{"id":81015,"date":"2024-02-08T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=81015"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:00:54","slug":"ottawa-hospital-civic-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/ottawa-hospital-civic-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Local artist helps commemorate 100 years of the Civic Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>On November 27, 2024, The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s Civic Campus will mark a full century of caring for our community. What better way to honor this landmark occasion than with a beautiful piece of local, hand-drawn art?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 2023, illustrator Colin White accepted one of his greatest challenges as an artist\u2014to draw The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s Civic Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not that Colin can\u2019t draw buildings. In fact, architectural sketching has been his bread and butter for the past nearly 15 years. Rather, it was the scale and detail of the building that posed the challenge. He is known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colinwhite.ca\/\">his nostalgic renderings<\/a> of well-known Ottawa buildings. But\u2026 small ones\u2026 of the two- or sometimes three-storey variety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the scale of this task, this was a six-storey project he was willing to take on. He knew that it would be used to help mark an incredible milestone in The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s history\u2014the Civic Campus\u2019 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Colin White illustrates one of Ottawa&#039;s most iconic buildings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvu0FalnonA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"d\">Take a few minutes to watch this documentary which tells the story of our 100th Anniversary commemorative artwork \u2013 and why local illustrator Colin White was the perfect person to take on the job.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equipped with \u201cthe latest surgical appliances known to medical science\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks before it opened on November 27, 1924, the Ottawa Evening Journal declared the city\u2019s newest hospital \u201cone of the outstanding institutions of its kind on the North American continent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Innovations boasted by the Civic Hospital, which cost $3.5 million to construct, included operating rooms equipped with \u201cthe latest surgical appliances known to medical science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to how the Civic Hospital would modernize health care in Ottawa, the building itself was perceived to have been designed and crafted with what could only be described as surgical precision. The same newspaper article states that \u201cto the minutest detail the most care and thought were expended to assure that nothing inferior or unsatisfactory crept into the undertaking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly one hundred years later, White spends an early autumn morning observing the finer details of the building, which was designed by Boston and Toronto-based architects Edward Stevens and Frederick Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing with a bright blue sky overhead and the Experimental Farm at his back, White looks at the building with pen and sketch pad in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very detailed. Talking about the craftsmanship and the architectural detailing\u2014there\u2019s certainly a lot of that going on,\u201d he says, pointing out the turquoise colours that appear on the old and weathered exterior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Colin-and-Logo-1-1024x457.png\" alt=\"On the left-hand side, a studio portrait of man, wearing a blue shirt and sweater. On the right-hand side, the Civic 100th Anniversary Logo, which consists of a line drawing of the Civic campus and the text \u201cCivic Campus Civic 100 years\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-81020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Colin-and-Logo-1-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Colin-and-Logo-1-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Colin-and-Logo-1-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Colin-and-Logo-1-1320x589.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Colin-and-Logo-1.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colin White is known for his nostalgic illustrations of Ottawa building. In addition to creating a commemorative print for the Civic\u2019s 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, his work will also be used in the celebratory logo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">100 years of incredible moments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It took White a few months to perfect his sketch of one of Ottawa\u2019s most recognizable buildings. Numbered prints are now available on his website for people looking to commemorate this significant milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to marking this important anniversary with Colin White\u2019s artwork, we will spend the next year marking significant moments in the Civic Campus\u2019 history\u2014100 of them to be precise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have a story about the Civic Hospital that you would like to share? If so, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wohfoundation.ca\/100moments\/?utm_source=100moments-vanity&amp;utm_medium=vanity&amp;utm_campaign=100moments&amp;utm_content=100moments-vanity\">100moments.ca<\/a> to complete the story submission form. We would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Hospital enlisted the help of local artist Colin White to help mark its Civic Campus&#8217; 100th anniversary. 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