Proud to share this Newsday feature, highlighting our work with St. Mary's Kids! We've been heading to this wonderful Bayside, Long Island hospital for over 16 years & love hosting our free arts events there. On stands now or subscribers can access here: newsday.com/lifestyle/fami…

Tonight! We’re making pop-up #ValentinesDay cards & Be-Mine boxes at NAC Kids Can ❤️ #FosterCare Lisa LaBracio

We made Valentine's cards and Be Mine boxes w the NAC Kids Can youth & mentors this month!  Their butterfly, duck, cow, & cat designs delivered messages of love and support, & each teen got a gift of art supplies to keep creating on their own.  🦋 🦆 🐮 😻 #FosterChildren #Adopt

Micheline Hess, Jason Chatfield, & Elizabeth Winter drew springtime scenes & other things w the kids at Bellevue Hospital last week! One girl designed harlequin costumes, another her favorite bball team saying, "this is the best day ever!" Agreed. 😊 #ArtHeals #NYCanimation

Love this documentary short. Demonstrates how second chances for some can help others get a first sense of what it feels like to be cared about and given something special, made just for them. imdb.com/title/tt321654… #FosterCare #ArtHeals

🌍 Celebrating #worldenvironmentday! We try to use biodegradable materials at our free art events w children facing illness & home-life challenges. As our young artists create homemade crafts, they also plant seeds of sustainability. 🌱 #PlasticFree #EcoFriendlyCreativity

#DYK that all Ink Well volunteers are professional artists from the #animation, #illustration, and #cartooning industries? Like our NAC Kids Can Event Director, Lisa LaBracio, who is currently artist in residence at @artontheblocknyc. Catch her show Tues/Sat's now thru July 12!

At the #NACOlympics, caricatures, character design, and "my hero" trophies were our events and the kids swept it all! This was a special outing with NAC Kids Can, a center for children with special medical needs in adoptive & #foster care. #Adopt #ArtHeals #InkWellKids #Nonprofit

This week our special guest host, Elana Amity, brings her expertise as a former LaGuardia High School teacher & lifelong fine artist to teach the NAC Kids Can children how to make original characters w acrylic markers on seashells! Waves of fun coming soon #SeashellArt #FosterCare

We ❤️ & appreciate all the places the NAC Kids Can wild imaginations take us! This time we turned natural shells into Ninja Turtles, Courage the Cowardly Dog (shoutout to #NYCanimation!!), and secret troves for hidden messages. Thx to our spe-shell 🐚 pro artist volunteers!

Great day drawing with St. Mary's Kids! We ♥️ teaching the kids how to draw their favorite #cartoon characters and incorporating their infinitely creative imaginations. So much talent & lovely community here. #ArtHeals #NYCvolunteer

🎃 At Bellevue Hospital we cobbled together creepy crawley #Halloween characters! One child said, "I can’t wait to show my werewolf-headed ghost with mushroom feet to my mom" 👻 Then we decorated owl figurines to keep in the kids' rooms as their own private guardian🦉#ArtHeals

Ink Well Kids volunteer, Board member, & renowned #CharacterDesign maestro, Peter de Séve, is auctioning off an original signed work to benefit the Ink Well Kids! 3-days only. ebay.us/m/KRs7j8 Thanks to all for your support!!!💚❤️ #Animation #CharacterDesign #ArtAuction

Our handmade cards for the children overstaying the holidays at Bellevue Hospital are on their way in Santa's sleigh! Elana Amity kicked things off with these North Pole cuties. #HandmadeCards #Illustration #ArtHeals

So good to see our NYC volunteers for a little pre-holiday cheer last night. Thank you for making everything we do here possible!! 🤗🎄❤️

We don't monkey around when it comes to making something special for our Ink Well Kids! Thanks to volunteer, Bil Donovan for these handmade cards, on their way to children overstaying the holidays at Bellevue Hospital. #Handmade #watercolorpainting #watercolorart

Another beautiful #watercolor on its way to the kids at Bellevue Hospital. Thanks to our long-time volunteer, Adrian Sinnott, for this merry mouse sighting ☺️ 🐭

Snowmen, astronauts, and aliens alike could all use a little holiday cheer. Thanks to #animation superstar, Pedro Delgado, for sending these adorable hand-made cards to the kids being served at Bellevue Hospital.

Thanks to @stephenkroninger for these very cool Christmas #collage cards for the children being served at Bellevue Hospital over the holidays. #CuteKitty

What a beautiful day, drawing with the kids at St. Mary's Kids! We’ve been coming here for nearly 20 years but each time feels only more meaningful, especially around the holidays. #InkWellKids Adrian Sinnott