to Michael!

Michael, age 16, of Mesquite, has been treated at both our fracture clinic and our Center for Excellence in Hand, where Christopher Stutz, M.D., and the rest of the expert team treated his fractured finger. As both an outside linebacker and a running back for the Mesquite Skeeters Football Team, making a full recovery was of the utmost importance to this dedicated athlete.

“Everyone is caring, understanding, and wants to help you,” says Michael in regards to the staff at Scottish Rite Hospital. “They do everything they can to get you back to doing the things that you love.”

Michael loves football, and being able to play again was of the utmost importance to him. His determination on the football field will translate well into his aspirations of becoming a stockbroker.

Although Michael won’t be competing in the race this year, he’ll likely be “carb-loading” with his favorite meal, spaghetti. He’ll need the energy to cheer on the Dallas Marathon runners on Sunday, Dec. 10.

We invite you to join our team of fundraisers on behalf of Patient Champions like Michael and all the patients of Scottish Rite Hospital through our marathon fundraising page.

For more event information, visit: bmwdallasmarathon.com.

Dallas Morning News: Big crowd expected for Scottish Rite fundraiser on Thursday

Dallas Morning News: Big crowd expected for Scottish Rite fundraiser on Thursday

by | Oct 13, 2017 | Events, Press Coverage

Original article can be read here. 

Scottish Rite Hospital is gearing up for its signature Treasure Street fundraiser on Thursday.

Niven Morgan and Shelby Wagner are the co-chairs of the Texan-themed evening, and Ginny and Randy Bailey are the honorary chairs.

About 1,000 people are expected to stroll the pediatric hospital’s grounds, bid on auction items and sample drinks and bites donated by area restaurants, including Campisi’s, Haystack Burgers & Barley, Mesero, Matt’s Rancho Martinez, Parigi and Paul Martin’s American Grill.

Supporters include:

$50,000: Central Market.

$25,000: Charlie and Moll Anderson Family Foundation, Ginny and Randy Bailey, Bullion, Anne Davidson, Margot and Ross Perot, Carolyn and Dr. Karl Rathjen, Thompson & Knight Foundation and Thompson & Knight LLP.

$15,000: Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation, Hall Arts Residences, Carol and Jeff Heller, Al G. Hill Jr. family, Suzanne and Patrick McGee, MedNetwoRx, Park Place Volvo and Annette Simmons.

$10,000: Lydia and Bill Addy, Della and Bob Best, Kristen Brent Venable and Jeffery Bradley, Dee and Dodge Carter in honor of Nicole Carter, Bitsy and Harold Carter, Chefs’cq Produce Co., Eisemanfamilies/Eiseman Jewels, Claire and Dwight Emanuelson, Sue Gragg Precious Jewels, Denise and Bill Lindquist, Sharon and Lanny Martin,Niven Morgan and Shelby Wagner, B.K. and Mark Sloan, Trinity Industries Inc., United Healthcare, Watson Wise Foundation and Westwood Holdings Inc.

$5,000: Susan and Stephen Butt, Cindy and Terry Carpenter, Serena and Tom Connelly, Mille and Ken Cooper, Costello family, Crow Holdings, Joan and Thomas Dudley,

Dr. Pam Nurenberg and Dr. David Ewalt, Stanford C. & Mary Clare Finney Foundation, Sharon and Bobby Floyd, Jane and Mark Gibson, Toddy and Greg Glosser, Graham Investments Inc., Lyda Hill, Hodges Funds, Nancy Perot and Rod Jones, Mary and Larry Lange, Origin Bank, Pioneer Natural Resources, Katherine and Eric Reeves and Kathy and John Yeaman.

$2,500: Sue and Pryor Blackwell, Lisa and Nick Chapman, Ashlee and Zack Cherry, Kay and Robert Dozier, Gwen and Leldon Echols, Louise Eiseman, Leslie and Brian Ficke, Kammy and Andy Fleck, Amanda and Mark Francis, Joanne and John Hare, Julie and Ed Hawes, Stephen C. Hurley, Jackson Walker LLP, Joan and Marvin Lane, Muffin and John Lemak, LKS Foundation/Lisa K. Simmons, Sandra Lynne McKinzie, Lark and J. C. Montgomery Jr., Heidi and Mike Pickens, Pure Spa and Salon, Jeff W. Smith, Southwestern Medical Foundation/UT Southwestern Medical Center, Mary and Mike Terry, Janet and Joe Tydlaska, Jane and Dr. Robert Viere, Pat and Robert L. Walker, Libby and Jeff Walter, and Jean H. and John T. Walter Jr.

Buy $100 tickets at community.tsrhc.org/tstickets.