The Clinical Center’s Fine Art Program
has collected and displayed art since 1984. A self-guided walking brochure has
been created to allow patients, staff and visitors to easily locate and learn
about works of art throughout the building.
With this brochure in hand, a person can navigate to the 130
numbered locations of art across six floors of the Hatfield building.
The mission of the Fine Art Program is
to pair art with medicine to promote healing in an aesthetically pleasing
environment for patients, caregivers and employees. The Clinical Center art collection
has more than 2,000 pieces of art including photography, sculptures, paintings,
collages, watercolors, textiles, folk art and glass. The works explore imagery
from abstract to representational. The collection is made possible in part
through donations from artists, patients, staff and visitors.
While some artwork remains permanently
on display in the building, there are six galleries which change every eight
weeks, often exhibiting local artists. Each piece is available
for purchase and 20 percent of the sales from the changing art exhibits
benefit the Clinical Center Patient Emergency Fund. Since 1989,
these galleries have raised over $75,000 to help patients in need.
Copies of the self-guided walking tour brochure can be found
at the hospitality desk near the north entrance, reception desk near the P1
garage, patient library on the 7th floor, The Children’s Inn at NIH
and The Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge at NIH. For more information, please
contact Lillian Fitzgerald: 301.496.2862, lfitzgerald@cc.nih.gov. Read
more: http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/participate/patientinfo/services.shtml#other
