Lauren Rabb

Lauren Rabb is the Curator of the Healing Art Program at Tucson Medical Center, which acquires and provides art and music to patients, visitors, and hospital staff. As part of the program, she teaches TMC nurses how to improve their critical thinking and focus with art, using a technique called visual thinking strategies (VTS).

Lauren is the former curator of the UA Museum of Art and has owned and managed several galleries. She is an art historian and author of three books: "Walking Through Time" (1998), "Interview with Mrs. Berlinski" (2005), and "The Rise and Fall of the Trevor Whitney Gallery.

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The TMC Healing Art Program helps patients heal in surroundings that inspire, encourage and cheer. Research shows that appropriate art in hospitals makes everyone feel better – speeding recovery, reducing pain and often shortening hospital stays.* A well designed art program improves the environment for patients, visitors and staff. More than 1,000 works of art are installed throughout Tucson Medical Center, TMCOne offices, and the Rincon and El Dorado health campuses.

Click here for a catalog of the works in the 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.)