Why Art Is So Important in Hospitals
This is a photo of the CT scanner at Texas Children's Hospital. The kids using it look like they're going under an aquarium every time they're scanned. I guess that gives an extra special incentive each time the scanner says "hold your breath" for the duration of the CT scan. With the sea decorations, it's a lot easier to pretend they're snorkeling.
I know from my own experience in children's hospitals and regular ones the walls can often be quite drab; but this is starting to change.
If you are an artist yourself, your art contributions to hospitals are usually very welcomed. And to many people's surprise, donated paintings often don't end up on the walls; sometimes art works end up on the ceilings, because patients are flat on their backs while being wheeled to surgery.
If you want to get involved, contact your local hospital and ask how to donate your own pieces; especially if they are kid friendly, your art could be what a child stares at and forms the inspiration for survival while he/she makes up his mind to keep fighting.
This is a photo of the CT scanner at Texas Children's Hospital. The kids using it look like they're going under an aquarium every time they're scanned. I guess that gives an extra special incentive each time the scanner says "hold your breath" for the duration of the CT scan. With the sea decorations, it's a lot easier to pretend they're snorkeling.
I know from my own experience in children's hospitals and regular ones the walls can often be quite drab; but this is starting to change.
If you are an artist yourself, your art contributions to hospitals are usually very welcomed. And to many people's surprise, donated paintings often don't end up on the walls; sometimes art works end up on the ceilings, because patients are flat on their backs while being wheeled to surgery.
If you want to get involved, contact your local hospital and ask how to donate your own pieces; especially if they are kid friendly, your art could be what a child stares at and forms the inspiration for survival while he/she makes up his mind to keep fighting.
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