Fundraising Goal: $5,000
Verified 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Art Therapy Express DoMore24 2022
Organization Mission:
Art Therapy Express is a Delaware nonprofit organization where people with all types of disabilities such as intellectual, physical, behavioral and emotional, freely express themselves through art. Art Therapy Express not only allows participants to create incredible masterpieces, but it allows participants to feel connected to a larger purpose and collective experience.
The artist community we serve, many with mild to severe medical issues, is a population at the highest risk and will be the last to return to public spaces. Therefore, it has become necessary for our 2022 visions to pivot to the most supportive, engaging, and sensory rich virtual arts programs possible. Art Therapy Express can’t help but see potential during these challenging times. It has become clear that we continue to create sustainable bridges that decrease isolation for our studio participants, the special education school programs, and the nonprofit organizations that we serve. We believe it is our responsibility to provide virtual sessions until it is safe to return to the studio, at which time we will continue our both in-person and virtual sessions for our artists that are homebound.
About Art Therapy Express Program Inc
With a 22-year history, Art Therapy Express Program provides enriching visual and
expressive art therapy and art education sessions, utilizing innovative adaptive technology and mixed media to enhance friendships, creativity, self-expression, and joy! ATE serves children and adults with physical, intellectual, emotional, and communication disabilities with group and individual sessions offered In virtual and In-person formats.
Art Therapy Express is a nonprofit organization that provides innovative, therapeutic arts programming throughout the state of Delaware. Art Therapy Express is designed for in studio and community outreach and in 2019 won the Governor’s Award for the Arts for Community Engagement serving children and adults with mild to severe intellectual, physical, emotional, and communication disabilities in schools, hospitals, residential facilities, group homes, day programs, and in their Kaleidoscope Adapted Art Studio located at the Center For Creative Arts in Yorklyn, Delaware. Our ATE Executive Director received the 2026 State Council for Persons with Disabilities Lifetime Achievement Award "reflecting outstanding achievements in advocacy for adults with disabilities, providing all individuals the freedom to express, create, and uplift through artistic expression ensuring a voice of hope, love, and insight."
Program Offerings:
- Specially designed art therapy sessions for the community, nonprofit organizations, and schools
- Bob Ross Style Paint Parties
- Special Events for Children & Adults with Mild to Severe Multiple Disabilities
- CCArts Partnership
- Staff Development Training & Adapted Technology Expertise
- Landscape Painting as Self-Care Conference Workshops
- College & University Internships Available
- Caregiver Support & Art as Self-Care Sessions
- Recipient of the Governor's Awards for the Arts - Community Engagement
- 2026 SCPD Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Organization Details
Name:
Art Therapy Express Program Inc
EIN: 200573336
Street Address:
410 Upper Snuff Mill Row
City: Yorklyn
State: DE Zip: 19707
Counties Served: New Castle
Office Locations: Hockessin, Yorklyn
Sectors: Arts & Culture, Disability Services, Education, Human Services, Mental Health & Crisis Prevention, Recreation & Sports, Volunteerism, DDOA Grantee, Family Services
Recent Donations
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Hope Shiber
(in honor of Haley Shiber) --- - Anonymous $25
- Susan Guariano ---
- Anonymous $200
- $1,000
- Linda DiLouie $25
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Rory DiLouie
(in honor of Linda DiLouie ) $25 - Winona Lieux $200
- Anonymous $200
- Lisa Bartoli $500
