Artwork for Healthcare & Senior Living Environments
Introduction
Studio E/L Healthcare curated the Medline Healthcare Art Collection by dividing these images into seven subject themes. Most artwork is presented in sets of two or more, so you can easily select and place a series of images that complement any facility’s interior design. (Note: all artwork may be purchased individually.) Look for matching shapes ( ) in the lowerrighthand corner of certain images, which indicates a set or series.
A variety of styles and color palettes are offered, and each page of the catalog features artwork that can be installed together – so you can “purchase by the page” and place the artwork throughout an entire space. This ensures natural flow and continuity, created by complimentary subject matter and/or color.
The Role of Artwork in Healthcare and Senior Living Environments
In a healthcare environment, successful selection and placement of appropriate artwork can become restorative and healing for patients, providing a sense of wellbeing and calm. Such benefits of healthcare art are well-documented by numerous Evidence-Based Design studies, which demostrate how artwork can improve patient outcomes. Examples of “healing” artwork subjects include nature photography and artistic interpretations of inspiring landscapes, both of which provide a visual window to the outdoors.
Well-chosen healthcare art serves as a positive distraction for patients and also a destressor for staff, as it helps to “de-institutionalize” a hospital and enhance its overall image as a healing environment. For senior living residents, artwork can stimulate their memory and serve as their connection to the world around them. When selecting artwork for a Senior Living facility, be sure to include lots of variety, as residents enjoy a wide array of different genres and colors.
Artwork placed in Memory Care residences can inspire the mind and stimulate the senses, with the power to evoke memories. In Memory Care settings, artwork should be bright with high-contrast colors, and subjects should be realistic and literal. Avoid abstracts, soft focus, reflections or up/down angles, which can disorient seniors with dementia. Images in this catalog marked “MC” are ideal for Memory Care.
All artwork comes ready-to-hang with 3-point or 4-point security hardware:
A high-quality canvas, with printed sides and hardbacked for extra durability. Gallery wrapped canvas has a 1 ½” depth. Our inks provide durability and scratch resistance, ideal for commercial use.
A print on canvas, mounted to ¼” hardboard backing, making the art puncture resistant. Our inks provide durability and scratch resistance, ideal for commercial use. Available in the three frame options pictured below.
Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Framed Canvas
Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Framed Canvas
Frame measurements have a 1/8” tolerance in size.
Walnut
Walnut
03 Warm Silver w/Gold Highlights
Framed Print on Paper
Print on Paper, Matted and Framed Under Acrylic
A print on paper, mounted with hard backing placed under a 3” wide single white mat, available in the three frame options pictured below.
Our matte-finish paper is a smooth, neutral-white, suitable for high-quality fine art and photo reproduction.
We recommend narrower frames for smaller artwork, and using the wider frames for larger pieces. Framed prints on paper are not available in size small.
How to Select and Place Artwork
How to Select and Order Art
Space Planning - Determine the number of pieces needed. See ‘Location Review’ on page 9.
Choose Images - Select artwork from the collection in this catalog or at Medline.StudioELArt.com. Art may be purchased as desired, but matching image sets on a given page are noted by matching shape icons ( ) found in the lower righthand corner of select images. Images marked “MC” are ideal for Memory Care.
Select Sizes - Three sizes, S, M and L. See ‘Understanding Sizes’ on page 8.
Select Frame Options - Unframed Galery Wrapped Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print on Paper. For frame options, see page 5 & 6.
Compose item numbers - Item numbers for art start with “SEL,” followed by 4- or 5-digit image #, the frame option (zeros if no frame), and lastly the size detail. The two-digit size detail portion is the size (S, M or L) followed by the shape (Square, Horizontal or Vertical)
SEL
Here are examples of item numbers using each frame and size detail option:
Small S quare Framed Canvas: S EL-12345-01C-SS
Medium Horizontal Gallery Wrapped Canvas: SEL-12345-00C-MH
Large Vertical Framed Print on Paper: S EL-12345-03P-LV
Don’t forget artwork for small spaces like restrooms and salons.
How to Select and Place Artwork
Understanding Sizes
Outside dimensions always determine final size. Note: the width of the frame plus the width of the mat (if any) will reduce the image size of the final artwork. To calculate this reduction of image size, double the frame and mat width, then subtract that total from the outside dimensions to determine final image size.
Here is an example of a 24”x36” (Medium) framed print on paper with the 2” Walnut frame. Note the image area is only 14”x26” .
Simplifying Sizes
We have simplified artwork sizes to S, M and L for easier ordering. Rectangles may be printed horizontally or vertically , depending on the image:
* Framed Print on Paper not available in size small
Rectangle Image Ratios Change the Shorter Side
Due to the unique aspect ratios of rectangular images, the shorter side will vary within S, M and L (see chart above), but the LONGEST side is always the same. Longest rectangle sides are 24” for Small, 36” for Medium and 45” for Large.
When planning artwork placement, always consider the measurement of the longest side.
Location Review
When planning, consider the following check lists of healthcare and senior living locations, which are brightened and enlivened by artwork:
Healthcare Art Check List
Reception, Lobby and Waiting Areas
Corridors and Elevator Lobbies
Patient rooms
Exam Rooms / Consulting Rooms
Cafeteria / Dining Rooms/ Lounges
Offices / Conference Rooms
Physical Therapy/Rehab
Restrooms and Small Spaces
SPECIALTY: Behavioral Health Resident Room (custom ligature-resistant artwork/ hardware available), Lounge & Dining Room, Corridors and Public Spaces
Senior Living Art Check List
Reception, Lobby and Waiting Areas
Corridors and Elevator Lobbies
Resident rooms
Living Room / Dining Rooms / Lounges
Offices / Conference Rooms
Physical Therapy / Rehab / Spa
Restrooms
SPECIALTY: Memory Care Corridors and Communal Spaces/ Beauty Parlor / Game Room / Library
Corridors require the most artwork.
With both Healthcare and Senior Living settings, the location requiring the largest quantity of artwork is corridors. In healthcare settings, break the “institutional” look by interspersing a series of 2 or 3 pieces installed close together on long corridor walls to break up the stiff pattern created by placing only large singular works.
With Senior Living, a series of related artwork placed down a corridor can evoke memories from residents’ long and full lives, stimulating storytelling. Corridor art can tell a visual story thru a vignette or series of 2 to 5 images that creates a pleasing focal point. This allows residents to remember and re-live adventures and events in their own lives, which in turn, helps them retain a connection to their families and community. Vignette art series can promote socialization, as residents start to compare and share memories of their own vacations and adventures. So often Senior Living facilities can feel foreign and lonely, hence corridor art can be the gateway to more memory connections and a sense of “home.”
How to Select and Place Artwork
Art Selection Helpful Hints:
• Healthcare Art (hospitals, medical office buildings, etc.), tend to be more uniform or “formal” with matching frame styles and print types.
• Senior Living Art is more residential – after all, people live there as their “home”
– so more variety of frames, print types, and sizes are appropriate.
• Consider whether existing interior design is traditional or contemporary, since we offer both styles of artwork.
• Find images that match or blend artwork dominant color(s) with that of wall color(s), carpets, window treatments, furniture or furnishings.
• Corridors: select 1 Large Artwork or set of 2 Medium or 2 Large every 15-20 feet.
• Rooms: select 1-2 Medium or Large-sized Artworks per room.
• Select Artwork in groups of 2, 3, or 4 similar image themes and/or colors and sizes.
• Mix square, vertical and horizontal for variety in your overall art program, but avoid hanging different sizes right next to each other.
• When purchasing sets, they should be the same size, orientation, frame, print type, and installed at the same height. That’s what makes them a set!
• Our 3 frames work well together, but best to be consistent with frame style and print type (ie paper or canvas) within a set, grouping or series of images.
Consider placing artwork in sets like this health center waiting room.
How to Select and Place Artwork
Studio EL Healthcare recommends prints on Canvas:
• Canvas prints have the “look and feel” of original paintings.
• All Canvas prints include puncture-resistant backing, which prevents them from stretching or sagging over time.
• Canvas prints offer considerably larger image area vs traditional matted and framed prints on paper. There’s more image to view with canvas, because there’s no matting around the image.
• Traditional framed prints on paper under acrylic can introduce glare or reflection under typical indoor lighting– problematic for “senior eyes.” Canvas prints have no glare or reflection.
• Canvas prints are easily cleaned with soft dry or slightly moistened cloth.
• Canvas prints are less expensive than matted and framed prints on paper under acrylic - a great value!
• Canvas prints are lighter than framed prints on paper, reducing shipping costs.
• Lighter artwork means easy handling and installation.
Brighten your patients’ visits with a framed canvas print.
Landscapes
Senior Living: Living Room
Select images with a color palette that complements existing interior design. We recommend prints on canvas to avoid the glare or reflection from typical prints framed under acrylic or glass, which can interrupt the visual experience – problematic for “senior eyes.”
Coastal / Tropical
Healthcare: Hospital Patient Room
Patient Room artwork should serve to visually transport the viewer to a pleasant, relaxing place. Successful patient room art can serve as a “window” to the outdoors, effectively helping reduce stress for patients, visitors and even staff. Water, and particularly the ocean, is a universal healing subject, beloved by most people.
Photo Illustration of Framed Canvas with 2” Warm Silver Frame
SEL23093 SH SEL23093 MH SEL23093 LH 18”H x 24”W 27”H x 36”W 33”H x 45”W
x 28”W
x 36”W
SEL23316 SS SEL23316 MS SEL23316 LS 20”H x 20”W 28”H x 28”W 36”H x 36”W
SEL23318 SS SEL23318 MS SEL23318 LS 20”H x 20”W 28”H x 28”W 36”H x 36”W
SEL23315 SS SEL23315 MS SEL23315 LS 20”H x 20”W 28”H x 28”W 36”H x 36”W
SEL23317 SS SEL23317 MS SEL23317 LS 20”H x 20”W 28”H x 28”W 36”H x 36”W
SEL21733 SS SEL21733 MS SEL21733 LS
SEL42476 SH SEL42476 MH SEL42476 LH 12”H x 24”W 18”H x 36”W 22”H x 45”W
SEL42478 SH SEL42478 MH SEL42478 LH
Corridor
When planning to place artwork in a corridor, vary the look and break the monotony by interspersing a series of 3 pieces between long corridor walls where large singular works are installed. Photography
Photo Illustration of Framed Print on Paper, matted with 2” Warm Silver Frame
Photography
Photography
Photography
SEL41444 SH SEL41444 MH SEL41444 LH
x 24”W
x 36”W
x 45”W
SEL23158 SH SEL23158 MH SEL23158 LH
x 24”W
x 36”W
x 45”W
SEL43125 SH
SEL43125 MH
SEL43125 LH
x 24”W
x 36”W 30”H x 45”W
SEL19480 SH SEL19480
SEL28631 SH
SEL28631 MH
SEL28631 LH
x 24”W
SEL43126 SH
SEL43126 MH
SEL43126 LH
x 24”W
x 36”W 30”H x 45”W
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