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As part of the SaludArte: Art of Healing program’s larger vision, our Art in the New Women’s & Children’s Hospital
work reflects the community, improves the experience of our patients and In December 2023, we opened our new Women’s and Children’s Hospi-
visitors, and communicates our mission through art and design enhance- tal. This facility proudly joins our SaludArte program with more than 1,500
ments. artworks, bringing our total to more than 5,500 objects. The new hospital
Since 2010, our nationally recognized, award-winning program provides the perfect “blank canvas” to bring national and local artists together
has grown to offer more than 65+ art-related activities annually for our to improve mood, stress and comfort. Our building’s design theme was Texas
patients and staff, including: Flowers and Fauna, a visual vocabulary we will be continuing in our four new
• Art writing workshops community capital improvements projects that broke ground this year.
• Meditation, yoga and wellness workshops The response to the light, beauty and color in the new hospital has
• Poetry readings been one of keen interest and appreciation by staff, patients and visitors.
• Artist demonstrations in all mediums “People stop and look at the art,” Kirkman said. “They read the labels.
• Art in the Garden and lobby with dance music performances You just don’t see that in a hospital that has not intentionally made the
• Staff art kit giveaways and tours decision to incorporate these elements.”
• A-I-R our new University Health Artist in Residence starting
this fall Allison Hays Lane has worked in the arts for over 30 years. She
• Supporting system-wide wellness week activities is the executive curator of planning, design and construction at
• SaludArte Staff art educators who can lead retreats, workshops University Health and leads the award winning SaludArte: Art
and events of Healing program. Hays Lane earned a bachelor’s degree in art
• Art Therapy for Child Life and OBYGN history from Sarah Lawrence College and a master’s degree in museum
education from Bank Street College.

“The Greatest Show on Earth” by Elizabeth Ladwig, 2022, Mixed media print. “Nest” by Michael Szivos hangs in the lobby of the new Women’s and
Children’s Hospital, encircled by the grand staircase.

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