Arts in Health Team and Partners

Colorful handprints in paint on a white sheet

Working Together to Bring Healing Through Art

Arts in Health professionals make up the Gifts of Art team at Michigan Medicine. We are also grateful for our many partners and affiliated organizations.

The Gifts of Art Team

Elaine Sims
Director
Phone: 734-936-7634

Stacy Salles, CMP®
Certified Music Practitioner
Phone: 734-936-9431

Laura Mettam
Communications & Performing Arts Coordinator
Phone: 734-936-7960

Jessica Butts
Bedside Art Practitioner
Phone: 734-936-9431

Candace Meyers
Financial & Administrative Specialist
Phone: 734-936-ARTS

Kathi Talley
Visual Arts Coordinator – Exhibits & Art Cart
Phone: 734-936-8829

Gregory Maxwell, CMP®
Certified Music Practitioner
Phone: 734-936-9431

Elaine Reed
Bedside Art Coordinator
Phone: 734-936-9431

Sam Vandiver, CMP®
Certified Music Practitioner, Writer-in-Residence
Phone: 734-936-9431

Partners & Affiliated Organizations

We are grateful for our many colleagues and partners. Here is a list in alphabetical order of the organizations that we work with at Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan, and beyond.

Local and National Partners
  • Arts Alliance & a3arts.org
  • Center for Organogenesis
  • Creative Center of New York
  • Creative Many
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Fiber Artists @ Loose Ends
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Organization for Arts in Health
  • Professional Volunteer Corps

    • Michigan Medicine & University of Michigan Partners
  • Arts & Culture, University of Michigan
  • Arts@Michigan
  • Arts Engine
  • Center for Organogenesis
  • Center for World Performance Studies
  • Friends of Michigan Medicine
  • International Institute
  • Life Sciences Orchestra
  • Medical Arts Program
  • Michigan Medicine Office of Patient Experience
  • Stearns Musical Instruments Collection
  • University of Michigan Medical School
  • University of Michigan Museum of Art
  • University of Michigan Residential College
  • Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
  • University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance
  • University of Michigan School of Nursing
  • University Musical Society
  • Volunteer Services
  • Turner Senior Resource Center
    • Bedside musicians stand together for photo with instruments

    The Arts in Health Bedside Music team