Tape Art has a rich history in healing and healthcare, beginning in 1995 with the Hope mural, drawn for the relief workers in Oklahoma City directly after the Alfred P. Murrah federal building bombing. We currently create collaborative drawings several times a month at Hasbro Children’s Hospital here in Providence, Rhode Island. Through our experiences working inside healthcare environments, we have found Tape Art to provide patients with a positive opportunity for engagement, expression, ownership, and escape.

   It is important to stress the opportunities for creativity we provide for patients. While we love drawing, we feel most privileged when we enable others to express themselves creatively. Whether that is by providing a brief demonstration, handing people their own roll and giving them the o.k. to "go for it", or by asking them questions about what things they might want on the walls and providing the opportunity for patients to act as directors of their very own mural-making performance.

   We salute all those who choose to work in healthcare and believe that as visual artists and educators we have our own part to play in a patient’s well being. Inside healthcare environments we wear a variety of hats: as instructors (helping a sister transform her brother's room), facilitators (taking instructions from bedridden patients), and sensitive creatures who enjoy creating.(we love the opportunity to communicate with patients, families, and staff to gather ideas and uncover interests)

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For more information regarding Tape Art and healing, visit www.tapeart.com/health