Urs Fischer at Cedars-Sinai
Urs Fischer at Cedars-Sinai
Urs Fischer at Cedars-Sinai

RxART worked with Urs Fischer (along with Sam Falls and Laura Owens) at Cedars-Sinai’s Maxine Dunitz Children’s Health Center in Los Angeles, CA to transform the pediatric inpatient rooms. Original designs by each artist were installed on the ceilings and walls of 16 inpatient rooms where children spend the majority of their time. Rather than being surrounded by a completely sterile environment during long stays, the vibrant artwork crowning the rooms will captivate the patients’ imaginations and provide healthy distractions. RxART is grateful to Maurice Marciano for generous lead support of this project. Additional heartfelt thanks to Peri Arenas, Florence and Serge Azria, Mara Buxbaum, Gagosian, Kiehl’s Since 1851, Jerry & Terri Kohl Family Foundation, McCrea Foundation, Nathalie Marciano, Nordstrom, Saban Family Foundation, William E. Weiss Foundation, as well as the RxART Advisory Board and RxART Advocates: Olivia Marciano, Jamie G. Manné, Aimee Gabbard, Alex Gaty, and Lauren Jack. RxART is grateful to partner with Flavor Paper in producing this project.

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Urs Fischer, “Site-Specific Installation in the Pediatric Inpatient Unit of the Maxine Dunitz Children’s Health Center,” Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, 2016-2017.
Photography by Bill Pollard

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Sam Falls at Cedars-Sinai
Laura Owens at Cedars-Sinai
The artwork on the ceilings of the patient rooms gave me something to look at other than a sterile white one. It made the rooms more inviting (as inviting as a hospital room can be) and it made happiness more welcome. The art drew me out of my room and made it more enjoyable to go on a walk to look at the art.
Caitlyn - 16-year-old patient at Cedars-Sinai
Having art on the ceiling can be very helpful to our young patients. A fourteen year old patient can focus on the entire area and let her imagination take her away during a painful procedure. A three year old can create his own pictures using the shapes and colors he sees when he’s getting a lengthy transfusion. As nurses we are trained to help our patients manage their pain using more than medication. We use deep breathing, guided imagery, play and distraction and that’s how our colorful rooms help us achieve this important goal in our patients’ healing journey.
Stephanie Faloon - Nurse of 20+ years, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Department of Pediatrics
“The (children) are enjoying the fun and comfort the art brings them,” says Jennifer Underhill, assistant nurse manager of pediatrics. “Since the installation of the artwork we’ve had little patients actually ask to enter their hospital room!”
Jennifer Underhill - Assistant Nurse Manager of Pediatrics
After a long night in the Emergency Room at Cedars-Sinai, my son was admitted to a room by Urs Fischer. He immediately noticed the decor and was excited to see the elephants and color all over the room. Thanks for making it kid friendly.  
Jeanna - mother of a patient at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Children's Center