ArtsCare artists are active in a growing number of healthcare sites and with diverse populations. See below for details about our programming at each location.
Contact Sara Krainik for more information.
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Dialysis — one on one work with patients during treatment, offering arts & crafts and therapeutic writing
Mental Health — Group work (with therapists present) using a wide range of mediums and emphasizing process over product
Harpist on the Wards — a Moveable Feast of music as harpists travel among floors 2 – 4 and at bedside
Cardio-Vascular Dept — our newest unit of service, providing art projects for team-building and self-care for staff and patients
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center website
Mario Pastega House
Artists & Musicians — weekly evenings of arts & craft projects for patients, family members, and staff alternating with a variety of musical evenings, including sing-along to familiar tunes.
Samaritan Albany Cancer Resource Center
Samaritan Albany Cancer Resource Center website
Hospice Care at Samaritan Albany General Hospital
Beginning July 2012, ArtsCare musicians will rotate each week offering harp, viola, guitar, piano, and voice. Artscare Musicians are Kathy Morris, Julie Davis, Lorraine Anderson, and Tiah Swanson
Hospice Care at Samaritan Albany General Hospital website
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
Dialysis — one on one work with patients during treatment, offering arts & crafts and therapeutic writing
Cardiac Rehab & Infusion — harpist plays weekly in both units, music from Johnny Cash to Celtic lullabies.
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital website
Samaritan Regional Cancer Center
Music in Waiting Areas — patients awaiting treatment listen to soothing viola or voice & guitar from our highly skilled musicians
Shodo — beautiful Chinese calligraphy taught as meditation and art form by a retired oncologist (quarterly or by request)
Samaritan Regional Cancer Center website
Monthly classes in ceramics with ArtsCare Artist, Terry Inokuma, and a broad range of visual arts for adults with physical disabilities and/or memory loss — emphasis is on creative play, self-confidence, and community building among participants.
Grace Center for Adult Day Services website
Quail Run
Monthly ceramics and painting classes with ArtsCare Artists, Holly Dubrasich and Lucy Johnson.
Stoneybrook Assisted Living
Monthly classes in ceramics with ArtsCare Artist, Terry Inokuma.
Stoneybrook Assisted Living contact information
Timberhill Place
Monthly writing or painting classes with ArtsCare Artist & Program Coordinator.
Timberhill Place contact information
West Hills Assisted Living
Monthly classes in ceramics with ArtsCare Artist, Terry Inokuma.
