Artist's Project Honors Grandfather's Memory (PDF)

The Arts of Healing, M. J. Friedrich, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), May 19, 1999. This essay showed that psychologically appropriate art substantially affects such patient outcomes as high blood pressure, anxiety, intake of pain medication, and length of hospital stay. In particular, representational nature art was shown to have a beneficial effect on patients experiencing stress and anxiety. Creativity and the Arts in Health Care Settings, Anne Ridenour, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), February 4, 1998 "Art helps children forget that they are ill while being in a strange place that otherwise might be frightening. Art connects children to delight and discovery and brings back some of the experiences of being a child, not just a sick child." View Through A Window May Influence Recovery From Surgery, Robert Ulrich, Science, Volume 224, April 1984 A landmark study in 1984 found that post-surgical patients with a view of trees in full foliage versus patients with a view of a brick wall had shorter post-operative hospital stays, required less medication, and experienced few post-surgical complications.