Things are finally looking up for patients receiving chemotherapy at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Art a la Carte negotiated the donation of a 2' x 6' Sky Factory Personal Luminous SkyCeiling™, and it was installed over Valentine's weekend in February of 2009.

Strategically placed in a treatment bay that has no windows, the backlit SkyCeiling creates an illusion of real sky and trees that calms patients by its tranquil effects.

The SkyCeiling is the second of two purchased from The Sky Factory. Funding for the project was provided through the generosity of the RBC Foundation.

On a frigid day in February a patient said that looking up at the buds conveys hope for spring. "You'll tiptoe into the next season, regardless of your [medical] outcome," she quipped gaily noting that when her husband arrived earlier with sandwiches, "It was like having a picnic outdoors under the sky."






This Installation Features:
The Luminous Rectilinear SkyCeiling^TM
The Personal Luminous SkyCeiling^TM