Kids & Art Blog

SF Giants Celebrate Pediatric Awareness!

12 Sep 2023

Lisa Kinne

SF Giants Celebrate Pediatric Awareness!

For the second season in a row, the SF Giants turned over the player portraits shown on the scoreboard to children battling pediatric cancer.

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The Kids & Art Foundation Wins Anthem Award for Special Project for a Health Cause

23 Feb 2023

Lisa Kinne

The Kids & Art Foundation Wins Anthem Award for Special Project for a Health Cause

Kids & Art Foundation is honored to receive a Silver Award recognition in the Health category>Special Projects: Individual projects produced by an organization or person

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Benefits of Art in the Oncology Waiting Room

31 Jan 2023

Lisa Kinne

Benefits of Art in the Oncology Waiting Room

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

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Kids & Art Foundation 2022 Gift of ArtKits Giving Program

12 Sep 2022

Lisa Kinne

Kids & Art Foundation 2022 Gift of ArtKits Giving Program

Learn just how amazing our Amaeyzing ArtKits™ are in an interview with Lisa Barron, Pediatric Office Supervisor at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital. Palm Beach

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What has art to do in Medicine?

09 Sep 2022

Lisa Kinne

What has art to do in Medicine?

In 2022, it is estimated that 10,470 children (birth to 14 years) and 5,480 adolescents (aged 15-19 years) will be diagnosed with cancer. The

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Weekly Drop-in Artroom With Artist Deborah Hopkins

23 May 2022

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Weekly Drop-in Artroom With Artist Deborah Hopkins

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

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A Sweet Monster Holding A Turtle – Budsies Partnership

26 Jul 2021

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A Sweet Monster Holding A Turtle – Budsies Partnership

Kids & Art held a fantastic workshop run by artist Toby Cochran to create a special Budsies project. During this event, the kids drew

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Art Party with Google

18 Jun 2021

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Art Party with Google

Kids & Art was so happy to give a warm welcome to a team from Google at our virtual Amaeyzing Teams workshop. A team

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I Am Reminded In Times Of Crisis We Find Ourselves

12 Feb 2021

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I Am Reminded In Times Of Crisis We Find Ourselves

I am reminded in times of crisis we find ourselves. This is certainly true with me. In March, in the Pandemic, I decided to

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Amaeyzing Teams – Art Party With Genentech

19 Dec 2020

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Amaeyzing Teams – Art Party With Genentech

Circular Shapes and Colorful Patterns We were thrilled to welcome a wonderful team from Genentech to an art session led by our artist Caroline

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Cancer, Eat That!

10 Nov 2020

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Cancer, Eat That!

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

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Parent Support Group Speaker – Adrianne Angle

06 Aug 2020

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Parent Support Group Speaker – Adrianne Angle

Our July guest was yoga instructor Adrianne Angle. Adrianne shared her personal journey to health, as well as her experience doing yoga with her

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Spotlight on Color Swell

01 Aug 2020

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Spotlight on Color Swell

For the past several months, Kids & Art has received regular donations of watercolor paints, crayons and markers from Color Swell, a company that

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Apu Dutta – Kids & Art 2020 Amaeyzing Spirit Scholarship Winner

07 Jul 2020

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Apu Dutta – Kids & Art 2020 Amaeyzing Spirit Scholarship Winner

Kids & Art Foundation is honored to recognize Apu with this year’s Amaeyzing Spirit Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to an individual who is

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Parent Support Group Speaker – Gabi Medrano

03 Jul 2020

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Parent Support Group Speaker – Gabi Medrano

On Sunday, May 17th we hosted an online PSG meeting for parents and caregivers of children with cancer. Our speaker was Gabi Medrano, whose

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Parent Support Group Speaker – Ayelet Hirshfeld

26 Jun 2020

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Parent Support Group Speaker – Ayelet Hirshfeld

This April, the Kids & Art Parent Group welcomed Dr. Ayelet Hirshfeld, PhD, to speak about stress assessment and management. Dr. Hirshfeld is an

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