our services

Our goal is to provide life-enriching art therapy programs to everyone, including individuals who otherwise would not have access to these services. We reach more than 1,800 people each year across a wide range of programs. Our services include:

contracted services

Agencies interested in enriching their existing programs or developing a brand new program can contract with us to provide art therapy services directly to their clients (individually or in groups) on site or through our studio. Learn more.

Hospital-based Programs

Medical agencies and institutions interested in expanding their in-patient and health programs can contract with us to provide art therapy services on site as an additional service or as part of an established treatment team. Learn more.

Community Art Classes

Our “Discover the Artist Within You” classes are modeled after our philosophy that art making is central to the healing process. Classes utilize creative therapeutic arts techniques in group settings to focus on specific concerns and various approaches to art using painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture. Learn more. 

'Our therapist does a great job engaging the clients to the best of their ability...she does a great job of meeting them where they are.'

Anonymous Care Manager

contracted services

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We provide customizable and fully integrated fee-for-service programs designed to meet established goals. Our studio is unique because we not only provide a credentialed art therapist, we also include supervision, peer support, and continuing education for our staff as part of our hourly rate. Our goal is to provide you with the highest level of therapist to maximize the effectiveness of your program.

We also provide short programs such as employee wellness workshops, staff retreats, and presentations.

At our studio, we collaborate with you to provide services that best fits your needs. We partner with a wide range of institutions.

Contact us for more information or to request an RFP.

hospital-based programs

We provide customizable and fully integrated programs for in-patient hospital units such as oncology, renal care and dialysis, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.  We also work with health and service agencies such as hospice and palliative care to reach individuals with Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and stroke victims.

At our studio, we collaborate with you to provide services that best fits your needs. We partner with a wide range of institutions.

Contact us for more information or to request an RFP.

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community art classes

For over 30 years, we’ve offered unique, innovative community-based art therapy classes. Our “Discover the Artist Within You” (or “DTA”) classes are provided on a quarterly basis throughout the year and are open to all members of the community. Our credentialed art therapists are especially equipped to work with emotional, cognitive, or physical limitations and are fully adaptable to the needs of the student. We are a strengths-focused organization and therefore choice and control are left in the hands of the artist.  Our therapists nurture safe and creative spaces for individuals to rediscover and enhance themselves through art.

Our classes are available to people with special needs on a sliding fee scale basis. Our Board of Trustees and staff work hard to ensure that no person needing services is ever turned away because of inability to pay.

See our course catalog for course descriptions and registration information.

In case of inclement weather, all DTA classes will be cancelled if Cleveland City Schools has a snow day. If we have inclement weather but Cleveland City Schools is not cancelled, individual classes may be cancelled. Students will be notified of cancellation by their art therapist. 

We currently offer classes in four locations:

Art Therapy Studio at Fairhill Partners
(ATS administrative office location)

12200 Fairhill Road, Cleveland 44120
Directions to Fairhill Partners

Spaces Studio
located in Spaces Gallery
2900 Detroit Aveune, Cleveland, 44113
Directions to Spaces 

MetroHealth Senior Health & Wellness Center Studio
Old Brooklyn Campus
4229 Pearl Road, Cleveland 44109
Directions to MetroHealth

Ursuline College Studio
2600 Lander Road, Pepper Pike 44124
Directions to Ursuline

Our programs are generously funded by:

Cleveland-Foundation
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Jochum-Moll Foundation
Carol Kelley Graham Hunter Foundation
Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
The Children’s Guild of Cleveland
The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation