The UCSF Mission Bay Child Development Center has been buzzing with creativity the past few weeks, as little artists picked up paintbrushes for a special collaboration with Family Services. More than 10 classrooms created artwork to be displayed in UCSF’s lactation rooms.
Children, as young as three years old, helped create art for the UCSF lactation rooms.
We thought it’d be a fun and meaningful project,” said Ann Turingan, Lactation Program Coordinator of Family Services. “Something pumping parents could see that might make them feel more connected to their own children, or remind them they’re supported, seen, and part of a caring community.
The theme of the art is beachy and calming, with the hope that the soothing colors and ocean imagery will create a more peaceful environment for staff, faculty, trainees, and learners, who use the lactation rooms. Family Services provided the materials, but the creative vision came entirely from the kids.
The artwork included paintings of the ocean.
One of those young artists was four-year-old Amelia, who proudly described her painting: “I glued the seashells on the boat… a purple boat!”
Amelia shows off her painting of a purple boat.
When asked what she thought about her work being on display, she beamed: “They’re going to see my beautiful boat!”
The collaboration is a small but powerful example of how interdepartmental efforts can brighten the workday and build a stronger, more connected UCSF community — one purple boat at a time.
Family Services teamed up with the UCSF Mission Bay Child Development Center to create calming, beach-themed art for UCSF lactation spaces.
