Join us for Rise and Shine in Asheville! Thursday, September 28th, 8:30 to 10:00 am Thursday, September 28th8:30 – 10:00 AM Highland Brewing Company Event Center 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200 Asheville, North Carolina 28803 8:30 am – Check in & Breakfast is Served 9:15 am – Program begins Rise & Shine is Arts For Life’s annual breakfast benefit gathering, featuring speakers who know Arts For Life best (families and staff from the hospital) and can tell the story of how the arts have made a real difference in their healthcare experience. We’ll share a meal together, meet friends o ..read more

Arts For Life is not hiring at this time. Inclusion is a core value of Arts For Life. In our hospital and clinic programs, we practice the idea that everyone is welcome at the art table, and that carries over to our workspace and hiring process. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage people from under-represented communities to apply The post Job Openings appeared first on Arts For Life ..read more

Sarah Cooke Greenville, SC From the musical page to the digital stage, Sarah Cooke is an advocate for creative entrepreneurship and strategic communication with a focus on living local. She pursued her education through her Bachelor of Arts in Music and Interdisciplinary Minor in Humanities from Furman University and her Master of Science in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from the University of Edinburgh Business School. Sarah founded her blog and business in 2015 and specializes in content creation and digital marketing management for companies in the arts, literary, and technology spaces ..read more

Sarah Bell Program Coordinator Winston-Salem // Brenner Children’s Hospital Sarah Bell is the program coordinator at Brenner Children’s in Winston-Salem, having relocated to North Carolina with her husband when he began his pediatric residency at the hospital.  She believes strongly in the power of art as a tool for wellbeing. After completing her undergraduate degree in psychology and studio art with a focus in ceramics, Sarah received her Master’s in art therapy in 2022. Spending much of graduate school in a pandemic reinforced the need for art and creativity in all things. Throughout ..read more

A video update on all of the incredible things that are happening across all of our Arts For Life chapters. Enjoy this seven-minute video that will give you a glimpse into the state of the arts… The post Arts For Life’s State of the Arts appeared first on Arts For Life ..read more

Andrea Klauss Program Coordinator Charlotte // Levine Children’s Hospital Andrea comes from a varied background—with experience as an artist, as a business owner and as an arts educator. She grew up outside of Boston and received her BFA in photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art. While living in Baltimore, Andrea worked as a medical photographer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital and later at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. In 1993, she moved with her husband to Charlotte, where she worked as a digital illustrator before starting her business designing websites for ..read more

Elijah Kell has been creating art for himself for a long time, knowing how meaningful creativity and making has been for him since a very young age. And as his skill and portfolio has grown, he continues to create art for others – most recently, in support of Arts For Life. At a recent celebration of the formal launch of his own art business, Elijah generously took the opportunity to raise both money and awareness for Arts For Life. Laura Funderburg, one of our former Board Chairs and a current AFL volunteer, joined in the celebration to speak about Arts For Life’s mission and Elijah’s support ..read more

Wendy Lynn Rizzo Coe (DAR Regent), Madeline Geier (AFL Program Director), Melissa Hyman (AFL Music Teacher), Laurie Calkins (DAR Community Service Chair) Arts For Life was recently honored with a community service award from the Edward Buncombe Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. Our Asheville chapter program staff—Madeline Geier and Melissa Hyman—accepted the award and shared the impact of creativity that they see in the hospital every day. As a non-profit service organization, the support of our greater community is what makes it possible for Arts For Life to provide free arts ..read more

Join us for Rise and Shine in Charlotte! Supported by Event Chairs, Leslie McMurray and Lauren Bolshakov Thursday, October 12th, 8:30 to 10:00 am Thursday, October 12th 8:30 – 10:00 AM Carmel Country Club 4735 Carmel Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 8:30 am – Check in & Breakfast is Served 9:15 am – Program begins Rise & Shine is Arts For Life’s annual breakfast benefit gathering, featuring speakers who know Arts For Life best (families and staff from the hospital) and can tell the story of how the arts have made a real difference in their healthcare experience. We’ll share a mea ..read more

When Sarah Hope organized an Arts For Life fundraiser and recruited colleagues to volunteer to help pack art kits in 2014, she was captivated by the energy and passion of the staff and board. Then, in 2015, she gave birth to Solomon who spent his first 106 days in the NICU. “We knew, given his start in life, we would be in hospitals throughout his life,” says Sarah. “Solomon came into this world 16 weeks early at 1lb. 4oz. He is a divine spirit that has a heart of gold, a ginormous smile, and truly loves this life. He faces very difficult events in his life with courage, bravery, and fiercenes ..read more