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The Healing Arts
Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute’s Arts in Medicine Program, part of the Cancer Patient Support Center services, encompasses visual, literary and performing arts and was designed to help patients harness the healing power of the arts to better cope with their illness and treatment. Research has shown that patients exposed to the arts experience less pain, decreased anxiety and a better overall mindset during cancer treatment.
Fully funded by philanthropy, the program gives patients the opportunity to engage with professional artists-in-residence, who create and perform in the lobbies, waiting areas, chemotherapy infusion suites and the outdoor Meditation Garden. They also lead creative workshops in which patients can immerse themselves in music, song, color and visual beauty, and even create their own works of art.
Philanthropic support is vital to the longevity and sustainability of the Arts in Medicine
Program. Thanks to the generosity of many Foundation donors, the Institute has the funds necessary to support the program’s key components, including creative art therapies, artist residencies, research, supplies, technology, people and education.
Along with the Arts in Medicine Program, the Institute’s Art and Design Program cares for the whole person — body, mind and spirit.
The program features the works of dozens of visual artists and artisans from all over the world. A selection of handcrafted quilts and textiles, generously donated by JPMorgan Chase and dating from 1800 to the present, greets patients and visitors in the first-floor lobbies, while four large-scale sculptures by three distinguished American artists, donated by Earl and Christy Powell, enhance the surrounding grounds.
Baptist Health Foundation is grateful to JPMorgan Chase and the Powell family for their generous philanthropic support, which is perfectly aligned with the Institute’s commitment to provide complementary holistic support to cancer patients. Their contributions help attract and inspire others to join in providing the healing benefits of the arts to the Institute’s campus.
