Art with a Heart in Healthcare (AWAHIH) continues to host art shows in the Wolfson Children's Hospital (WCH) media center. Pictured above is Artist-in-Residence, Dylan, demonstrating a painting inspired by Salvador Dali and a few patients' creative interpretations of the piece.
AWAHIH will continue our virtual arts program in which patients create art on our iPads using Procreate, a digital painting platform. Pictured here is a WCH patient, Skylar, creating digital art in the WCH playroom. Our Artists-in-Residence even printed out his artwork, so that he could bring it home!
Fundraisers and Donations
Thank you to AWAHIH Board of Directors member, Keri Carter, for hosting a fundraising event in which she collected art supplies to fill Catie Cares Art-To-Go bags for AWAHIH in honor of her daughter, Catie, whose wish was for every child in the hospital to have art supplies.
Congratulations to Board of Directors Chair, Hillary Whitaker, on curating another outstanding exhibit at Hillary Whitaker Gallery. Thank you, Hillary, for holding a raffle drawing at the show opening and donating all raffle ticket proceeds to AWAHIH.
AWAHIH has distributed over 4,550 Catie Cares Art-To-Go bags to pediatric patients since 2012. We are so grateful for all of the generous people who have helped us to give the gift of art to hospitalized patients.
Art with a Heart in Healthcare (AWAHIH) Board of Directors, Episcopal School of Jacksonville St. Mark's Campus, and AWAHIH Artists-in-Residence have been providing Wolfson Children's Hospital nurses and staff with snacks and uplifting artwork.
Thank you to Arbus Magazine for the beautiful article about AWAHIH and our patient art exhibition, Behind the Mask, on display at MOCA Jacksonville until January 2nd, 2021.
Artists-in-Residence Brooke McKinney and Matt Richards presented on behalf of AWAHIH at the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) annual conference about how AWAHIH has been using technology to promote health, healing, and well-being.
Congratulations to Jill Swanson for receiving the Over the Moon award from Dreams Come True Jacksonville (DCTJ)!
DCTJ recognized Jill for going "above and beyond" helping patients and their families heal through art.
Thank you to AWAHIH Board of Directors member, Bebe Alexander, for all of her efforts! Bebe has spearheaded the initiative of supplying WCH nursing staff with snacks and does so much to support AWAHIH.
Thank you to AWAHIH Board of Directors member, Bonnie Hayflick, for all the work she has done to help AWAHIH get media exposure throughout the opening of our Behind the Mask patient art exhibit.
Foundations, corporations, partners, sponsors, and individual donors who through their generous funding ensure that the children, adults and families we serve have the best staff, volunteers, and art supplies available.
Art with a Heart in Healthcare provides personalized fine art experiences that enhance the healing process for patients and their families.
