One of the first arts-in-healthcare organizations in the United States, The Creative Center at University Settlement has brought the arts to people with living with cancer or chronic illness, their caregivers, and medical professionals since 1994.  

In our Art Workshop Program, we offer daily visual, literary, and performing arts workshops, both in-person and virtually, always free of charge. Our Hospital Artist-in-Residence Program, active at more than 11 hospital sites, offers arts instruction to patients, caregivers, and hospital staff. Our work also supports older adults across the aging spectrum in discovering their own creative resources while meeting the challenges of aging in senior centers, long-term care, and geriatric facilities. 

Long recognized among the leading innovators of the Creative Aging field, we also offer a wide range of consulting services to help all kinds of healthcare organizations design, implement, and sustain meaningful arts programs. We also host an annual Training Institute for artists and administrators working at the intersection of healthcare and the arts, funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.