Beacon Children's Hospital Art Therapy Department uses Olee Creative's Magnetic Graphics System to create "A Piece of My Art"

"Olee Creative's Magnetic Graphic Systems promote community and connection between families." - Sarah Tyler, Art Therapist at Beacon Children's Hospital in South Bend, IN.

Magnetic Art Therapy Display

This magnetic wall is located on Beacon Childrens Hospital's inpatient pediatric floor. This wall allows patients on PEDS and PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) an opportunity to create artwork which is collaborative with other patients on the floor. Even when patients are isolated in their rooms and do not actually work directly with other patients to create art, the magnet wall allows a space for the patients piece of art to be added to something larger after creating it individually. This space also promotes confidence and self esteem for patients wh en they are able to have their artwork displayed for viewing on the floor. The magnet wall provides a space for creative, unique, and meaningful artwork created just by our patients to be viewed on a daily basis on the floor by staff and families. It also allows easy opportunity for the artwork displayed to be versatile and ever changing. Art Therapy works with patients to change out the wall and come up with new ideas for collaborative artwork to display. This current display is called "A Piece of My Art" with each puzzle piece uniquely created by a different patient.

NICU Family Room Column

The magnet wall provides a space for creative, unique, and meaningful artwork created just by our patients to be viewed on a daily basis on the floor by staff and families. It also allows easy opportunity for the artwork displayed to be versatile and ever changing. Art Therapy works with patients to change out the wall and come up with new ideas for collaborative artwork to display. This current display is called
"A Piece of My Art" with each puzzle piece uniquely created by a different patient. "The magnetic column is located in our Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the family gathering room. This space offers families a sense of home on the unit providing a kitchen,
tables to eat and gather, a lounge area with a tv, and toys for siblings. Th is space is also where I conduct weekly art therapy sessions offered to parents on the unit. The column in this room allows a very convenient, organized, and practical space for families to display personal artwork providing an extra element to make it fee l even more like home. With the help of art therapy, families are given the blank magnetic pieces and may choose to decorate them with uplifting or positive messages and quotes or an image created for their new infant. When families create personal artwork to add to the column in the family gathering room it promotes an environment for community on the unit and a way for families to connect with and support one another throughout a challenging NICU experience."

 

Families create messages of hope that are displayed on the magnetic column.