At just 18 years old, Julia has already built a remarkable artistic portfolio. From ceramics to digital design, printmaking to collage, her creative talents span a wide range of styles and media. For Julia, art is more than a hobby. As she says, “It’s not just a fun thing I do; it’s part of who [...]
On September 27, 2024, Snow City Arts hosted hundreds of guests from Chicago’s philanthropic, medical, corporate, and artistic communities at Gallery Night 2024: To Go Inside a TV! To Go Inside a TV brings together art created by young people navigating life in the hospital, framed by the theme of retro technology and nostalgia. The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcfYqpOg0Kc Snow City Arts student Olivia first met Teaching Artist Monica Acosta when she was in the hospital, and Monica asked, “Would you like to make art today?” Olivia said yes, and her day got a little brighter. “When someone knocked on our door and asked if she wanted to do an [...]
In 2023, Snow City Arts reached a remarkable milestone—25 years of fostering creativity and community engagement. This journey of a quarter-century was celebrated in grand style at the much-anticipated Gallery Night, where we invited members from every corner of the Snow City Arts community to share their thoughts on what our organization means to them. [...]
2023 marks the 25th year of Snow City Arts! To commemorate this milestone, we are collecting stories from anyone who is—or has been—a part of the Snow City Arts family. You can submit your story here. Leading up to the 2023 Gallery Night on October 13th, we will be sharing stories of Snow City [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0n_KMTJGEg Above, a video about Snow City Arts' Cam Busch NOAH Arts In Health Award-Winning program, Art Break, including impressive data on how this program impacts clinician wellness. Snow City Arts’ mission is to inspire and educate youth in hospitals through the arts. Through this work, we have existed in close proximity to [...]
Nylah has always had a passion for music, and her palette includes everyone from Rihanna to Elton John. Her love of music began in childhood, when she would listen to the radio while cleaning alongside her grandmother. She also fondly remembers watching music videos, and being so inspired to dance that she leapt up [...]
Teaching Artist and painter Monica Acosta led a packed virtual house on October 17, 2020, in this intergenerational painting workshop with our partner Wheaton Public Library. The lesson is online and can be completed with some basic materials at home! This was the third Arts Dupage Month celebration we have participated in and was made [...]
“What’s the silliest noise you can think of?” That’s often a very important question Snow City Arts’ music teaching artist Lenny Zieben asks after finding out whether a child in the hospital is interested in making music. When a student wants to play guitar, keyboard, or even ukulele, Zieben pulls out that instrument and they [...]
The teaching artists at Snow City Arts have a saying, “Choice is voice.” The children they work with don’t have much say about what happens throughout their time in the hospital. Tests, treatments, doctor visits, meals, mobility: these decisions are made by the medical staff. So from the first thing the teaching artists say when [...]
