Your scar tells a story of the beautiful masterpiece that is YOU! Join us for this empowering group painting experience where your scar is given the opportunity to emerge as a beautiful work of art.
YOU ARE A MASTERPIECE.
Painting your scars on canvas helps you look at your story differently. There is hidden and powerful beauty in your scars.
Featuring these artists and their one-of-a-kind works of ScART.
Every scar tells a story of survival.
Learn techniques in a powerful course designed to help you accept and embrace surgery scars in a supportive community of survivors.
SIGN UP TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY OF EMPOWERMENT TODAY.
Order a Home Kit / Paint in the privacy of your space
Perfect for anyone seeking self-care, reflection, and emotional healing through creative expression. When you order your ScART Home Kit, we’ll ship everything you need directly to your door, including:
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A beautifully designed Homework Booklet to guide your emotional journey
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A step-by-step video tutorial to walk you through the process
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One blank canvas for your transformation story
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A set of acrylic paints in healing and empowering tones
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Paintbrushes tailored for beginner or experienced hands
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Our signature fast-drying mud compound for textured scar healing
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A protective painter’s smock to keep you comfy and creative
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Plus: a few thoughtful extras—like a candle, tea bag, or inspirational token—to help you create a sacred space for reflection and renewal
Sign up to attend a Group Painting Experience
Feel seen, heard and supported by others who understand the weight of your journey.
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Reconnect with parts of yourself you may have lost after illness, trauma, or life changes.
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Work through emotions in a safe, judgment-free and expressive space.
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Take a break from “being strong” and just be real—with others who get it.
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Explore self-acceptance, identity and purpose through a guided process.
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Shift how you see your body or your past—from pain to power.
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Be part of a community that values your story and honors your strength.
Host a Group Painting Experience
- Perfect for patient support programs
- A break-out activity for conferences or retreats
- A great way to involve sponsors
- A great way to showcase the art after the painting experience (such as in a gallery, newsletters, social media, galas)
- Types of ScART Events:
- ScART for patients
- ScART for Caregivers
- ScART for Kids
- ScART for victims of domestic violence
- ScART for Grief
- ScART for Heart Patients
- ScART for Professional Caregivers (professional development
Studies show that the majority of people—especially after trauma or surgery—struggle with self-acceptance when they see their reflection. ScART is here to change that narrative, through creativity, community, and healing expression
Do you see your scars as "imperfections" or do you see your scars as a mark of your bravery and a story of your survival?
Everything in life is about perspective.
When you change the way you look at things...
...the things you look at change.
A scar simply means you are stronger than that which tried to hurt you.
Listen to participant experiences - or click here for more inspirational stories.
Hear Elise's story
Scars from Breast Cancer
Lou
Scars from Breast Cancer
Alison
Emotional scars from the loss of a child
A portion of the proceeds from each event will be donated to the “We Lift You Up” Fund - a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to helping women embrace life beyond cancer.
Participate in an upcoming ScART Event
Anyone with seen or unseen scars is encouraged to participate in ScART.
Past participants include Cancer Survivors, Open Heart Surgery Survivors,
Organ Donor Recipients, and War Veterans (to name a few).
What is "ScART"?
ScART (which stands for "Scar Art") is an empowering painting experience. It has been designed as a supportive group experience, where participants are given the opportunity to see their scars through a new lens. Using art as the tool, participants engage in a 3-part class, comprised of:
- An insightful and thought-provoking homework assignment to prepare for the class (done in the privacy of their homes)
- A group class experience attended in the studio or in an on-line virtual class with a live instructor
- An opportunity to share insights with the other participants in your group, and also optionally on-line in a national story-telling platform that celebrates each ScART participant.
Every scar tells a story.
See your scars through a new lens.
Scars are something nearly everyone has to deal with at some point in their lives. For some, scars are tucked away, never to be thought of again. For others, scars can be a daily reminder of a life event that caused them. The ScART program gives participants the opportunity to examine their emotional relationship to their scars using art as the tool.
Change what you see.
Sick or Strong?
Wounded or Warrior?
Find beauty in scars through a national community of survivors.
The objective of the ScART program is to facilitate connections and create conversations with others who have scars at private group or individual paint classes nationwide.
ScART Event Spotify Playlist
Songs curated by our participants
These are songs participants have enjoyed while painting. Want to add your favorite? Write us at Email us song ideas for our playlist
Stay Connected
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All rights reserved
Photograph Contributors:
Debora Suterko Photography
White Donut Productions
We Lift You Up Foundation
A portion of all proceeds from ScART Events benefit the We Lift You Up Fund -- a 501c3 public charity which creates empowering experiences for cancer survivors or survivors of any traumatic event, with the ultimate objective of creating a national sisterhood of support.
ScART is an emotional support program created by Lisa McKenzie, Founder of You Night Empowering Events. Founded in 2013, You Night offers year-round empowering group experiences that help women embrace life beyond cancer.