At Tracy’s Kids 2013 was a really busy year. Here is a sampling of what we’ve been up to:

• We began and ended the year with work on display at Carroll Square Gallery, 975 F St, NW, Washington, DC. Our current show is up through January 24, so there’s still time to take it in.
• Our first ever music video “Tracy’s Kids Keep your Head Up!” went up on Youtube. (Still one of the most cheerful videos on Youtube!)
• Art exhibit at Lombardi Cancer Center
• Another successful Red Carpet Fundraiser in February
• an entry in the Washington Post Magazine’s Peeps Diorama Contest that didn’t win, but made the Kids’ Post
• a great story about us on the Voice of America
• the launch of our Junior Monet art gift site
• a summer mosaic mural project led by students at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
• creating American flag-themed art for a show with abstract painter Kari Kant
• inpatient space renovations at Georgetown and Methodist San Antonio
• two mentions on the news in San Antonio, TX
• a comprehensive Program Evaluation by participants in all five programs
• an art show at Life with Cancer Center
• celebrating holidays with the kids at all the hospitals
• creating “gingerbread men” decorations for soldiers in Afghanistan
• leading art activities to support staff  in all our locations
• creating art about the famous sights of  Washington and San Antonio for our Carroll Square show
• and in one amazing week in December building and decorating Nationals Stadium out of gingerbread with help from players Ross Detwiler and Denard Span, hosting Santa’s visit to the kids at Georgetown/Lombardi Center, and opening our latest show of work by Tracy’s Kids at Carroll Square!!

Here’s a photo gallery of some of the year’s highlights:

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  Exam table paper transforms the inpatient unit hallway into an art studio.

  

  

  Balloon Hat

  

  

  Tracy’s Kids at Carroll Square 2012

  

  

  Drawing ideas

  

  

  Tracy’s Kids team with Kari Kant and Sabra Rogers

  

  

  David Cohen of Comcast/NBCUniversal, Marcelle Leahy, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Congressman Dave Camp and Matt Gerson

  

  Big heads on their way to the Red Carpet

  

We couldn’t do it without support from so many of you, so I want to take one final opportunity to say thank-you:

•  to the  donors and supporters who make our work possible,
• the hardworking and dedicated art therapists who bring healing, creativity and laughter to the hospitals every day,
• the hospitals and healthcare teams who welcome us so warmly, and community partners like Hope for Henry, Growing Hope and Life with Cancer, Hemphill Fine Arts and Carroll Square
• and most of all our  patients and their families–you bring your hearts, hands and energy to the art tables in all five locations.

Thank-you, thank-you, and Happy 2014 from everyone at Tracy’s Kids!