Healing Hands

About the Project

This project began through the wayfinding department of the hospital.  The hospital had recently moved the main entrance to 5th Ave., and the they wanted a mural on the ground level of the parking garage opposite the main entrance.  When people come to hospitals, they are distracted for many legitimate reasons, and the idea that art could help people orient themselves in this complicated space was a clever idea.  

The design of the mural began with photographs of hands expressing the idea of caring and healing. The project's fabrication was coordinated through the Public Art Workshop, and a seniors group from Sacred Heart Church was invited to class to paint along with the students. The students later helped to install the mural on site.