Iva Fattorini – The Art of Healing with Art and Medicine

Dr. Iva Fattorini is taking the connection between the arts & health to the next level with her newest program. Artocene is focused on ensuring that all patients and their caregivers have access to as many forms of art as possible in healthcare facilities. Her charitable organization, Artocene, works to “activate the latent therapeutic power of art” in a way that not only makes a stay in the hospital more enjoyable but may also have a powerful impact on the healing process.

Often when we think of the practice of medicine we think in very clinical terms; white lab coats, clinical language and hospital beds in very sterile, white rooms. But as Dr. Iva Fattorini explains to Deepak Chopra, the hospital is not just a place that people pass though quickly. “It’s not like an airport, it’s not like a hotel; a hospital becomes their home.” It becomes critical that in treating the body, the mind is not forgotten. Dr. Fattorini’s vision has been “to infuse the hospital environment with the energy and vitality of the arts.” Art has the ability to bring patients to a place where they are mentally prepared to begin the healing process and for that reason Dr. Fattorini believes that art and medicine have a unique and significant connection that should not be overlooked.

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