The Art Room’s
2026 Community Art Project:
Welcoming Spaces

Beautifying Denton County MHMR Child and Adolescent Center

As part of our mission and in concert with our North Texas Giving Day fundraising campaign, The Art Room historically has given back to the community by donating large-scale artworks to other Denton area nonprofits, collaborating with community members to design and create the artwork, while highlighting what it means to be a community.

Our 2026 Community Art Project, “Welcoming Spaces,” featured community-created art installations that beautified the Denton County MHMR Child and Adolescent Center.

Our dedication and open house for this project was held September 23, 2026, at Denton MHMR Child and Adolescent Center in Denton. It was a wonderful event!

About the project

This Community Art Project elevates the building’s waiting room, the playroom (childrens’ waiting room), family meeting room, and hallways. Walls are painted with landscapes and decorated with painted wood trees, plants, and animals; there’s an origami mobile, and several interactive elements including crocheted stuffed animals, a flipboard about moods, a chalkboard, an electric “watering can” that lights up flowers, and installations on hallway floors. By the end of the year, a custom coded game will be added.

Community Participation

We’re so grateful to the community members who took part in our project to elevate the Denton County MHMR Child and Adolescent Center! Cutting, preparing, and painting our installation pieces; creating crochet stuffed animals; folding origami butterflies, and more—you brought this project to life. Thank you!