May 27, 2016 | By Annie Rogers
Any day at the Arts For Life art table is magical. But when the art table is full of growing, thriving former NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) patients, all of whom are collaborating on one bright, beautiful painting? Well, that’s about as magical as it gets. When the Carolinas HealthCare Foundation approached Arts For Life […]
| By Rachel Zink
Home sweet home. Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. There is a reason we reflect so readily on the idea of home. Home represents security, comfort, love, and safety. Home is the place where family gathers, where good times are shared, where important decisions are made. For many of our […]
May 19, 2016 | By Rachel Zink
We’re delighted to announce that Arts For Life has been awarded a $25,000 Ribbon of Hope Grant from the NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation! This grant will help expand Arts For Life’s educational arts programs for patients and families at Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center. With help from the Ribbon of Hope Grant, this year, 1,000 […]
May 3, 2016 | By Rachel Zink
It’s that time of year again! Can you believe it’s our FIFTH year hosting this amazing event? The Roll & Stroll is our primary fundraising event for our work at Brenner Children’s Hospital – and we’d love for you to be a part of the team to make this year’s the best it can possibly […]
April 27, 2016 | By Rachel Zink
As a part of our Journey this month, Arts For Life students are using this springtime weather as an excuse to CONNECT with their wider world in April. From snakes to bugs to fuzzy forest creatures, we have been busy studying our animal friends through our theme of Animals, Habitat, and Environment. Kids have been […]
| By Rachel Zink
by Annie Rogers, Arts For Life Program Director at Mission Children’s Hospital It is a Wednesday afternoon, and I am sitting at the Zeis Clinic art table at Mission Children’s hospital, waiting on the next patient. I hear the chime of the elevator as the door opens, and a little voice echos in the quiet […]
| By Rachel Zink
With our December theme, Gifts, Giving, and Holiday Celebrations, and lessons like this one, our Arts For Life teachers are helping kids and families celebrate the generosity, hope, and joy they see around them in the hospital, and spread it through their wider communities.
| By Rachel Zink
With our December theme, Gifts, Giving, and Holiday Celebrations, and lessons like this one, our Arts For Life teachers are helping kids and families celebrate the generosity, hope, and joy they see around them in the hospital, and spread it through their wider communities.
April 1, 2016 | By Rachel Zink
What: Museum on the Move Pop-Up Art Exhibit: artwork from pediatric patients at Brenner Children’s Hospital in Arts For Life’s educational art programs, inspired by art in the permanent collection at Reynolda House Museum of American Art Who: Open to the public When: Thursday, April 21st from 5 – 7 pm Where: 3 Downtown Locations […]
| By Rachel Zink
“OOOH! This looks like FUN!” That’s what Arts For Life student, Piper, said when she walked into the art room at Brenner Children’s Hospital last week and saw the lesson example for these Tie Dye Mini Portraits hanging in the window. Clearly drawn like a magnet to the bright, swirling colors of the example, she […]