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John Feight
Biographical Sketch
With the help of thousands of volunteers, John Feight is taking art
to a new level...to a place where it can be of human value...in an
environment that should give comfort and hope. He is an artist
who is determined to take art to the people...to people who need
art the most...those who suffer in hospitals and nursing homes.
John was born in Ohio in 1940. His youth was spent in Killbuck, Ohio,
and Sarasota, Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida in 1963 with a degree in
advertising, he spent 20 years in the advertising/marketing profession in New York and Atlanta
before committing his energies to painting full-time for hospitals in 1984. His work was inspired by
his grandfather, a country doctor in Ohio, who never put limits on his dream to help people.
John is founder and executive director of The Foundation for Hospital Art, Inc (1984). The
Foundation’s mission is to give comfort and hope to patients, families, medical staffs, and visitors
by providing artwork to hospitals and nursing homes. The Foundation’s vision is to make
hospitals our most beautiful places for healing around the world.
With help from over 500,000 volunteers, over 35,000 paintings have been completed for over
2,000 hospitals and nursing homes in 188 countries.
Affiliations & Honorary Titles
- George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
- Atlanta Community Service Award
- Trailblazer Award, International Furnishings and Design Association
- Honorary Member, Northside Hospital Auxiliary, Atlanta, GA
- Honorary Member, Erlanger Medical Center Auxiliary, Chattanooga, TN,
- Honorary Citizen, Dampierre, France, near Paris
- Honorary Nurse, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, NJ,
- Nominated for 1995 National Medal of Arts Award
- Honorary Physician, John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center
- TBS TV Super 17 Honoree, Community Service – Health Category, 2000
- Points of Light Foundation "2001 National Family Volunteer Award"
- Paul Harris Fellow – Rotary International, 2005
- SafePath Children's Advocacy Center "Illiuminating Hope Award," 2008
- Disney VoluntEARS "Show Your Character Award"
John and his wife Linda live in Roswell, GA, near Atlanta. They have two sons. Scott graduated
from West Point in ’91 and now serves as the Director of Operations for The Foundation for
Hospital Art. Drew received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Kentucky and is now an
Associate Professor at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, OH.
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"Our desire...our mission...is simply to love and comfort people in hospitals and nursing homes by involving them in our dream...our quest...to make hospitals our most beautiful places for healing."
John Feight
John Feight
Executive Director & Founder
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