ARTMAKING FOR WELLBEING
ORLANDO, FL • WORKSHOPS & KITS NATIONWIDE
Art doesn't
have to be good
to be good for you.
Artmaking experiences for healthcare, workplaces, and communities. Discover the health benefits of artmaking through quality materials and supportive guidance, without the pressure to be good at art.
Onsite, remote, and self-guided options available.
FOUNDED BY A GLOBAL ARTS IN MEDICINE FELLOW | WOMEN-OWNED | NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR ARTS IN HEALTH MEMBER
OUR OFFERINGS
Thoughtfully Designed. Easy to Love.
Three ways to bring art-for-wellbeing experiences to healthcare, workplaces, and communities.
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Facilitated artmaking session customized for your group, with onsite or remote options. We guide the experience and take care of the details so you can simply arrive, create, and enjoy the wellbeing benefits of artmaking. No pressure to produce a preset design. Participants get to keep their art supplies, and go home with a variety of guided activities for continued artmaking.
Art Workshops
Carefully curated artmaking experiences for patients, caregivers, and staff. Ready to implement! No session planning. No supply runs. We have thought through the details so your team doesn't have to. Built for patient experience teams, activity and life enrichment coordinators, creative art therapists, and arts in health program managers.
Art in Healthcare
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Art Kits
Everything you need for a curated artmaking experience. Thoughtfully packed and ready to create. Choose from a collection of art mediums. Each kit includes quality materials, guided creative activities, and is designed for wellbeing. Unique and meaningful moments for self-care, thoughtful gifts, or shared creative sessions. Available as individual kits or group orders, shipped nationwide.
Inspired by Research, Created for Community.
THE SCIENCE
Something measurable happens when you make art.
Neuroscience calls it "focused-attention engagement." You might recognize it as the moment your shoulders drop and the noise quiets. Research in arts in health and neuroaesthetics confirms what most people already sense: creative engagement measurably supports emotional regulation, reduces stress markers, and builds connection to yourself and to the people around you.
75%
of participants had
lowered stress-hormone
levels after just 45 minutes of making art
Kaimal et al., Drexel University, Art Therapy, 2016
74%
of participants
reported decreased loneliness after
arts participation
Art Pharmacy/Mass Cultural Council, 2024-2025 (measured via UCLA-3 loneliness scale)
OUR VALUED CLIENTS
Real impact. Real words.
Learn about what its like to work with us, directly from the people we serve.
MorseLife
Director of
Integrative Services
ELISA HALLILEY
MorseLife Hospice & Palliative Care
The Ugly Art Studio has become a staple for all of our bereavement events. Each kit arrives perfectly curated with everything you need to facilitate your workshop including the small details you wouldn’t think to include yourself such as a personalized Spotify playlists, goody bags for participants to take home their creation in, paper plates to complete your project on, and both facilitator and participant instructions. Our event was flawless because of Sammy and her team at UAS!
Arts in Health
Program Manager
ELIZABETH HARBAUGH
Montage Health Foundation
We are thrilled to partner with The Ugly Art Studio to create Art-for-Wellbeing kits for patients at Montage Health. The whole experience working with Sammy and UAS was incredible – she took our initial ideas and ran with them, curating beautiful bespoke kits that will create a holistic art for wellbeing experience for our patients. She also created training tools for our volunteers to facilitate these kits and help train other colleagues as well. Our volunteers and clinical staff are thrilled about offering these kits to patients and have remarked on how thoughtfully designed they are.
Corporate Finance
Senior Manager
STEPHANIE DUNNE
Molson Coors
Beverage Company
Samantha facilitated a workshop for over 120 finance professionals at our annual town hall, including our CFO, and it was a standout experience. She made art fun, accessible, and unintimidating for a room full of left-brained, numbers-focused thinkers. The session created space for creativity, connection, and stress relief, reminding us how valuable artistic expression can be for finance and accounting professionals who spend their days deep in logic and precision. Samantha has a rare ability to meet people exactly where they are and guide them into creativity with confidence and ease.
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Our gift to you -
a watercolor activity for when life feels
a little too digital.
Find yourself absorbed into color, texture, and the rhythm of making. Because, my friends, creative flow is where the magic happens.
We'd love to send you our free Meditative Mosaic activity so you can discover how your hands can help your mind drop into flow.
