Cottage Health System
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA
Completion Date:
January 2012
Art Statement:
Cottage Health System uses its healing arts program to promote an environment that inspires and comforts patients, visitors and staff
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Cottage Health System’s new Santa Barbara hospital’s Healing Arts Program focuses on the beauty of California’s Central Coast through the inspiration, talent, and expertise of Central Coast artists, in full support of the program’s mission, goals and objectives.
The hospital’s goals and objectives affirm the Healing Arts Program’s existence so that:
- The arts emphasize the institution’s core values: excellence, integrity and compassion.
- Evidence-based methodologies underpin the selection of artwork that facilitates the healing process.
- The arts complement and enhance the interior design, wayfinding and architecture of Cottage Health System facilities.
- The arts of the region are promoted.
- Art celebrates the beauty, history, heritage, and diversity of our communities.
The new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Healing Arts Program celebrates “The Vibrancy of the Central Coast,” visible in an unprecedented collection of works by local artists. The art themes vary by floor: the first floor features Santa Barbara architecture; the second floor highlights water, ocean, beaches and seascapes; and the third floor shows flora, gardens and landscapes.
Through a Call for Art process, more than 400 Central Coast artists submitted samples of their work and concepts for consideration, and 123 were selected to provide art for the new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Ultimately, more than 1,200 pieces will be acquired for the systemwide program, which includes the Goleta Valley and Santa Ynez Valley campuses. The wide variety of media selected includes sculpture, two- and three-dimensional original commissioned artworks, mixed-media art, glass, mosaics, fabric, and photography.
The Landmark Collection highlights 45 pieces that were especially commissioned as focal points in the new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. These distinguishing pieces are located in the lobby, the gardens, on terraces, in elevator landings, waiting rooms and corridor niches. The balance of the pieces in the arts program constitute an integral and vital part of the décor in corridors, patient rooms, and conference and consultation areas.
Pictures, from top to bottom:
“Symbols of Joy, Hope and Fulfillment” by Sandra Kay Johnson
Left to right: “Cubist Fish” by Donald Dancer,
“Fossil Fusion” by Elliot Chang, and “Octopus” by Bela Bacsi
“Here Is my Place,” “Time Out of Mind,” “Cosmic Balance” by Larissa Strauss |
