Welcome to Creative Care Summit 2026!
FREE 4-DAY VIRTUAL SUMMIT | NOVEMBER 9–12, 2026
Discover How Creativity Can Support Health & Well-Being
What happens when creativity becomes part of how we care for ourselves—and each other?
Join artists, healthcare professionals, and arts-in-health practitioners for four days of creative experiences and inspiring conversations.
From watercolor painting, drumming, and playful exploration to the ways art is being integrated into hospitals and communities, discover how creative expression can bring more connection, reflection, and possibility into our lives.
No artistic experience needed. Just curiosity and a willingness to explore.
Join artists, healthcare professionals, and arts-in-health practitioners for four days of creative experiences and inspiring conversations.
From watercolor painting, drumming, and playful exploration to the ways art is being integrated into hospitals and communities, discover how creative expression can bring more connection, reflection, and possibility into our lives.
No artistic experience needed. Just curiosity and a willingness to explore.
Join from the comfort of your home.
You don’t have to consider yourself an artist to experience the benefits of creativity.
Sometimes it begins with putting color on paper, noticing the rhythm of a drum, moving your body,
or giving yourself a few quiet minutes to reflect.
At the Creative Care Summit, we’ll explore the many ways the arts can support
well-being, self-expression, and connection.
Sometimes it begins with putting color on paper, noticing the rhythm of a drum, moving your body,
or giving yourself a few quiet minutes to reflect.
At the Creative Care Summit, we’ll explore the many ways the arts can support
well-being, self-expression, and connection.
Four Days. Many Ways to Create, Connect & Care.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Arts in Health in Action
It’s one thing to hear about the benefits of creativity. It’s another to experience them for yourself.
Over three days, explore a variety of creative approaches to well-being, guided by artists, educators, and arts-in-health professionals.
You’ll encounter practices involving watercolor painting, rhythm, storytelling, improvisation, mindful reflection, play, and more.
Some sessions invite you to participate. Others offer new perspectives and practical ideas you can bring into everyday life.
No pressure to create something beautiful or perfect. This is about the experience, not the finished product.
Arts in Health in Action
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Bringing Arts in Health Into Practice
What does it look like when creativity becomes part of healthcare?
Meet professionals who are helping make that happen.
Explore how social prescribing connects people with arts and community experiences, how curated artwork shapes hospital environments, and how artists contribute to arts-in-medicine programs.
Featuring Dr. Alan Siegel of Social Prescribing USA, Antonia Dapena-Tretter of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, and Mason Gehring of Moffitt Cancer Center.
Discover real-world approaches and possibilities for bringing creativity into places where people receive care and find connection.
Bringing Arts in Health Into Practice
Meet the People Bringing Creativity and Care Together
Our speakers bring a wonderful range of experience—from working in hospitals and community programs to facilitating creative practices that anyone can explore.Here’s a look at the people and experiences you’ll encounter.
Miriam Abascal Zimms
The Art of Survival to Thrive
Explore how creative expression can become a source of resilience, hope, and new purpose through Miriam’s personal arts-in-health journey.
Explore how creative expression can become a source of resilience, hope, and new purpose through Miriam’s personal arts-in-health journey.
Terri Kozlowski
The Creative Pause
Discover how journaling, storytelling, and mindful creativity can help us pause, recognize old patterns, and reconnect with ourselves.
Precious Burger
Reclaiming Wonder
Explore how creativity, curiosity, and letting go of perfection can help us navigate life’s unexpected changes.
Dr. Matthew Zakreski, PsyD
Katie White
Meditative Painting
Experience a gentle approach to watercolor painting that combines mindfulness, color, and the simple pleasure of creating.
Casey Muze
Somatic Micro-Resets & Rhythmic Safety
Explore brief, body-based practices involving rhythm and movement that can be incorporated into daily routines and caregiving environments.
Katrina Pineda
Play & Well-Being
Rediscover the value of play in adulthood and explore simple ways to bring more playful moments into everyday life.
Cynthia Hauk
Mindful Art Teacher Trainer
Discover how mindful art, simple doodling, and guided art meditation can support well-being, ease everyday stress, and bring the healing power of creativity into daily life and community settings.
Ping Ho, MA, MPH
This Is Your Brain on Drumming
Experience an engaging drumming
session while exploring rhythm, mindfulness, and the relationship between
music and well-being.
Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey, PsyD
Letting Go of Perfectionism One Mark at a Time
What happens when you stop trying to make it “good” and simply let yourself create?
Bringing Arts in Health Into Practice
Dr. Alan Siegel
Social Prescribing USA
Discover how healthcare professionals are connecting patients with the arts, nature, movement, and community through social prescribing.
Antonia Dapena-Tretter
Curating for Healthy Outcomes
Take a behind-the-scenes art collection tour and explore how Stanford Medicine Children’s Health uses artwork to help create a healing environment.
Mason Gehring
Arts in Medicine at
Moffitt Cancer Center
Explore the role of an artist-in-residence and how creative experiences are incorporated into a hospital’s arts-in-medicine program.
A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA
More Ways to Move, Create & Connect
The creative exploration doesn’t end with our daily speaker presentations!
We’re bringing you additional experiences during summit week.
Heather Blackmon
Live Yoga Class
Make space for gentle movement and an opportunity to reconnect with your body through yoga.
Lesley Andrew
Creative Flow
Explore creative expression and
the ways art can support emotional
well-being, especially during
times of change.
Susan Schear
Linking Arts and Health Coaching
Explore how creativity, health coaching, and purposeful living can work together to support well-being, deepen connections, and inspire meaningful change in everyday life.
Stephanie Riorodan
Rare Disease Advocacy through Art
Discover the history and opportunities of RARE Artist through the RARE Foundation, explore how art intersects with rare disease advocacy, and learn to transform your artist statement into a powerful story that inspires lawmakers and drives change.
Friday, November 13: A Special Paint With Me Closing Celebration
After four days of learning, exploring, and experiencing creativity, let’s come together and make something.Join your host, Clarissa, for a special Paint With Me experience to reflect on the week, pick up your art supplies, and simply enjoy creating.
No masterpiece required. Just bring yourself and a little curiosity.
Details about our bonus experiences will be shared with registered participants.
HOW THE SUMMIT WORKS
Join Us From Wherever You Are
It’s completely free to attend.
• November 9–12: Enjoy four days of prerecorded presentations and creative experiences delivered to your in-box.
• 48-hour viewing windows: Each day’s speaker sessions are available for 48 hours after release.
• Friday, November 13: Join our special Paint With Me closing celebration.
• Optional community connection: Join conversations and additional activities in our private Facebook community.
You can watch from home, at your own pace within the viewing windows. There is also a VIP pass which gives you unlimited access to the Creative Care Summit.
Many activities use simple materials you may already have, such as paper, pens, basic art supplies, or household objects.
Ready to experience what creativity can bring into your life?
It’s completely free to attend.
• November 9–12: Enjoy four days of prerecorded presentations and creative experiences delivered to your in-box.
• 48-hour viewing windows: Each day’s speaker sessions are available for 48 hours after release.
• Friday, November 13: Join our special Paint With Me closing celebration.
• Optional community connection: Join conversations and additional activities in our private Facebook community.
You can watch from home, at your own pace within the viewing windows. There is also a VIP pass which gives you unlimited access to the Creative Care Summit.
Many activities use simple materials you may already have, such as paper, pens, basic art supplies, or household objects.
Ready to experience what creativity can bring into your life?
MEET YOUR HOST
Hi, I'm Clarissa!
I’m Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey, PsyD.
An organizational psychologist, abstract artist, and founder of Clarissa Ramsey Studio.
My work brings together creativity, self-expression, and well-being.
I’ve always believed that creating isn’t about making something perfect. It’s about giving ourselves permission to explore, express, and discover.
Through my workshops, creative gatherings, and conversations with people doing incredible work in arts and health, I’ve seen how meaningful even simple creative experiences can be.
That’s why I created the Creative Care Summit.
I wanted to bring together the voices and practices of people working at the intersection of the arts and health, and make those experiences accessible to more people.
Whether you work in healthcare, support your community, care for someone you love, or simply want to reconnect with your own creativity, I hope you’ll join us.
There’s so much possibility when we make room for creativity in our lives.
I can’t wait to share this experience with you.
Clarissa
FINAL INVITATION
Make a Little Room for Creativity
Sometimes all it takes is a simple creative experience to help us see something differently.
A moment with a paintbrush.
A rhythm that brings us into the present.
A playful activity that reminds us how good it feels to explore.
Join us for four days of creativity, connection, and conversations about the growing possibilities of arts in health.
Creative Care Summit 2026
November 9–12 | Free Virtual Event
Bonus Paint With Me closing celebration November 13th!
We’d love to have you join us!