What we offer
The Creative Center uses the transformative power of the arts to foster connection, healing, and self-expression for individuals and caregivers affected by cancer and chronic illness.
Through art and art-making, we help participants connect to themselves and others by building community within and beyond the healthcare system.
Our core goals are to:
Enhance quality of life for people living with cancer, chronic illness, the challenges of aging, and caregivers through meaningful creative engagement.
Support emotional and mental well-being by providing opportunities for self-expression, reflection, and connection.
Humanize healthcare environments by centering creativity, compassion, and person-centered care.
Strengthen relationships among patients, caregivers, healthcare staff, and artists through collaborative, trauma-informed creative practice.
Promote equity and accessibility so that creative opportunities are available to people of all backgrounds and abilities.
Educate and support artists, administrators and educators through training in best practices in arts-in-health and creative aging.
Guided by these goals, The Creative Center ensures that creativity remains a powerful resource for healing, resilience, and community.
Infusion patient and her mother playing with watercolors with the guidance of Hospital Artist-In-Residence Marika Hahn, Mount Sinai Chelsea.
Workshop artist Nivia Hernandez sets up for portrait photography at The Neighborhood House, a University Settlement Affiliated Senior Center.