Let’s get together

The Somerville campus brought together employees and departments that were located in 15 offices spread across Eastern Massachusetts. With the goal of creating an atmosphere that reflected Partners’ dedication to their four mission pillars: community, patient care, research, and education and teaching, Boston Art worked closely with the design team, the Diversity Council, and a number of the organization’s leaders to devise a clear Art Program Mission.

Celebrating local communities

Consolidating an array of offices into a single building was not going to hinder Partners from celebrating the diversity of Greater Boston. For every-other floor, the consultant commissioned a professional photographer to create large photographic collages of images that make up the fabric of these areas. Covering an average of 15 miles a day on foot, the photographer quietly explored local streets, parks, festivals, and backyards over several weeks.

Seen below, an artist’s suite of five paintings capture the unique urban and landscape views seen by patients at five different hospitals or rehabilitation centers. To create these works, the Providence-based artist visited a number of patient rooms and waiting areas, as well as viewed social media posts from patients documenting the world outside the hospitals’ walls. The pieces, among others in the building, help reinforce how connected the patients and caregivers are to the local communities and reinforce the idea that Partners is committed to understanding the patient’s perspective.