Healing Through Art

Healing Through Art Healing Through Art is a FREE art therapy program for families touched by cancer in Flint, MI.

Artwork Spotlight ✨Every piece in The Art of Healing tells a unique story of resilience, vulnerability, and hope. This f...
06/04/2026

Artwork Spotlight ✨

Every piece in The Art of Healing tells a unique story of resilience, vulnerability, and hope. This featured work offers just one perspective among many shared by patients, survivors, and caregivers through the Healing Through Art program.

🖼️ Exhibit on display through July 12
🎉 Closing Reception: July 10 during the Flint Art Walk

Come see the full collection and discover the stories behind the art. 💜

06/03/2026

Nobody tells you about the tangled part.
The confusion. The slow start. The "am I even doing this right?" phase.
But every artist who's built something real went through it.
Hard at first. Messy in the middle. Gorgeous at the end.
Trust the process. 🧡

🎨 New Art Exhibition Opening June 5th!☀️ June is here, and we have a full month of programs designed to support, connect...
06/02/2026

🎨 New Art Exhibition Opening June 5th!

☀️ June is here, and we have a full month of programs designed to support, connect, and inspire our community.

We're especially excited to welcome visitors to our newest art exhibition, featuring artwork created by individuals and families touched by cancer. Through painting, clay, and mixed media, these artists share stories of strength, hope, grief, healing, and resilience.

Take a look at our June calendar to see our programs this month.

We look forward to seeing you soon—whether at a program, in the gallery, or both! 💙

🎨 Sneak Peek: The Art of Healing 🎨This powerful piece of art is just a glimpse of The Art of Healing: Exploring Cancer T...
05/29/2026

🎨 Sneak Peek: The Art of Healing 🎨

This powerful piece of art is just a glimpse of The Art of Healing: Exploring Cancer Through Art, Story, and Symbolism, featuring artwork created by patients, survivors, and caregivers through the Healing Through Art program at Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint.

🖼️ On display June 5 – July 12
✨ Closing Reception: July 10
🎨 During the Flint Art Walk

Join us to experience moving stories of resilience, healing, and hope expressed through art.

💜 "You can fall apart; just don't lose the pieces to put yourself back together again."

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

05/28/2026

The Art of Healing: Exploring Cancer Through Art, Story, and Symbolism will feature the artwork of Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) patients, survivors, and caregivers. Each work of art was created in the KCI Flint Healing Through Art program, facilitated by registered art therapist Erin Simonetti. Some of the artwork incorporates medical materials transformed into symbols of resilience. The Art of Healing exhibit will run from June 5 through July 12 at the FIA. To learn more about McLaren Flint's Art Therapy Program, follow the link.
McLaren.org/flint-foundation/healing-through-art-mclaren-flint-foundation

Coming soon!
05/28/2026

Coming soon!

Our Grief Tree Rings workshop was such a meaningful reminder that grief doesn’t move in a straight line.Just like the ri...
05/11/2026

Our Grief Tree Rings workshop was such a meaningful reminder that grief doesn’t move in a straight line.

Just like the rings of a tree, every season of life leaves its mark on us. Some layers hold joy, some hold pain, and some represent the quiet growth that happens after loss. The loss itself may never fully disappear — but over time, we learn to grow around it.

Through art, reflection, and conversation, we explored how grief changes shape through the seasons of our lives. Every piece created tonight told a different story, yet all carried the same reminder: healing is not about “getting over” loss, but learning how to carry it with compassion.

So grateful for everyone who showed up with openness, courage, and vulnerability. 🤍🎨🌳

Today’s Leaving an Imprint workshop was incredibly powerful. Through clay, participants explored identity, illness, resi...
05/06/2026

Today’s Leaving an Imprint workshop was incredibly powerful. Through clay, participants explored identity, illness, resilience, grief, healing, and hope — each mask telling a deeply personal story without needing many words.

Some pieces reflected the visible and invisible impacts of cancer and treatment, while others revealed strength, transformation, humor, protection, or the parts of ourselves we keep hidden. Watching people create, connect, and express emotions through art was such an honor.

Art has a way of making space for stories that are hard to say out loud. Today reminded me how meaningful creative expression can be in the healing process. 💛

A special thanks to Meg from the Flint Institute of Arts for helping us with this project.

Next, the masks will be kiln fired and finished with iron oxide before being displayed at our upcoming art show — allowing these stories and experiences to continue being witnessed and honored by the community.

Address

Karmanos Cancer Institute At McLaren Flint
Flint, MI
48532

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm

Website

http://www.calendly.com/healing-t

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