Our programs

Despite its wealth and abundance and its well-developed health care infrastructure, the United States is a world leader in the incorporation of art and design into healthcare environments. In spite of the progress, hospitals and health care institutions in the United States still have a way to go to receive fully the benefits that come when healthcare and art are partnered together appropriately. Smiles Through Art seeks to bridge the gap, as it hopes to bring innovative new art projects to medical institutions in traditionally underserved areas in American inner cities and rural areas.

America's great strength lies in its diversity of people as well as its blending of artistic traditions, and Smiles Through Art hopes to capitalize on this as it implements programs which seek to incorporate the latest trends and technologies in art and design, all to benefit those afflicted with severe illnesses and debilitating conditions. Smiles Through Art seeks to brighten the lives of patients and their families.

For more information about each project, click on each picture.

Mexico

Smiles Through Art is a bilingual, bicultural program that draws its strength on the artistic traditions of the United States and Mexico.

It celebrates not only what makes each country’s art and design traditions unique, but also what makes them similar.

In that way Smiles Through Art is helping to build bridges between the two neighboring, yet very different, cultures.

Smiles Through Art draws upon resources as diverse as health care institutions, universities, academics, psychologists, and a variety of artistic disciplines in order to reach those who need Smiles Through Art most - - truly needy children and their families. Whether in the forgotten neighborhoods of Mexico City or in other areas where the need is greatest, Smiles Through Art extends a healing hand to the families who need it.