Snow City Arts - arts and education for hospitalized children

Snow City Arts recognizes
that chronically ill children - those who spend weeks or months in and out of the hospital - are often deprived of the same educational support enjoyed by healthy children. Snow City Arts addresses this trend through our pioneering educational workshops in Creative Writing, Music, Visual Arts, and Theater which provide much-needed developmental outlets for hospitalized children. As opposed to
therapy or recreation, Snow
City Arts' programs put the focus on learning. Through our unique
partnership with the Chicago
Public School system, children in our programs can receive classroom credit for work accomplished in the hospital. Artistically, our programs are fueled in part by partnerships with some of Chicago's most esteemed cultural and academic institutions. Since 1998, more than 11,000
hospitalized children have learned how putting a value on their education is only second to their quest for good health, and how artistic pursuits translate to life-learned skills.