What We Do
StudioX creates a platform and infrastructure for hospitalized children to connect virtually with, and learn from, creative mentors via video conferencing software. An animator from Pixar gives a drawing lesson, a celebrity chef (think Ayesha Curry) demos some cooking tips and tricks, and a popular teen writer teaches kids how to create a compelling protagonist.
Children can participate in visits either in hospital activity rooms or, for kids who are in isolation, bedside. All sessions are monitored by a Child Life specialist who ensures the online experience is safe for children and HIPPA and privacy rules are adhered to. The technology is html-based and can be accessed from any browser, enabling the StudioX program to be rolled out to any hospital with internet access.
StudioX will increase its impact each year by growing its network of creative mentors and the number of sessions held.
Children Benefits
Lifts spirits and improves attitudes of seriously ill children by bringing joy, creative inspiration, and connection.
Reduces isolation by connecting kids with each other and with creative mentors from outside the hospital.
Protects kids from exposure to germs presented by in-person visits.
Hospital Benefits
Expands hospital Child Life offerings to improve kids’ quality of life while in the hospital.
Because virtual visits require less time for creative mentors and can be conducted from anywhere, hospitals can increases the amount of creative mentoring sessions available to kids.
Virtual visits eliminate the risk of visitors exposing children to dangerous infections.
Creative Mentor Benefits
The elimination of transportation time to hospitals allows mentors to experience the joy of giving more frequently.
Virtual visits provide mentors with the flexibility to visit kids at times that are convenient for them