Our Stories
50,000th Mural Celebration
The Foundation for Hospital Art recently celebrated the painting and donation of their 50,00th mural by partnering with the Northside…
Meet the Team!
Scott Feight (Executive Director) How long have you been working at FFHA? 15 Years What do you do at FFHA?…
Michigan State Basketball PaintFest
On January 10th, 2021, the Michigan State Basketball team put down the ball and picked up paintbrushes to honor healthcare…
The Balcony Bands Mural Project
Celebrating Healthcare Workers and the Human Spirit Around the Globe 2020 has been a historical and difficult year for all…
Peanuts Worldwide teams up with FFHA
As Peanuts celebrates it’s 70th anniversary of the beloved Charles Schulz comic, Peanuts Worldwide LLC has chosen to partner with…
Virtual Community Service – PaintFest 101
In a world where we are limiting our face-to-face socialization and many are working from home, the Foundation for Hospital…
Impacting Healthcare Workers From Your Home
The world is changing before our eyes. COVID-19 has turned our world upside-down and everyone is adjusting to a new…
Liberia
Written by Amy Moore On the Atlantic coast of West Africa, nestled with palm-lined beaches and lush tropical forests, the…
The Gift of Art
How do you feel walking into a strange place? Into a hospital or care facility? For most people it can…
My Hospital Art Internship Experience
On my first day at the Foundation for Hospital Art, I met all of my fellow interns. We asked all…
A Short Story – “Start of Something New”
We hope you enjoy this short story. Inspired and written by Macy Brown. Macy is a student at the University…
Foundation Firsts
We recently sat down with John Feight, our Founder, to talk about some of the many “firsts” for the Foundation.…
Two sisters united by a PaintFest
It’s been six months since we wrapped up our last stop of PaintFest America. The trees are bare here in…
PaintFest America – Washington State
Okay for all of you who are wondering, I’m here to give you a first hand account of what’s going…
Painting with the Troops
Have you ever been on a military base before? I’m sure some of you have, and know about the high…
Beyond The Traditional Hospital Wall
One of the most impactful PaintFest events I have ever been a part of was in the Spring of 2014…
Painting in a Different Language
We stood in a room awaiting the patients arrival. Anticipating the looks on their faces when they saw the activity they would…
Why Realistic Art in Hospitals
A Discussion Between My Head and My Heart My Head: You need to listen to me. Abstract art is the…
A Volunteer’s Perspective
Imagine a foreign hospital. Imagine white walls, stained with a pervasive brown dinginess. Imagine doctors in white garb, with green…
3 Ideas for a Reception or Tradeshow
We receive a lot of phone calls from people that say “Wow, I saw one of your PaintFest® Kits at…
Teambuilding on a Large Scale for Patients in Hospitals
We just returned from a trip to Dallas, Texas, and what an amazing experience! We often tout our ability to…
Best Indoor Teambuilding Project – 5 Reasons Why
The weather outside is frigid and you may be sitting at your desk, wondering what can you possibly do for…
When We Paint, We Change The World
I recently attended the Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress (MPI WEC) in Las Vegas Nevada. The overriding theme of…
A PaintFest® Perspective – Teambuilding with Purpose
When I walked into the large hall to begin preparing for the PaintFest®, I knew we had a lot of…
Hospital Art is Simply a Friend
My mom hands me the keys and gives me instructions to retrieve a pillow from the car. I smooth the…
Art is Love Global PaintFest Event
On July 4th, 2013, the Foundation for Hospital Art will celebrate the compassion and impact of hospital art on the…
Reflections on the Impact of Hospital Art
The last suitcase has been put away and the passports are secure until the next journey, but I find it…
Bringing the World to a PaintFest
Usually the Foundation for Hospital Art takes PaintFest® events out to the world. In 2012, we painted in South Africa,…
The Ideal Global CSR Project
Corporate Social Responsibility, or “CSR”, is more than a philosophy or popular “feel good” phrase. It represents all facets of…
Seeing with Heart’s Eyes
There are days when I wake-up and see what a patient sees. Bound to an unwanted bed, yearning to be…
Painting Behind Bars
The idea to involve prison inmates and detainees in our mission has been around for many years. The Foundation for…
Cuba Today – A Contrast in Colors
Traveling with a small contingent of volunteer artists, we have spent the last week visiting and painting in healthcare facilities…
Foundation for Hospital Art Trustee of the Year Award
In 1996, the Foundation for Hospital Art lost one of our founding board members to an unexpected heart attack. Bruno…
Small Acts of Kindness
By Andrew Feight, Ph.D. Hindsight is, as they say, twenty-twenty. Looking back we can see the impact of smaller events…
Jill and Mary Bryce Pring — Our 2012 Mary Jane and George Banta Volunteers Of The Year.
Once a year, the Foundation for Hospital Art recognizes a committed volunteer to the cause. It is normally given to…
The Heart of It
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist In the early…
Painting Under African Skies, Quick Fresh Tomato Sauce
Posted by Maili Halme Brocke The thing to do on a vacation is to eat everything in site. And that…
PaintFest® – The Perfect Teambuilding Event
Posted by Scott Feight From a meeting planner’s perspective, the challenge is daunting: find the perfect teambuilding project that will…
How does art impact patients in hospitals?
She said she wanted to fly…she wanted to be free.
Because her bone cancer had progressed unchecked, Beverley was restricted to a bed in Room 221 on the second floor at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Her world had become 2 North, the cancer floor.