Pictured: Constanza Roeder, Founder & Chief Visionary Officer, performs with the patient's high school music teacher while she receives treatment.

Who We Are & What We Do

Hearts Need Art is an arts in health organization based in San Antonio, TX, that provides creative support for patients and caregivers. It was founded in 2016 by Constanza Roeder, an adolescent cancer survivor. Through interactive experiences of art, music, and writing, our team of artists transform times of loneliness and suffering into moments of joy, self-expression, and connection.

Thanks to you...

For six years, your support and generosity has helped bring art, joy, and creativity to patients and caregivers who are truly in need of human connection.

Your Support Continues the Connection

Your support transforms isolation and suffering into connection and joy. With a song, painting, or poem created with patients, your support humanizes a person's experience as they face life-altering health challenges. Thank you for affording our artists, musicians, and writers more opportunities to connect through the arts with those who need it most.

Continue the Connection.

By Hearts Need Art

Continue the Connection.

We're Celebrating 6 Years of Hearts Need Art. Your support has empowered our artists and created so many moments of joy. Check out our End of Year Campaign below!

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