Events & Exhibitions
PIXAR STUDIOS TOUR AND SCREENING, AUGUST 20, 12:00-3:30 PM
On Sunday, August 20, join us for an afternoon of fun at Pixar Animation Studios. The day begins with a 45-minute studio tour followed by a screening of the short film Carl's Date and Pixar's latest blockbuster hit, Elemental. Get to know other Kids & Art families and friends during this exciting, FREE event!
The Pixar Studios Event is open to pediatric patients/siblings/youth touched by cancer and other critical medical conditions (first come first serve, limited availability).
The Pixar Studio Tour and Screening Event is full. If you would like to be on the waitlist, please contact rachel@kidsandart.org
Kids & Art 15th Anniversary Celebration, MAY 6, 4-7 pm
Kids & Art is celebrating 15 years of healing through art! Please save the date for “A Celebration in the Garden'' on May 6, 2023, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at a beautiful private residence in Hillsborough.
Join us for this benefit event celebrating 15 years of healing through art and looking toward a future where all children in cancer treatment are uplifted through creativity.
The afternoon will be filled with lively music, delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine, and topped off with art-inspired desserts and beautiful art you won't want to miss.
We will share the Kids & Art story, honor the children and families we support, the artists who are at the heart of our work, and our Amaeyzing Awards recipients. (Named for our inspiration and founder's son, Amaey Shah.)
Let's come together to celebrate and grow our circle of healing!
Join Us!
PLEASE NOTE: Ticket sales close May 4.
“CANCER CREATIVITY CONNECTION”
saturday, MARCH 25, 2023 @ ART BIAS, 1700 Industrial Rd, San Carlos, CA
2 PM-4 PM - open house
4 PM-5PM - reception & special preseNTATION
Kids & Art will host a special art gallery exhibition and event at Art Bias featuring artworks by our pediatric patient participants and the professional artists who have worked with them. This event will tell the story of our evolution over the last 15 years. Please join us!
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Celebration day
september 24, 2022 — Golden Gate Park, SF
Celebration Day is an outdoor, child-centered day of movement, art, fun, and recognition, to honor and celebrate the children and families who have been impacted by childhood cancer.
Join us at the Barnyard at Koret Playground Picnic Area in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, for a variety of activities and fun:
Schedule of Events: We will add more details over the next few weeks.
Celebration Day Sponsors: More details on Givelively
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Kids & Art strives to not only raise awareness about the importance of art for pediatric patients - we want to also celebrate life, and the many joys we share.
San francisco women artists (SFWA) Gallery
July 30 - August 31, 2022
Special Exhibition: “Stitch2Heal Community Embroidery”
Our second exhibition and sale of Stitch2Heal embroidered squares will take place at the SFWA Gallery in August. We hope you will come by and see these incredible works of art!
Gallery Reception: August 6, 2:00pm -4:00pm. 647 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122
Stitch2Heal was a peer-to-peer community awareness and fundraising project launched in 2021 by artist Rinat Goren in support of the Kids & Art Foundation. Individuals were invited to make a donation and submit embroidered squares to be used as part of a community art project to raise awareness for childhood cancer and honor the pediatric patients and volunteer artists who have participated in Kids & Art healing art workshops over the years. S2H Embroidery Art - online shop
POP UP ART SHOW
JULY 23-23, 2022 @ 11:00am-5:00pm
Creativity on display! Come see a collection of Amaeyzing artwork by three Kids & Art artists at a fun and festive San Francisco pop up art show.
Pop Up location:
307 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA
Featured artists:
Daniel's Chalk2Heal Fundraiser
Saturday, May 14 @ 11:00am - 2:00pm
Kid’s & Art program participant and cancer survivor, Daniel, and his mom, are hosting a fun-filled day of creativity and chalk fun in support of the Kids & Art Foundation. All proceeds from this peer-to-peer fundraiser will go toward providing Amaeyzing ArtKits for kids facing cancer.
SF school of needlework & design
march 19, 2022 — 2:00PM-7:00pm
Special Exhibition: “Stitch2Heal Community Embroidery”
Stitch2Heal was a peer-to-peer community awareness and fundraising project launched in 2021 by artist Rinat Goren in support of the Kids & Art Foundation.
Individuals were invited to make a donation and submit embroidered squares to be used as part of a community art project to raise awareness for childhood cancer and honor the pediatric patients and volunteer artists who have participated in Kids & Art healing art workshops over the years.
An exhibition and sale of the Stitch2Heal embroidered squares will take place at the San Francisco School of Needlework & Design during their much-anticipated open house. We hope you will come by and see these incredible works of art!
Details and free registration. Please let us know when you might come! Thank you.
san jose museum of quilts & textiles
February 9 - july 3, 2022
Special Exhibition: “Coming Together - A Quilt for Healing”
Kids & Art and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (SJMQT) celebrate their first collaboration inspired by the historic Gee's Bend Quilts featured in author Tangular A. Irby's children's book Pearl and her Gee's Bend Quilts.
The Kids & Art community project, "Coming Together - A Quilt for Healing," spotlights quilt squares created by our pediatric cancer patients during an online art workshop lead by artist Caroline Robins and Tangular Irby.
Volunteers and donors also contributed quilt squares as part of the community project in support of the Kids & Art mission to bring the healing power of art to children and families confronting childhood cancer.
We welcome you to visit the museum to view the beautiful Kids & Art community quilt, as well as the SJMQT 45th anniversary exhibition.