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Winter 2016  
News from the Heart 
Art with a Heart in Healthcare provides personalized fine art experiences that enhance the healing process for patients and their families. 
The Art of Giving

Big thank you to the TPC Storytellers!


The  Storytellers are the docents who give guided tours of the club's displays highlighting the great moments and milestones of THE PLAYERS Championship and TPC Sawgrass. Through their donations, the Storytellers have supported many local organizations in Jacksonville. AWAHIH is thrilled to be added to their list of local organizations to help. Since 2007 a total of $40,584 has been awarded to these Charities through the efforts of the Storytellers and the generous guests that visit TPC Sawgrass.  
Kids giving to Kids!



Thank you  Bolles kindergarten art class and  Sandy Lake Junior High art class for the wonderful holiday art pieces.   Each piece was hung on a patients door to create some Holiday cheer.  
Children giving back and making a difference in their own community is the gift that just keep  giving.  



The Gift of Art-to-Go bags


Thank you Sarah Hadden  for your continued support of Catie Cares. 
Sarah helped to provide Art-to-Go bags for hundreds of kids.   We greatly appreciate the generosity of this donation in honor of Catie Carter.  

Little Artist with her Art-to-Go bag

 
Additional opportunities to see
UNMASKED


For those who missed the show at MOCA you now have additional opportunities to see it in person!
  
Twelve pieces from  UNMASKED show will be at the 
Main Library in downtown Jacksonville until February 21st.
 *Please note that limited pieces on display due to space.
The pieces are being displayed on the walls of the Teen Room.

UNMASKED will then be featured at  Unity Plaza, 220 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32204 from March 14th until April 8th.  

Next stop will be Pontevedra Cultural Center, 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082. Opening  April 15th through May 27th.  

You don't want to miss this show!!


Intern News
We are so very grateful to our interns that have joined us this semester from UF and UNF.  Jillian Olmo, Nicole Bevilacqua, Broke McKinney, and back for a second semester Nina Avis.  We thank them for all their great work so far with our patients and their families!  


Jillian Olmo


Nicole Bevilacqua


Brooke McKinney


Nina Avis



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New Volunteers

 We are proud to welcome our new volunteers 
Katherine Cox, Jessica Smoleroff, and Justin Hamilton.   Welcome to the team!  
 
Volunteers

Art with a Heart is grateful for the selfless 
devotion of our volunteers.
 
Wolfson Children's Hospital
 
Patsy Moore
Pati Merrill
Karen Flautt
Rachel Smith
Alexis Audate
Jennifer Guthrie
Katherine Cox
Jessica Smoleroff
Justin Hamilton
 
 
Ronald McDonald House
 
Todd Rykaczewsji
Alicia Smith
Jordanne Ryan
Lee Durban
  
     


Art with a Heart Team


Lori Presto, MSW
Director of Operations
Artist in Residence
 
Christy Ponder
Program Developer
Artist in Residence
 
Ajamu Mutima
Artist in Residence
Wolfson Children's Hospital
 
Cheryl Borja
Artist in Residence
Wolfson Children's Hospital
 
Samantha Solley
Artist in Residence
Wolfson Children's Hospital
 
Laura Meier
Wolfson Children's Hospital & Kids Together Against Cancer
Artist in Residence
 
Matt Richards
Wolfson Children's Hospital
Artist in Residence
 
Maddie Firestone
Artist in Residence
Wolfson and Ronald McDonald House
 
Korey Cunningham
Artist in Residence
Wolfson and Nemours
 
Anne Roberts
Artist in Residence
Wolfson and Neumors
 
Bob Drost
Artist in Residence
Neumors



Art with a Heart in Healthcare

Now at Nemours 5 Days a Week!
       
We are excited to announce that we are now at NEMOURS Children's Clinic  5 days a week. 
We welcome Bob Drost our incredible caricature artist and Anne Robert our talented jewelry artist to the team at Nemours Children's Clinic.  
Artist: Bob Drost 

Artist: Anne Roberts

2015 Humanities in Medicine Symposium at Mayo Clinic
 
Thank you to our AWAHIH board for giving us the gift to attend this special conference.  

The  symposium  was an eye opener for all who  attended. The AWAHIH Artists that attended were exposed to a showcase of innovative and unique arts in healthcare programs from around the country and Internationally. 


Some of the symposium highlights included;   Keynote speaker  Richard Blanco -  United States Inaugural Poet took to the stage and reminded us that: 
The Humanities bring us to a place of awareness where we dive deep into our stories that make us more connected to our own lives" and that making art allows us to connect with the world and tell our story.  

Attendees experienced an innovative Arts in Healthcare workshop using the Harmonica.  Created by a musician and lung transplant recipient  for people in a Pulmonary Support Group.  Certainly a fun way to do breathing exercises. 

Cathy Dewitt Artist in Residence from the UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine program spoke about "The Five I's of Entering the Room" which focused on ideas on how best to enter a patients room using Intention, Invitation, Intuition, Interaction, and Integrity.  

A presentation was made by film maker Krista Lee Weller on her latest project which documents the transformation of current and former interns involved with Art with a Heart in Healthcare.
I CARRY YOUR HEART IN MY HEART: Transforming Art Students and Patients through Visual Art in Medicine.  

I CARRY YOUR HEART IN MY HEART: Weller Mayo Slideshow Presentation
I CARRY YOUR HEART IN MY HEART
Slideshow Presentation

The conference on a whole was a great learning experience which will create opportunities to integrate aspects learned with Art with Heart in Healthcare.   

Visiting Artist Series
Visiting Artist: Tony Rodriques 

We had 3 incredibly talented and generous Visiting Artists this winter season.   Steve Barr from North Carolina teaching kids how to draw cartoons.   Kelly Catlin and her beautiful calligraphy session and  Tony Rodriques with his plexi glass prairie dogs! Thank you all!

Please let us know if you would like to be a bedside Visiting Artist, we would love to have you join us.
 

Patient Artwork
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"My Mom said that when I was painting today it was the first time I smiled since I was in the hospital. I could have painted all day and did not want the artists to leave. When I paint, I don't think about the hospital."

-Kylie, Age 10


 
 

Board of Directors
 

Jennifer Guthrie- Board Chair

Brooks Cannon- Secretary

Judy Powell- Treasure

Kacey Roache

Guy Cuddihee

Laird

 
 
Board of Advisors
 
Lori Guadagno ~ Co-founder
Lisa Ullmann ~ Co-founder
Robert Monsky
Cynthia Jacoby Greene
Katherine Loeb
Sam Hall
Kathy Soler-Sala
Melissa Roland
 
 
Honorary Trustees
 
Louise Freshman Brown
Professor University of North Florida
 
Suzanne Taylor
Community Volunteer
 
Karen Wolfson
Wolfson Children's Hospital


Art with a Heart
in Healthcare
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Jacksonville, Florida 32207



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