Arts in Health: First Aid Art Kits

nat rosasco • Apr 28, 2020
Providence St. Mary Medical Center and Providence St. Mary Foundation has partnered to fund Arts in Health: First Aid Arts Kit in response to the COVID -19 pandemic.

The First Aid Art Kits are being distributed by Population Health to patients in home isolation, community shelters, and to the hospital for both patients and caregivers. The First Aid Art Kits are accompanied by a card to say hello, public COVID-19 messaging, and a newsletter filled with artist-designed: writing prompts, creative process projects, art projects that can be built upon, and coloring pages. Providence St. Mary’s Foundation is also funding art project facilitation for patients over the phone by program artists.

First Aid Art Kits were created from art supplies purchased from community businesses and expanded upon by contracted local artists. Two community nonprofits have stepped forward to support the response. The local elementary arts education program, Carnegie Picture Lab has provided a space to assemble and additional supplies. The support umbrella ArtWalla is building a platform for both the artist’s prompts as video facilitation, and to learn about each artist’s mastery. Everything is being translated into Spanish and, potentially sign language, where needed for the videos. 

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