M.D.; Natalie Rockefeller

June 21, 2021

‘Women Helping Women’ Art Donations Adorn Walls of Newly Opened UAMS Breast Center

Linda Haymes

Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., director of the Breast Center at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and Natalie Rockefeller, who serves on the institute's board of directors, prepare to see "Hope Blooms" by local artist Morgan Coven Herndon hung as one of the first three of several works are displayed in the center.

The first piece that went up for sale one late afternoon in early April couldn’t have been more aptly named. “Hope Blooms,” shows a bouquet of colorful flowers, appearing to burst forth from a blue glass jar. Artist Morgan Coven Herndon’s 48 x 48-inch acrylic and latex on gallery-wrapped canvas was $850 plus tax. It…