the role artwork plays in healing has long been recognized as integral to the process of recovering from illness or injury, reducing stress and anxiety, and decreasing the length of hospital stays and levels of pain medication. Medical facilities can be transformed from stressful and overwhelming places to spaces that promote healing, comfort, and hope. Regardless of the art form, the presence of art in a medical facility benefits patients, patient families, nurses, doctors, and staff.
Providing calming images allows those who are caregivers, patients, staff, and medical practitioners to experience a peaceful, meditative visual space in which to gather, focus healing thoughts, or rest during their time in a medical facility. Artwork offers a visual sanctuary that helps divert worrisome thoughts, reduces anxiety levels, elicits calming feelings, and provides…