​Discovery Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that brings the healing power of the arts to children with cancer, serious blood disorders, and life threatening illness while they are in the hospital receiving treatment. Children with cancer and life threatening illness are robbed of their childhood.  School and extracurricular activities such as dance, music and art are severely curtailed or suspended: interaction with other children decreases significantly; physical activity is limited, at best; and the demands of critical illness consume their lives.  The emotional trauma they experience is horrific and the need for relief is enormous. ​

​Discovery Arts' programs and "Arts Adventures" help children with life threatening disease,
​step outside the confines of their illness and into a world of creativity and imagination.

Discovery Arts Arts Adventures bring smiles, laughter, comfort and hope to these often forgotten children. Children with cancer have enormous emotional needs, they need a safe place to express their feelings, they need relief from the pain and chaos of critical treatments and they desperately need creativity, large doses of fun, and as much normalcy as possible. 

Discovery Arts Programs are available at these California Hospitals; Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach, Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Millers, CHOC Children's Hospital, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, CHOC Children's at Mission Hospital, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, and Mercy Children's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.

 Each year over 15,000 parents will hear that their
child has been diagnosed with cancer. 
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​Join Discovery Arts in making the journey an easier road to travel!

How You Can Help

 Join Discovery Arts' Annual Costume Drive

This year our costume drive is with AmazonSmile. With your purchase a donation will be made to Discovery Arts, and you can also send costumes directly to us for us to bring to children who are in the hospital.

​Join us in our pledge to give a Brand New Costume to each and every child, click the link to see the many costumes available on Amazon Smile ​

All of our programs are offered free of charge to the hospitals, patients and their families.
Donations go directly to support our Arts' Adventure Programs in the hospitals we serve.

Join our Circle of Friends and Become a Monthly Partner

Your generous Monthly Partnership of just $15, will help a child with cancer or life threatening illness step outside of their illness and into a world of imagination!

Join Our Circle of Friends

​Your support of just $15 or more a month, will help us bring our Arts Adventures
to one child with cancer, serious blood disorder or life threatening illness. 

Choose to help One child at $15.00,
Two children at $30.00 or
Three children at $45.00.

Or choose any amount of gift giving and your donation will reach many more children in need.

​This is an ongoing service for an ongoing need.
Your monthly support keeps us going, so we can continue to bring
​much needed relief to these special children who are facing the greatest fear of all.

Discovery Arts' Spokesperson and Board Member Cathy Rigby-McCoy

Discovery Arts Spokesperson and Board Member Cathy Rigby IS Peter Pan! She has a big heart for Discovery Arts and all the children we serve. In her dynamic career as an actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast, Cathy has received numerous honors and awards, including eight gold medals, several Emmy nominations (and a win!) plus a Tony Award nomination for her Broadway role as Peter Pan. Today Cathy continues to entertain, educate and inspire audiences, students and fans all over the world. We are honored to have her as a “star” member of the Discovery Arts family! Read More...