Our Services
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The Creative Center expands its programming to serve adults of all gender expressions, broadening access to its work.
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Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.
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Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.
HISTORY OF THE CREATIVE CENTER
1994
The Creative Center was founded by Geraldine Herbert, a psychiatric social worker, and Adrienne Assail, an attorney and songwriter, on the belief that “Medicine cures the body, but art heals the spirit.” Joined quickly thereafter by Robin Glazer, artist, art educator, and cancer survivor, the organization began as a series of free-of-charge art workshops initially only for women with cancer, taught by professional artists in borrowed office space.
1998
The Creative Center expands its programming to serve adults of all gender expressions, broadening access to its work. That same year, TCC settles into its first home, a 3,000-square-foot loft in Chelsea, which hosted public art workshops for the community.
1999
The Creative Center launches its first Hospital Artist-in-Residence Program, placing an AIR within the inpatient oncology unit at Lenox Hill Hospital. The program grew directly out of feedback from workshop participants about where creative arts support could make the greatest difference.
2000’s
The Creative Center's Hospital Artist-in-Residence Program grows rapidly, expanding from eight NYC hospitals to 15 healthcare sites.
In 2002, a United Hospital Fund grant supports a formal patient and staff satisfaction assessment of the program, and TCC establishes its Training Institute for Artists and Administrators in Arts-in-Healthcare.
In 2006, TCC publishes Hospital Artists-in-Residence: The Creative Center's Approach to Arts-in-Healthcare and completes Still Life, a two-year documentary photography project with the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
TCC relocates to University Settlement on the Lower East Side in 2008
2009 is named a Best Practice Site by the National Endowment for the Arts, while Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing launches its own Artist-in-Residence program with TCC's support.
2010s
Founded in 1994 on the belief that "medicine cures the body, but art heals the spirit." The Creative Center began as a series of free art workshops for women with cancer. Nearly 30 years later, with immeasurable recognition in the field of arts in healthcare and the nonprofit sector, The Creative Center is proud to serve people of all genders and all ages 18+. We do this by offering:
2011
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
2020
Founded in 1994 on the belief that "medicine cures the body, but art heals the spirit." The Creative Center began as a series of free art workshops for women with cancer. Nearly 30 years later, with immeasurable recognition in the field of arts in healthcare and the nonprofit sector, The Creative Center is proud to serve people of all genders and all ages 18+. We do this by offering:
2026
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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