That's Sooo Yesterday: History of the Collection
Often considered the first piece in our collection, this mural is located in Kings County and was commissioned before the New Deal and WPA.
HHart of Medicine remains one of our most thoughtful programs to provide staff with respite and joy. It also has a rich history, most notably as a course titled "The Art Observation" in the 1990s at this university, who we just launched a partnership with.
Yale
In 2009, our first partnership with RxArt was through this artist's work.
Derrick Adams
Our new social prescribing pilot is being orchestrated around this facility.
Arts in Medicine participated in this first-ever research initiative measuring the impact of large-scale artworks in hospital settings.
HoME Study.
John Bauer, Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art; Thomas Messer, Director of the Guggenheim Museum; Thomas B. Hess, Editor in Chief of Art News all were part of this group that helped bring thousands of works into the collection in the 1970s and 1980s through State and City Percent for Art laws.
The Art Advisory Board
Since 2023, Arts in Medicine has completed this number of murals through the Community Mural Project.
20
This WPA artist in our collection was an assistant to Mexican muralist legend Diego Rivera on his 1933 Rockefeller Center mural.
Bellevue is the oldest public hospital system in the US, founded in 1736. Name one of its other proud achievements.
Invented the ambulance.
First nursing school.
This acclaimed medical journal is set to launch its first ever photo essay on the health benefits of the arts since its inception in 1823.
The Lancet
The "Alice in Wonderland Visiting New York" mural by Abram Champanier consists of this number of panels.
(Arts in Medicine is recreating two that were lost to time.)
16
To date, the Artist in Residence program has reached this number of staff across the system (approximate).
Over 6,000!
In 1986, Keith Haring completed his famous mural at Woodhull Hospital. In what year did the artist pass away from HIV/AIDS?
1990
Bling, bling! This facility was demolished in 2014; its patients were moved to neighboring Coler.
Goldwater.
DAILY DOUBLE: According to the Center for Arts in Medicine, a 2012 study revealed that approximately this percentage of hospitals across the United States provide arts in health programming.
50%
Of the nearly 8,000 art objects Arts in Medicine stewards, approximately this percentage is out in the facilities enriching the healthcare environment.
Approximately 75%
The Lullaby Project, a partnership between Arts in Medicine and Carnegie Hall, works with parents at this H+H facility to create lullabies for newborns.
Elmhurst
Who run the world?! These two female artists who worked in abstraction were often eclipsed by their husbands throughout the 20th century art world. Luckily, we have several of their prints in the collection! (Each is worth 200).
Lee Krasner and Anni Albers
DAILY DOUBLE: This Acute Care Facility is the busiest trauma center in the Northeast, treating fatal injuries like car accidents and violence-induced wounds.
Lincoln.
According to leading scientist Dr. Daisy Fancourt, the arts must be considered globally as the 'fifth pillar of health.' What are the other four? (Each correct pillar is worth 100 points)
diet, sleep, exercise, and social connections
The Alice in Wonderland WPA Murals by Abram Champanier were almost lost when old Gouverneur was demolished; a rescue mission by conservator Alan Farancz saved them in this year.
1981
From 2023 to 2025, our Music for the Soul Concerts have reached this many people across 16 of our facilities.
40,000
In the 1960s, artists in our collection like Charles Alston and Romare Bearden formed this art collective to discuss their relationship to the civil rights movement. Unlike the shape which shares the same name, things did not spin out of control.
Spiral
Our Gotham Health Centers were added to the H+H family in 2015; we now have this many sites across the city, serving more than 100,000.
38
Accoring to researcher Jill Sonke and the EpiArts Lab, adults who participate in the arts at this frequency are associated with a higher likelihood of healthy aging, lower rates of depression, and lower rates of loneliness
At least once per month,