Linda Hill, the art director of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, believes that the look and feel of the space impacts patients’ emotional well-being. So, over the years, she’s spearheaded an effort to fill the campus with welcoming, kid-friendly art.

There are freestanding metal hearts between the parking garage and the outpatient center. There are paintings and sculptures in hallways and waiting rooms. There are metal trees in an interior courtyard in the cardiovascular intensive care unit. In the lobby, there is a 17-foot obelisk made of colorful mosaic pieces and topped with a statue of a child riding a giant bluebird.

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