Bellevue Hospital – Holiday Cards 12/20/2025

Just in time for the holidays, we teamed up with the kids staying at Bellevue Hospital to help them make drawings and cards they could give to their family and friends as gifts! Reindeer sailed through the skies, Sonic screamed down the slopes, and Titan TV Man stomped around looking for his presents. There was also one sweet birthday boy there who got several cards made just for him.

Thanks so much to our amazing Event Director, Micheline Hess, for coordinating such a special day. And to our little elf workshop of volunteers: Dennis Calero, Tim Savage, and Elizabeth Winter.

St. Mary’s Hospital Holiday Cards 12/13/2025

We love the great big group of kids at St. Mary’s Hospital and had so much fun helping them create special holiday cards for their family and friends. The kids donned their paper with Santas and reindeer and tall trees aglow with sparkling lights. Some lucky ones also got their caricatures done to share or keep as a special gift all their own.

Huge thanks to our little elves: Ray Alma, Bil Donovan, Stephen Kroninger, Marty Macaluso, Adrian Sinnott, and the indomitable Tim Savage–our Event Director–for pulling all this holiday magic together for the kids!

Halloween Fun at Bellevue Hospital 10/25/2025

For Halloween this year we headed to Bellevue Hospital to cobble together some creepy crawly characters! Our event Director, Micheline Hess and volunteer Jason Chatfield led a Franken-character game where the kids took turns suggesting body parts like octopus arms and pumpkin heads to create one hilarious new creature. Then each child got an owl figurine to decorate and keep in their room as their own private guardian.

The day ended with a little show and tell where each child described how they arrived at their original kooky creation. One kid said he couldn’t wait to show his werewolf-headed ghost with mushroom feet to his mom!

Sea Shell Art with New Alternatives for Children 09/24/2025

We had a super spe-shell 🐚 day with the New Alternatives for Children kids today! We helped this crafty group turn natural shells into Ninja Turtles, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and secret troves for hidden messages.

Our wonderful activity guide, Elana Amity, answered curious questions like, “how do the animals make their shells?” and explained how shells can be many different creatures’ homes over the course of their time in the sea.

Huge thanks to our Event Director Lisa LaBracio for coordinating the many moving parts to this event, and to our pro artist Ink Well Kids volunteers, Mike Burns, Jason Chatfield, and Tim Savage.

And thanks to Blick Art Materials for helping us share art kits with each of the kids so they can keep on keeping on all these groovy shell creations! ❤️

St. Mary’s Hospital 9/13/2025

We had a beautiful busy day at St. Mary’s Hospital, teaching the kids how to draw original characters and actions using folded paper. Our caricaturists also created some lovely portraits, prompting many kids to give that a go themselves and soon everyone was drawing each other in all sorts of scenes.

Huge thanks to our incredible Event Director for everything we do at St. Mary’s Hospital, Tim Savage. And to our trusty volunteers–Ray Alma, Jane Archer, Marty Macaluso, and Adrian Sinnott–who drew steadily for nearly two hours, creating countless drawings with the kids and imparting so many new skills that will help them continue to create on their own.

New Alternatives for Children Olympics 6/28/2025

We put our talents to the test at the New Alternatives for Children Olympics! Caricatures, character design, and “my hero” trophy drawings were our events and the kids swept it all. This was a special outing for the wonderful children we work with at NAC, a center supporting children with special medical needs in adoptive and foster care.

Thanks to our pro-artist volunteer A-team: Ray Alma, Jane Archer, Elana Amity, Tracey Berglund, Stephen Kroninger, Oded Naaman, Tim Savage, Adrian Sinnott, and a very warm welcome to new Ink Weller, Mike Burns!

And to our champion Event Director, Lisa LaBracio who coordinated the day and our dear Dennis Calero who led the entire Ink Well Kids show day of.

Last, we are so grateful to Blick Art Materials for donating the art supplies that allowed us to provide all our activities and art kits for the kids entirely free! 💛