How does the artwork used by the Childrens Art Project originate?
The process from a child’s simple drawing to a marketable product is a long journey. The first interesting thing about this process is that the very art classes where the artwork is created are funded by proceeds from the Children’s Art Project as a part of the education program in the hospital. Art classes are held weekly and are coordinated by a paid volunteer coordinator and several art volunteers. The children are instructed in a wide variety of art mediums and employ everything from watercolors to colored markers and pencils to collage techniques. Children are encouraged and their talent and natural imaginations are nurtured by the volunteers, many of whom are artists in their own right or former art teachers. The classes are not considered art therapy, although the time spent creating is often a few moments when a child can focus on something other than the realities of cancer. Children who are unable to attend the formal classes are taught at bedside, and Saturday drawing partie
