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Healing Through the Arts Programming


​Healing Through the Arts receives grant funding through the
​Cargill Community Cares Foundation

We're excited to announce Cargill Community Cares Foundation has generously awarded our Healing Through the Arts Programming $2,000 allowing us to offer the progamming in 2017. We are always looking for NEW donors and donations for this much needed programming in North Georgia. If you can donate, please click on the link below.
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Healing through the Arts is a new art program for the benefit of the Northeast Georgia Community through the Quinlan Visual Arts Center. More than simply an art class, it is a valuable life enrichment opportunity. Over the past three years the Quinlan has successfully expanded community outreach in the arts to provide for underserved members of the community but until recently, many of the programs have been limited to opportunities for children. In 2014, the Quinlan began making services to senior citizens a priority.

The Quinlan has partnered with The Guest House, a Health Care and Activities Center for seniors who need day-time care and company, with the first set of classes. Specially trained artists and art educators Fox Gradin, Mary Frances Hull and Joe Emery have been teaching portable art classes with meaningful activities that provide support, stimulation and social interaction. Based upon other successful area outreach programs each class will result in a finished project. Projects include painting, sculpture, ceramics, book making, mosaics and more. Healing Through the Arts Instructor, Mary Frances Hull, after teaching one of the first classes, recalls, “I had a really nice time with the folks at the Guest House. One student created her own collage scene with Lake Lanier and boats and floating leaves and a sunshine for Groundhog Day. Our oldest student did a forest scene and decided it needed a house. We cut out a house and she pasted it down and giggled because she said it was so small it looked like a dog house. So we cut out a small brown dog to put with it and a sunshine to which she sang “You are my Sun Shine".  All these beautiful people are so creative.”

Classes meet bi-weekly for an hour at no cost to the participants. Grant funding provided for this programming was awarded by the North Georgia Community Foundation. With only five more months being fully funded, the Quinlan is seeking additional funding to continue the program and offer it to other venues. Quinlan’s Executive Director, Amanda McClure’s vision for the program is to ultimately expand and grow. “I’d like to see this program offered weekly for the most benefit to the participants and to add other venues and partners as well.”

All outreach programs are developed directly from feedback from members of our community. Each program represents a unique opportunity to make a valuable and far reaching impact on the quality of life in Northeast Georgia through the visual arts. To make a monetary contribution to help continue to grow the Healing through the Arts program, contact the Quinlan 770-536-2575 or email us [email protected]


See below The Times featured article "Guest House Clients Relax With One Stroke of the Brush" by Kelsey Williams, which details what a valuable life enrichment opportunity this is for the community.

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  • HOME
  • Education
    • Quinlan School of Art
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    • Educators Resources
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  • Engagement
  • BECOME A MEMBER
  • SUPPORT US
    • INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES
    • Donations
    • Sponsor us
  • IN THE NEWS
  • ABOUT
    • Staff and Board
    • YPAC
    • History