Art for All is a year-round outreach initiative of the Galveston Arts Center that provides weekly expressive arts programing for patients and clients at healthcare and social services agencies in our community. Begun over 20 years ago, the program continues to empower adults and children of all abilities and backgrounds to explore the creative process for personal enrichment and well-being.
Our Partner Sites
ADA Women’s Recovery Center provides licensed treatment for substance abuse to medically indigent women in coastal Texas. Art for All enhances the residential program with therapeutic recreation in the form of expressive art classes and art field trips.
Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute specializes in rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injuries. Once a week, a GAC Teaching Artist works alongside staff therapists, facilitating activities that complement the goals of group sessions.
The Resource and Crisis Center (RCC) provides shelter and social services for victims of domestic violence. Art for All weekly activities encourage children at the shelter to engage in creative play and healthy self-expression.
The Ronald McDonald House of Galveston is a home-away-from-home for families from outside the US while their children receive care at Shriners Burn Hospital. Each week, a bilingual GAC Teaching Artist provides adaptive art activities that encourage patients and siblings to interact with one another and explore the scope of their abilities. Temporarily suspended due to COVID-19.
The Sunshine Center is a day-habilitation program for adults with developmental disabilities. Weekly Art for All classes foster clients’ sense of pride and belonging, while reinforcing concepts and skills that help them engage with the community.
TideWay is a specialized assisted living facility operated by Moody Neuro for adults with TBI. Three days a week, GAC Teaching Artists work with residents in small groups to improve quality of life and help them live to their fullest potential.
UTMB Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) provides active care for seniors in a homelike environment within UTMB’s Jenny Sealy Hospital. Lonely or anxious patients are treated to nourishing creative diversion twice a week through Art for All programing. Temporarily suspended due to COVID-19.
UTMB Children’s Hospital in the John Sealy Hospital provides family-centered pediatric care. Twice a week, GAC Teaching Artists go room to room, working with the Child Life specialist to create personalized art interactions for patients right at their bedside. Currently conducted virtually.
You Can Make a Difference!
Art for All programming is funded by charitable donations. With Art for All teaching artists providing upwards of 300 personal interactions each month, every gift can make a large impact. Make a donation today by calling (409) 763-2403 or by making an online donation.
How to Participate
Purchase art supplies from our Amazon wishlist
Share ideas and artist referrals by emailing the Art for All program coordinator
Volunteer for Art for All (both administrative and clinical roles available)
Sponsor a public art project where participants collaborate with an artist to produce something that will go on public display
Purchase the Art for All wall calendar featuring participant’s artwork (you may choose to have your purchase go toward the next calendar year after March 1st; you will be contacted.)
Make a tax-deductible donation that is designated for Art for All on our donation page.
SUPPORT
Support this year for outreach programing comes from grants from
The Texas Commission on the Arts
The Anne Levy Charitable Trust
Galveston Island Rotary Club Foundation
The Moody Methodist Permanent Endowment Fund
The Trube Foundation
The Windgate Foundation
and from GAC member contributions
If you are interested in forming an educational partnership with Galveston Arts Center at your site, please contact our Director of Education with your proposal, time frame, budget estimate, and any potential sources of support.