What do you do with that loose change leftover from coffee dates? Or the unexpected $10 discovered in your coat pocket? Here’s a challenge: Empower someone else through hands-on art with your small gift of money. At Healing in Arts, our donor-supported work transforms human brokenness into opportunities for growth and wellness through interactive art.”…
“What would you do to help heal our broken world?” This summer, Open Hands traveled to Washington, D.C., to creatively engage individuals by asking the above question. After circling the city twice to find parking, our art experiment started at the Washington monument. Then we traveled to the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Wall, the White…
We are honored to announce that Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind has found a permanent home at the newly renovated Montessori School in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school entry wall was reinforced to house the 140 pound ArtPrize work. This fall, the students participated in one of our Healing in Arts workshops and created their own…
Though our creative roots started locally with a decade of ArtPrize experience, our art outreach has expanded from Grand Rapids to New York to Norfolk to Denver to San Francisco and beyond. With this expansion, we thought it was especially important to clarify what we do, since one of our own contractors—who works for us…
As an artist, I create inspiring signature pieces for the workplace or community spaces. These unique projects serve to welcome viewers into a healing place. The Cut Short commission entailed constructing the Cut Short Veterans Memorial Garden and creating the collage painting shown above. The 3 x 5 foot wooden flag was specifically crafted in…
Earlier this spring, while attending a memorial ceremony for fallen local soldiers, I heard one gold star mother say, “If my son were still alive, I would be a grandmother by now.” Her deep grief spoke of yesterday’s sorrow. As I listened to her heartache, the initial creative seeds for the Cut Short veterans memorial…
Jetta’s Story One of my Congolese friends, whom I’ll call Jetta, is a true woman of courage. Her story, as well as the stories of several other refugees, inspired my work called Courage Ablaze. This vignette tells part of her amazing story of courage in the face of life-threatening situations: Jetta and her children fled…