In selecting artwork for the permanent collection of the Martha Jefferson 
Outpatient Care Center, we took care to reflect the MJH community. 

We have built a collection that is rich in imagery and texture. The artwork is
designed to provide a momentary escape for patients, a diversion for visitors 
and engage the interest of staff. We have concentrated on images that explore 
rural and urban Charlottesville and figurative works of art that emphasize 
creativity; painting, gardening, music, calligraphy, children at play.

“The arts and medicine:  these are two human callings that belong together and our challenge is to
rediscover  the ways in which they can most effectively be brought together again.”  

  “If you go back in ancient times, the arts in healthcare, arts and medicine, are intricately related.  I think one
of the great opportunities we have right now in America is to connect art – its strengths, its potentials, its
possibilities –  with the inevitable journey of human life.”   

Dana Gioia, Chairman  National Endowment for the Arts
March 19, 2003