For the second season in a row, the SF Giants turned over the player portraits shown on the scoreboard to children battling pediatric cancer. This is a lovely tribute to the kids, but also some truly fantastic art. The drawings were provided by Kids & Art, Family House, Camp Okizu, and the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. Several Bay Area pediatric cancer patients got to see their artwork on the jumbotron at Oracle Park on the evening of September 8. The portraits of San Francisco Giants players had been made at an art workshop run by Kids & Art Foundation. Resized_20230908_19284 ..read more

We are excited to share that in January of this year we returned to our in-person workshops for kids and their families. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital-Stanford invited us back to the LPCH Bass Center Waiting Room to bring art to pediatric cancer patients. Our artist, Deborah (Deb) Hopkins, returned last fall with the program and has been providing weekly workshops every Thursday morning. It has been wonderful to be back! The weekly sessions are based on the Amaeyzing ArtKits™ created for the hospital by the Kids & Art Foundation. They include all materials needed to complete the pr ..read more

Learn just how amazing our Amaeyzing ArtKits are in an interview with Lisa Barron, pediatric office supervisor at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Palm Beach Children’s Hospital is one of Kids & Art Foundation’s 19 children’s hospital partners for 2022 and has been receiving monthly Amaeyzing ArtKits free of charge since April. Lisa Barron, pediatric office supervisor at the hospital, agreed to answer some questions about the Amaeyzing ArtKits program, its impact on patients, and the importance of arts and creativity in the healing process.   ..read more

In 2022, it is estimated 10,470 children (birth to 14 years) and 5,480 adolescents (aged 15-19 years) will be diagnosed with cancer. The Kids & Art Foundation uses the power of the arts and creativity to mitigate stress, anxiety, and trauma induced by the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer and other critical medical conditions. We seek to improve well-being during treatment, as survivors, and in bereavement. Together we use art for healing, to empower, encourage, and create memorable experiences. While we spread awareness about childhood cancer throughout the year, September is a ..read more

We've just wrapped up our first couple of months of our newest Kids & Art program for our families, the Drop-In ArtRoom! We meet weekly every Wednesday at 12:00 noon PST/3:00 pm EST on Zoom. I host the hour designed to provide a fun, relaxed, happy time to focus on art. The kids bring whatever art supplies they already have even if it’s just a pencil and a piece of paper. Each month we focus on a different aspect of art. In March we talked about shapes and how to use them to build drawing skills. For April, we focused on colors. We’ll also look at texture, different artists and their styl ..read more

Kids & Art held a fantastic workshop run by artist Toby Cochran to create a special Budsies project. During this event, the kids drew designs for characters that Budsies will turn into their very own plush toy! Alexandra Nagie (Development and Program Associate) and Sejal Desai (Operations Manager) started the introductions, greeting everyone with much excitement for this incredible workshop, along with Carmen Ericson (Program Manager) and assistant artists Janae Dueck (Volunteer) and Amy Bainton (Intern). Toby gave an inspiring presentation about his company Big Grin Productions, and ..read more

Kids & Art was so happy to give a warm welcome to a team from Google at our virtual Amaeyzing Team workshop A team at Google reached out to us to host a workshop that would help bring remote team members together and feel supported through art. We felt that our portrait collage project was the best way to share our differences and similarities as human beings. The collage project for the Amaeyzing Team workshop was inspired by portraits created at one of our Kids & Art online art workshops. The young artists/patients used cut and torn paper to create colorful portraits. The young artis ..read more

I am reminded in times of crisis we find ourselves. This is certainly true with me. In March, in the Pandemic, I decided to challenge myself and build my artist website. The existing website I had for many years required updates. My webmaster disappeared leaving me a choice, find another webmaster or create a new website myself. Now, for someone prior to creating a website, I was technically challenged out of fear for making mistakes and told myself, creating a website could be a disaster. I took a leap of faith and began. In creating my website I found strength and patience I didn’t know I ha ..read more

Circular Shapes and Colorful Patterns We were thrilled to welcome a wonderful team from Genentech to an art session led by our artist Caroline Robins. They chose this art experience for their end of year celebration and to support our nonprofit organization. Their participation will provide funds for children with cancer to enjoy the same creative opportunity. Everyone dived straight into painting circular shapes and colorful patterns on their canvas with art materials supplied by Kids & Art. Our aim was for everyone to feel inspired and grateful for time together while also learning abou ..read more

If ever there was a year in need of healing, 2020 is it. Healing pediatric cancer through the arts—that's what we do at the Kids & Art Foundation. We see the healing impact of the arts on pediatric cancer patients and their families every day. Kids and families heal when, for a moment, that "something" that is taken away from them when they or their child or sibling is sick is restored. They heal when they fully engage in a "normal" activity that alleviates physical discomfort and supports emotional integrity and mental wellbeing. We at the Kids & Art Foundation have been focused on ..read more