Heart Adaptive Arts

Heart Adaptive Arts Heart centered art that empowers and enriches the lives of kids with special needs

THANK YOU 🙏 ❤️🥰 Look at all those jeans ready to be upcycled 🎨👖 Let the Jean Painting Parties begin! We will be posting ...
10/30/2022

THANK YOU 🙏 ❤️🥰 Look at all those jeans ready to be upcycled 🎨👖 Let the Jean Painting Parties begin! We will be posting info about these soon so KIT

There’s nothing better than a good old fashioned finger painting! Skipped the digital art this weekend so John could exp...
10/23/2022

There’s nothing better than a good old fashioned finger painting! Skipped the digital art this weekend so John could explore watercolors 💦 🎨 I’m a big fan of the results- give it a ❤️ if you are too!

👖We still need jeans 👖John and I did this stencil on a pair ❤️ Getting inspired for our Jean Painting parties! Swipe fo...
10/18/2022

👖We still need jeans 👖John and I did this stencil on a pair ❤️ Getting inspired for our Jean Painting parties! Swipe for more info about the event 🎉 🎨👖❤️

We love visits to 📸Mae in front of House III, Roy Lichtenstein
10/07/2022

We love visits to

📸Mae in front of House III, Roy Lichtenstein

Today’s reminder that we need Jean donations ❤️ Drive up/drop off locations are on our website, email Lauren at heartada...
10/05/2022

Today’s reminder that we need Jean donations ❤️ Drive up/drop off locations are on our website, email Lauren at [email protected] for a pick up or give jeans to Lisa W or Lauren M if you know them/see them as part of your daily routine ❤️ ❤️❤️THANK YOU!

HeART is seeking gently used/worn jeans for our Jean Upcycle Event ❤️Visit our website for drive up/drop off locations o...
10/04/2022

HeART is seeking gently used/worn jeans for our Jean Upcycle Event ❤️
Visit our website for drive up/drop off locations or email Lauren at [email protected]
Full details at link in bio ❤️

If you missed our reel , here’s the breakdown of the fundraiser ❤️ You can participate in 3 easy ways: 1. Donate gently ...
10/03/2022

If you missed our reel , here’s the breakdown of the fundraiser ❤️ You can participate in 3 easy ways:
1. Donate gently used/worn jeans at one of our drop off points by Oct 31st
2. Attend a Jeans Painting Party
HeART will provide the jeans and supplies, you only need to bring your creativity. We’ll paint, sew and be dazzle to repurpose the jeans into designer looking denim- HeART style of course. Bring a pair of your own to DIY and keep for yourself! Dates for November events are on our website with more TBD
3) Purchase a pair of repurposed jeans! We will have the jeans available for purchase at the end of the event with all proceeds going to our Pink Heart Scholarship Fund 💓
Visit the Jean Upcycle Event page on our website for complete details!

It's not haute couture, it's "heART couture" and our first fashion fundraiser! If you have ever seen us in our "paint c...
10/03/2022

It's not haute couture, it's "heART couture" and our first fashion fundraiser! If you have ever seen us in our "paint clothes" then you know they are kind of a big deal 😍 You can participate in 3 easy ways:
-Donate Jeans at our Drive up/Drop off locations by Oct 31st
-Attend a Jeans Painting Party (register for a November event)
-Purchase a re-purposed pair of jeans
Find a drop off location or register for a party by visiting the JEAN UPCYCLE event page on our website ❤️

Last post I shared Barbie’s art- HeART’s first artist before we were officially HeART-and I introduced our first scholar...
10/01/2022

Last post I shared Barbie’s art- HeART’s first artist before we were officially HeART-and I introduced our first scholarship fund in her honor. Here’s another pic of her art. Today I want to share why I created the scholarship and why I created HeART as a non profit organization. What started as a side job offering art assistance to those who needed it grew into something I enjoyed immensely, and did not want to give up as I moved my career back to pursuing my own art and design work. I wanted to keep doing it because I loved it, not because it was my job. When the art started to sell I wanted a way to give most of the profits back, since I was already paid for the hours helping to create the art and I strongly feel the art is not mine to make a commission off of -I help artists create the art, I don’t create it- my own art is very different from HeART artists! I wanted to circulate profits back into the community and the business. Also, I attended the CHOA CP convention. I was shocked by the enormous cost of therapy and all the related expenses of having a special needs child. It was there that I knew the last thing I wanted to do was increase the cost of living for these families! For these reasons, incorporating HeART as a non profit allowed me to best accomplish my goals of creating art for the joy of it, and provide affordable and accessible services. Back to Barbie and the scholarship fund- the method and model I use to deliver art is based on our experience creating art together. The moment I incorporated HeART as a non profit, I knew I wanted a scholarship fund in her honor to offset the cost of our services. Fundraising has been a big challenge for me. It is out of my experience and comfort zone, and I have half heartedly tried many things. I always felt that over time I would find my way IF I could combine the things that I love doing into a fundraising effort. I’m a fashion designer/artist and have always wanted to work this into my fundraising plan somehow. I’m excited to tell you what I have come up with! Next post! Keep in touch ❤️ Lauren

BIG DAY ❤️ We’re open for enrollment! Visit our website for information and submit an enrollment form if you know someon...
09/27/2022

BIG DAY ❤️ We’re open for enrollment! Visit our website for information and submit an enrollment form if you know someone who would love to be a part of our program!
Link in Bio ❤️
We’re also accepting donations for our Barbara Robertson Scholarship to offer art sessions free of cost to eligible individuals. This is a $1500 scholarship to cover a year of sessions and supplies. Barbie was HeART’s first artist, that’s some of her work in the photo. Without Barbie I never would have known the incredible gift of helping others create art. I know she’s smiling down on us 😇❤️

Here’s the finished panels from John that he was working on in the previous post. The bit of mosaic is on the top corner...
09/13/2022

Here’s the finished panels from John that he was working on in the previous post. The bit of mosaic is on the top corner of the one on the far right. Other than that it’s all fingerpainting 💙

When I started HeART, the response to the art was “I want that!” And “I would buy that!” ❤️ I didn’t create HeART with t...
08/21/2022

When I started HeART, the response to the art was “I want that!” And “I would buy that!” ❤️ I didn’t create HeART with the intention to sell the artwork. It was a response to a demand that I was happy to help meet as I saw it was for the greater good of the artists, the community and the business. I also know as an artist myself, that it feels great to share and sell your work! But we don’t do art sessions with the intention of creating art to sell. We do a session with the intention to create art -process art, the focus on process not product. I’ve learned from experience that nothing taints the mood of a session more than trying to create art that will sell. That’s why we dont even take commissions, though we have tried. I always stay open minded to the ideas of the community because leading a non profit means meeting the needs of the community you are serving. In my delivery of process art is the philosopy that through process and sensory driven art, individuals with disabilities and unique abilities are able to create art just like any other “typical” artist. Through Heart, I wanted the people I was working with to be seen as artists, not individuals with disabilities. HeART artists are deserving of having their art sell, like any other artist. However what started out as things I was happy to do because they brought more opportunity to the artist (like running the online shop and preparing inventory for vending at shows) have become a drain on my mental, creative and physical energy. I’ve been going in a circle with it for a long time now- trying to make the negatives into something positive and productive because again, I think selling the art is a wonderful thing for the artist and the community. I’m grappling with some guilt that I don’t want to be behind the logistics of that selling process right now. I’m happy to say I have tried. Which leads me to the tough decision that for now, I am closing the HeART shop online and will not have HeART participate in shows or markets this season. We will still be creating amazing art as usual and please make sure to check out our last few posts about our exciting new ViewBoard ❤️

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Celebrating Neurodiversity Through Art!

HeART is a non profit that aims to make art accessible to all individuals, especially those with special needs and abilities. Our method of adaptive process art is focused on having fun, self expression and the creative process. We believe in the impact of our art on the overall quality of life of the individual. Artists develop a sense of confidence, achievement and purpose through their creative offerings. Our services include: One on One Creative Facilitation, Family Art sessions, Add On Services for Schools/Therapy Centers and Purchase for a Purpose. Learn more, read our blog and view our art gallery at www.heartadaptivearts.com