Artmaking is shown to be a health-supportive behavior. When we regularly engage in creative activities like visual art, music, dancing, and more, we increase these benefits and empower our bodies and minds to rest, recover, and heal.
At UF Health, we believe the arts should be accessible to everyone.
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine (AIM) is a program dedicated to ensuring that access. Through hospital support, grant-based funding, and charitable gifts, our artists and administrators provide arts and cultural engagements at no cost to participants.
Who we support:
- Patients at UF Health Greater Gainesville hospitals and clinics
- Loved ones and visitors
- Healthcare workers and staff
- Members of the North Central Florida community
Your gift makes these engagements possible.
Ready to make a difference?
You can directly support our patients, their families, healthcare workers, and more through one of the options below:
- Click the button below to give to the General Arts in Medicine Fund.
- Explore the endowments and funds on the cards on this page and select the one that speaks to you.
Gaintner Family Endowment
The focus of the Gaintner Family Endowment is to provide financial support for artists whose commitment is to bring their creative talents to the bedside, providing relief and comfort to those suffering through serious illness.
Music in Medicine Fund
The Music in Medicine fund was created to help ensure a solid funding base to support the work of the musicians in residence who provide engaging musical experiences to patients, their families, and hospital staff alike.
Giving to Integrative Therapies
Our team provides supportive care for patients by offering meditation, relaxation, yoga, tai chi, qigong, and massage therapy sessions at no cost to the recipients. Our practitioners teach patients tools they can use on their own between sessions and after discharge.
Your donation to the general Arts in Medicine fund supports our skilled professionals who deliver this important service to our patients at UF Health.
Brianna’s Hope Fund
AIM is committed to using the creative arts to engage and support our youngest patients through the challenges they face while coping with a serious illness. Our artists say that they frequently receive more from patients than they give, as is the case with Brianna Medina and her ever hopeful heart.
