Two Brooklyn hospitals are about to get some awesome murals
A mural project at NYC hospitals will mix care with craft.
Hoping to make residents care more about their local health centers, the city’s public hospital network is starting by making the centers more interesting to look at. To do so, they are enlisting the help of muralists.
The Arts and Medicine Program under NYC Health + Hospitals announced nine artists on Thursday that will participate in the collaborative art project at eight hospitals across the five boroughs, including Brooklyn’s Coney Island and Kings County hospitals.
The project is part of a larger effort by the city’s public health care system to re-imagine hospitals and facilitate greater neighborhood wellness that was first started in the 1930s. The program aims to promote an interest in health care while working against the stigma of sickness.