Sing for Hope

Sing for Hope envisions a world in which all individuals and communities have easy access to creative resources, because creativity fosters healthier, happier, and more equitable lives, and where the creative arts are leveraged to facilitate healing and address society’s areas of greatest need- a world in which artistic expression is once again positioned as a central component of human wholeness and societal harmony. Sing for Hope was founded to close the arts “equity gap” for students in high-poverty schools, and to explore art’s catalytic power for individual and community healing. The arts teach students how to approach complex problems with creativity and innovation, encourage young people to develop confidence and emotional maturity, and provide youth with an essential form of expression. We continually work to address our SFH Pianos and programming waiting list, currently 150 under-resourced schools, and we continue to present the case for creative arts interventions worldwide.

Sing for Hope’s Artist Partners are the engines that power our broad range of arts outreach programs, inspiring and fostering positive change for those in need. Our core programming in NYC engages our Artist Partners and youth leaders at partner sites that serve schoolchildren, hospital patients, people with disabilities, military veterans, and seniors, in order to inspire countless people throughout the US and abroad through our arts access initiatives. By sharing creativity in communities, our programs enrich artists in tandem with those they serve.

Sing for Hope Artist Partners serve in every program as our most vital asset, leveraging their creative service to transform individuals and communities in need. Our arts outreach programs bring hope and inspiration with the belief that the arts have unmatched power to uplift, unite, and heal, and that all people deserve access to them. Sing for Hope has made a commitment to financially support all of our artists, who have reported a sector-wide unemployment or under-employment rate of 95% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2006, our experience and partnerships with over 300 community-based organizations, and mobilization of thousands of artists in creative service, have reached 100,000 students & community members at NYC public schools, and placed 500 artist-created Sing for Hope Pianos throughout public spaces, hospitals, and schools.

We mobilize a vast network of artists to power high-level arts programming at under-resourced schools, community centers, and bring dynamic arts experiences for hospital patients, persons with disabilities, seniors, and veterans provide a source of joy and inspiration for patients and caregivers alike. Sing for Hope brings award-winning arts advocacy and healing arts programming to cities across the United States. As the first-ever arts organization to serve as Panel Curator at the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, Sing for Hope holds that the inclusion of the arts and artists in international summits ensures more dynamic, productive global policy change.

SING FOR HOPE HEALING ARTS — Research-based creative performances, workshops, and curated cultural experiences that promote wellness, connection, and respite in hospitals, vaccination centers, long-term care facilities, hospices, and treatment centers. Our programs encompass both in-person arts experiences as well as daily live virtual performances, classes, and workshops via our Open Arts platform.
SING FOR HOPE EDUCATION — Dynamic arts workshops and standards-based curricula that inspire civic action and uplift youth, educators, and local communities.
SING FOR HOPE GLOBAL — Creative advocacy, leadership, and program design that drive the integration of the arts in policy and at global convenings on social change.
SING FOR HOPE PIANOS — From the Bronx to Beirut, The Sing for Hope Pianos is a global arts initiative that produces artist-designed pianos; places them in public spaces for anyone and everyone to enjoy; then transports and activates them year-round in permanent homes in schools, hospitals, transit hubs, refugee camps, and community-based organizations. Sing for Hope has provided more pianos for under-resourced public schools than any other organization in the world.

We have pivoted to a hybrid in-person / virtual model due to the challenges of COVID-19, and will continue to evaluate how to move forward as the pandemic continues to evolve.