Exposure to art impacts human health and can, in the healthcare setting improve the patient experience, lead to shortened hospital stays, improved recovery time, and reduced need for pain management. However, most of this research focuses on static art. Godley, et al (2023) found that art that includes dynamic light (DL) can also lower stress.

To further explore the potential impact of exposure to art using DL, students in ‘Lighting as Public Experience’, a TJU class, will create a series of fully immersive DL art events, to be housed in the Ravenhill Chapel on the East Falls campus.

In collaboration with Jefferson's Student Health program, the Counseling Center, and faculty advisors, students will be invited to participate in the immersive DL experience. Online questionnaires will be used to collect data to explore student perspectives on the experience. In Spring 2024, students in the “Health and the Art Experience” an interdisciplinary class will analyze these data, to inform a set of recommendations for future DL interventions

• Lyn Godley
  Professor
  Industrial Design & Lighting
  Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce
  Industrial Design
  Thomas Jefferson University
  
• Rosemary Frasso
  Professor
  Population Health
  Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care
• Julianna LeNoir
  Population Health
  Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care