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Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation announces support of a Residential Artist – Arts Education Workshops for Patients with the help of a grant in the amount of $12,000 from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County and the North Carolina Arts Council.
“This grant will allow us to continue providing the healing benefits of art to our cancer patients, while expanding the program to also serve our neurological patients,” said Sabrina Brooks, Vice President Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation. “Regardless of ability, art is an inclusive and adaptable tool that can support recovery and the well-being of our patients. We are grateful to our friends at the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County and the North Carolina Arts Council for awarding us this grant.”
Arts education workshops will provide our patients, many who are adjusting to various treatments, financial challenges, depression, and other stresses related to their condition, a therapeutic activity that enables them to express through art what they may not be able to put into words. One of the program’s goals is to help patients feel comfortable engaging with the arts and discover how art can be used as a tool for healing.
This program will continue to be offered to cancer patients at the Cape Fear Valley Cancer Treatment and Cyberknife Center, while expanding to serve neurological patients in both inpatient and outpatient rehab. A residential artist will lead arts education workshops to neurological patients who are recovering from a stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, as well as those living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Grassroots Art Project Grants increase opportunities for access to arts, cultural, and historical programming in Cumberland County. The grants are awarded to nonprofit agencies, institutions of higher education, and municipal entities in Cumberland County that demonstrate financial and administrative stability.
About the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County:
The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization based in Fayetteville, NC that connects our communities, embraces diversity, promotes individual creativity, advances tourism and economic development, and fosters lifelong learning through the arts.. As a primary steward of public and private funding for arts, cultural, and historical activities in the Cape Fear Region, all affiliated programs of the Arts Council exemplify our 5 core values: Excellence, Accountability, Transparency, Collaboration, and Innovation. www.theartscouncil.com
In the year 2025-2026 year, the Arts Council distributed more than $1million in funding through grants and special allocations to Cumberland County artists, non-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and municipal offices producing arts and cultural activities. Grants, programs, and services of the Arts Council are funded in part by contributions from community partners, and through grants from the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
