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Art kits for healthcare,
delivered ready.
The Ugly Art Studio provides process-based art kits and workshops to hospitals, hospices, senior living communities, and other healthcare settings. Each kit arrives ready to use with all the supplies included, plus easy-to-follow activities, and zero planning burden on your staff.
Ways to bring art kits into your healthcare setting:
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Offer kits to patients, families, & staff for wellbeing support
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Easily host art workshops for your community
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Book our facilitators for all-inclusive art events
"Art, alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature, is the forgotten fifth pillar of health."
Dr. Daisy Fancourt, Art Cure, 2026
CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT
MADE EASY.
Less planning. More meaningful moments.
If you run patient experience or activities programming, you know where the hours actually go. Session planning. Sourcing supplies. Standing in a craft store aisle wondering which paintbrushes are right. The event itself is the "easy part"; everything before is the burden.
At The Ugly Art Studio, we take the weight off your shoulders, so you can offer the high quality arts programming you envision, with less stress. We plan. We prep. And we deliver.
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT
Artmaking in Healthcare
Simple ways our art kits support wellbeing in healthcare settings
Kits for Patients, Families, and Staff
Kits arrive ready to hand to someone for fast yet highly effective wellbeing support.
How our art kits are being used:
- Offered to patients as part of their care experience
- Stocked in gift shops for visitors
- Gifted to staff and volunteers
Each kit includes quality supplies, step-by-step activities, and a curated playlist.
Flexible ordering. Whether you need just a few kits or bulk orders for ongoing programs, choose from on-demand or scheduled deliveries.
Kits for Your
Group Sessions
Help Creative Arts Therapists, Activity Coordinators, and team leaders run meaningful group sessions with zero prep.
Our kits are being used for:
- Bereavement groups
- Self-care sessions
- Team-building workshops
- Social activities for seniors
Ease the burden on your programming staff so they can focus on facilitation.
The planning, procurement, and prepping has been done for you. All your team has to do is facilitate. And we've made that part easy, too. We provide a Facilitation Guide to make sure you have the support you need.
Want us to run a workshop?
We can do that, too.
Onsite in Greater Orlando Area
+ nationwide virtual events
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We bring our art kits and our team to you.
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One of our highly trained facilitators guides your group through a complete artmaking experience, set-up and clean up included.
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Suited to special engagements like patient or staff wellbeing events, volunteer appreciation, resident activities, conferences, and retreats.
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Average Duration is 2 hours
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Price starts at $750, includes all supplies and services
Your brand
on our kits.
We're in this together.
Let us customize the art kits to reflect your organization's branding for a seamless extension of your program. Whether the kits are sponsored by your foundation, offered in your gift shop, or created for a special initiative, we'll work with you to design the perfect user experience.
Tell us what you have in mind, and we'll scope it together > inquire here
Recognized by the Field
Recommended by the people in it.
"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!"
Elisa Halliley
Director of Integrative Services at MorseLife
THE UGLY ART STUDIO IS PROUDLY LISTED ON THE NEUROARTS RESOURCE CENTER DATABASE
THE UGLY ART STUDIO IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR ARTS IN HEALTH
THE UGLY ART STUDIO WAS FOUNDED BY A GLOBAL ARTS IN MEDICINE FELLOW
THE CASE FOR LEADERSHIP
Helping Great Programs Grow
You can count on us.
Artmaking is an investment in the experience your organization delivers. Arts in health programming supports patient experience, staff wellbeing, and family engagement — the human moments that families remember and experience surveys reflect.
It's also easier to fund than many organizations expect. Art kits become a sustainable part of your programming and are commonly supported through patient experience budgets, foundation or auxiliary sponsorship, employee wellbeing initiatives, and gift shop retail.
Our kits and workshops are turnkey for your staff, so the true cost is listed on the invoice, not hidden in weeks of staff preparation behind the scenes. Our goal is to help you build a reliable, efficient, and scalable program that is easier to implement operationally, and just as meaningful for the people it serves.
"Engaging in the arts improves the functioning of every major organ system in the body"
Dr. Daisy Fancourt, Art Cure, 2026
science with soul
What does the research say about artmaking, health, and connection?
THE PROOF IS IN THE RESEARCH
Active artmaking produces a measurable physical response, one that shows up in the body within minutes, not weeks. And that response is not an isolated finding. It sits inside a much larger body of research connecting arts engagement to quality of health across a person's life, from stress in the moment to how the body ages over decades.
In a Drexel University study, 75% of adults showed a measurable drop in cortisol, the body's primary stress hormone, after just 45 minutes of making art, regardless of prior experience. The finding lines up with a much larger picture. In a 2019 review, The World Health Organization's synthesized more than 3,000 studies and found a measurable role for the arts across the lifespan. And the evidence keeps building: a 2026 UCL study linked regular arts engagement to a slower pace of biological aging, comparable to physical activity, with the strongest effect in adults over 40.
Working Alongside Creative Arts Therapists
WE MAKE A GREAT TEAM.
Art therapy and arts-in-health serve different roles, and that's exactly what makes us such strong partners. While art therapy is a regulated clinical profession led by credentialed therapists, our role is arts-in-health: creating approachable artmaking experiences so more people can enjoy the benefits of making art.
At The Ugly Art Studio, we love working with creative arts therapists. We prepare, package, and deliver ready-to-use art kits, so they can dedicate more time to leading the important clinical work. Each art kit arrives with quality art supplies and guided activities, reducing the burden of sourcing and prepping materials.
In short: Art therapists bring the clinical expertise, we make sure they have art supplies ready at their fingertips.
IDEAS FOR GETTING STARTED
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Order kits for an upcoming group workshop
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Stock kits in your office to offer patients a take-home extension of your practice
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See if our kits qualify for your social prescribing program
FAQs
You've got questions, we've got answers.
What is arts in healthcare programming?
Arts in healthcare programming integrates creative, process-focused artmaking into healthcare experiences to support patients, caregivers, and staff, wherever care happens, not only within a single institution's walls. It spans hospitals, senior living, hospice, and other care settings, delivered through facilitated workshops or self-guided kits. The focus is always the experience of making, not artistic skill or a finished piece.
Is this art therapy?
No. Art therapy is a regulated clinical practice delivered by credentialed art therapists, and we don't provide it. Our workshops and kits are arts in health programming: facilitated artmaking for wellbeing and connection. See how we work alongside credentialed therapists
Who facilitates the workshops?
It depends on the format. For onsite and remote workshops, one of our facilitators leads the session. For self-guided kits, your own team facilitates, using the structure and instructions we provide. Either way, it's facilitation, not instruction.
What settings do you serve?
We serve a range of healthcare and care settings, including assisted living, senior living, memory care, hospice and bereavement programs, PACE-style day programs, hospitals, and staff wellbeing events. Many of our senior living partners describe this as creative aging programming. If you don't see your setting listed, ask, most care environments are a good fit.
How much preparation does my team need to do?
No experience expected, and none required. Every workshop and kit is built around process over perfection, so participants engage at whatever level feels right for them. This works for lifelong crafters and people who haven't picked up a paintbrush since grade school, side by side.
How do we get pricing?
Pricing depends on format, kit tier, and group size, so we quote based on what you actually need rather than a flat rate. Tell us about your organization and your group through our inquiry form, and we'll follow up with a clear, itemized quote.
Do you carry liability insurance?
Yes, we carry liability insurance and can provide a certificate of insurance on request.
What's included in the art kits?
We provide everything you need for the art activity, including all required supplies, quality materials, step-by-step instructions, a curated music playlist, PLUS some of our kits even include self-care extras. All of this, packaged beautifully and ready to use.
Are the kits suitable for healthcare settings?
Yes, our kits are specially designed for healthcare settings, using non-toxic and safe materials, plus activities that are built for flexible participation, usable in a variety of care environments, and welcoming for all levels of ability.
Still have questions?
Send us an email, we'd love to chat. hello@uglyartstudio.com
Get in Touch
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida
Serving customers nationwide
(407) 329-4452
Bring Artmaking for Wellbeing to Your Organization
Tell us about your setting and your people. We'll recommend the right format and handle the rest.