"hope, delivered as art."

Our Story

Changing the world with love, one painting at a time.

The quest

release the inner superhero

Change 4 Love believes that every child in need, through love and inspiration, can release their inner superhero by receiving paintings of their favorite characters to motivate them.

Our quest is to bring joy and love to our Super-Friends in need by giving them hand-painted artwork of their favorite superhero, mascot, or character as gifts. We've shared art with young patients in partnership with hospitals including Primary Children's, Shriners, and McKay-Dee, and met our community at mall kiosks and comic conventions across Utah.

And we're dreaming bigger: we are dedicated to teaching people with special needs how to paint — and one day, we hope to have training all over the country.

A hand-painted superhero gift delivered outside a children's hospital — delivery day

The Change 4 Love crew at a comic convention — comic con

Where we've been

Delivering a hand-painted hero at Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital — **Children's hospitals** Primary Children's, Shriners, McKay-Dee — delivered in person.

The Change 4 Love booth at a comic convention — **Comic conventions** Meeting fans, painting live, giving away heroes.

Change 4 Love volunteers and artists at a community event — **Community events** Mall kiosks and fairs across Utah.

Made to be given

Every painting we make is made to be given away. When a child in a hospital bed looks up and sees their favorite hero painted just for them, something shifts — researchers measure it as better coping and lower anxiety; kids just call it the best day of a hard week. One painting at a time, that's how we change the world with love.

See the heroes we've delivered → Read the mission →

A baby smiling beside a hand-painted Moana painting — given, never sold

Change 4 Love's founder with a hand-painted hero — our founder, delivering heroes

Meet the Founder

Bart L. Hawkins is a passionate artist with deep ties to nonprofit culture. He earned his bachelor's degree in Business and Fine Art from Utah Valley University, graduating cum laude on a full art scholarship, and served as president of his after-school arts club. His two years of humanitarian service in Sierra Leone, and a mission to New York, shaped a life spent using creativity to lift others. Change 4 Love is that life's work: hope, delivered as art.

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