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Rock\u27n Research, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Andrew Burkhardt
Materials: Found wood and spare guitar parts
This is a fender style guitar with all reclaimed/ recycled wood and parts. The top, neck, finger board and head are composed from wood I harvested from oak trees removed to support the construction of the new South Campus Research Building 5 (SCRB5). The building is currently under construction at the corner of Old Spanish Trail and Bertner Ave, thank you Vaughn Construction for helping me claim the wood. The back of the guitar is poplar wood from a discarded piano I found on the side of the road.
HUGE thank you goes out to South Paw Guitars (https://southpawguitars.com/) and Rockin’ Robin Guitars and Music (https://www.rockinrobinguitars.com/) and guitar luthier Clarence for their amazing support in providing all the hardware for this build. All parts are recycled from other guitars and are functional.
Though this should not be considered a new guitar is it very much playable and if someone likes to play they will enjoy this piece. It is also an awesome display piece to connect one to the amazing mission here at MD Anderson – Making Cancer History!https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1110/thumbnail.jp
Mechanical Bloom, 2025, detail
No full textArtist(s): Verenice Mares
Materials: AC filter for flowers, branch from trimmed tree in yard, hot glue, spare engine parts, valve lifters, bolts, rocker arms, spring, bearing and bearing race & spot weldinghttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1103/thumbnail.jp
Pokémon Concierge, 2025, Psyduck
No full textArtist(s): Steven Cuevas
Materials: Cardboard, chicken wire, cloth
We used masks that were damaged, and cardboard boxes from the hospital. We also used chicken wire and low VOC paints al. We also used chicken wire and low VOC paints.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1075/thumbnail.jp
The Art of War, 2025, back-view
No full textArtist(s): Luther Ecobiza
Materials: Metal, plastic
Artillery Tank made of Actuator, Motor belt, Duct Metal hanger, conduit pipe, electrical box,, bolt and nuts and others.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1063/thumbnail.jp
Growing Resilience, 2025, detail
No full textArtist(s): Philip Roberts
Materials: Copper, plant, soil
At first glance, this may appear to be a simple pot made of pennies — but it is, in truth, a sculpture with much deeper meaning. The approximately 1,500 corroded coins that form its walls were gathered from the fountains of MD Anderson. Over time, water and metal reacted, leaving them too damaged to be accepted by banks or coin machines (we tried). Rejected by systems of commerce, these coins have found a second purpose here.
Each penny once left someone’s hand with a wish — a wish for healing, for strength, for time. Some of those wishes ended in remission and reunion. Others in unimaginable loss. The weight of the sculpture reflects this sacred tension: the unimaginable joy of recovery, tethered to the quiet heaviness of grief.
Just as we all navigate light and darkness, sorrow and sweetness, transformation allows us to carry both — not by ignoring the contrast, but by growing within it. In the presence of both heartbreak and hope, something beautiful can still take root. There can be purpose in the heavy, and there can be beauty in the joy — not in spite of the struggle, but because life has grown through it.
The plant growing within — an Aglaonema ‘Siam Aurora Lipstick’ — is itself a survivor. It once grew in The Park, a special place that brought comfort and beauty to many before it was closed. Now, it thrives again, surrounded by the patina of wishes, reminding us that even in endings, there are new beginnings.
Every part of this piece is made from leftover materials (soil, a plastic pot, glue, pennies, and a plant). Nothing was purchased. It is a work of transformation — discarded elements becoming something purposeful, beautiful, and whole. Like the people this institution serves, it is a living testimony that resilience is not born from ease, but from endurance — from choosing to grow, again and again, in even the most unlikely places.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1054/thumbnail.jp
Childhood Memories, 2025, family
No full textArtist(s): Camila Xavier
Materials: Plastic, paper, foil
This canvas set is designed using recycled materials typically left over after birthday parties—plastic cups and plates, napkins, foil, and pieces of used gift wrapping paper. The scene depicts a child\u27s playful day in Hermann Park.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1032/thumbnail.jp
High Reliability Organization Journey in Healthcare – Is it just about Patient Safety?
Get PDFA viewpoint about patient educatio
