Healing Art Program

A Healing Environment

The TMC Healing Art Program helps patients heal in surroundings that inspire, encourage and cheer. Research shows that appropriate art and music in hospitals makes everyone feel better – speeding recovery, reducing pain and often shortening hospital stays.

The Art Collection

More than 2,000 works of art are installed throughout Tucson Medical Center, TMCOne offices, and the Rincon and El Dorado health campuses. The Healing Art Program accepts donations of gallery-quality paintings, graphics, photography and sculpture. The program considers all styles of art that would further our mission to enhance patient care through the creation and maintenance of a healing environment.

All of the art is donated, and comes from artists and collectors who may be downsizing or have art in storage. Donors may be eligible to receive tax benefits for their gifts.

The Art Acquisitions Committee reviews all proposed donations for both quality and consistency with the healing mission of TMC. For more information on how to contribute works of art please contact the TMC Health Foundation, (520) 324-3116, and a member of the Healing Art Program will respond promptly.

You can visit our catalog of the works in our collection. (To find works that are for sale to benefit the program, click on the "Collections" button at the top of the page and choose the "FOR SALE" group from the drop-down menu.)

How You Can Help

Charitable contributions of cash are also important for supporting the program. Funds are used for framing, installation and maintenance of the art. Funds also support the musicians who play live music in the hospital. To make a charitable contribution to support the TMC Healing Art Program, please use the form below.

Healing Art newsletter

Read our Summer 2023 newsletter or find archived issues of our Healing Art newsletter on ISSUU.