Good grief! ‘Peanuts’ celebrates 70th anniversary with art
By Mark Kennedy
NEW YORK (AP) — The
virus pandemic won’t stop
Charlie Brown, Snoopy or the
“Peanuts” gang from marking
an important birthday and
they’re hoping to raise the spirits
of sick kids while they celebrate.
The beloved comic celebrates
its 70th anniversary this
week with new lesson plans,
the announcement of a new
TV show and a philanthropic
push that includes donating
“Peanuts” murals for kids to
paint in 70 children’s hospitals
around the globe, from Brooklyn
to Brazil.
“When kids see the familiar
face of Snoopy, they feel
like they are at home watching
the cartoon,” said Dr.
Kusum Viswanathan, who
heads the pediatrics department
at Brookdale University
Hospital Medical Center in New
York. “I think it’ll really help
in positive coping and distraction.
It makes the environment
very comfortable, as opposed
to being very stiff and professional.”
The 4-foot-8-inch wide by
4-foot-1-inch high murals have
been sent to participating hospitals
Caribbean L 34 ife, Oct. 9-15, 2020
in six pieces, along with
smocks, brushes and paints in
13 colors. Children and hospital
staffers are encouraged to
paint the easy-to-follow templates,
a diversion that gains
even more importance during
coronavirus restrictions.
The initiative is being welcomed
at the CHOC Children’s
Hospital in Orange, California,
where the virus pandemic has
shut down the playrooms and
cut back on starry, well-wishing
visitors, like baseball star
Mike Trout.
“There’s really nothing to
look forward to so I thought
even just painting something
like this at bedside is going to
really truly mean something,
especially during this time,”
said Amber Chavez, the special
programs coordinator.
The finished murals show
an image of Snoopy and Woodstock
sharing a laugh atop his
red doghouse. It’s co-sponsored
by Peanuts Worldwide
and the Foundation for Hospital
Art. They hope the custom
murals bring a smile to worried
families.
“Art is always very therapeutic,”
Viswanathan said. “Any
child who comes — even if
a child comes for a regular
check-up — it’s always a slightly
scary event and I think it
helps patients feel a sense of
normalcy.”
Jeannie Schulz, the widow
of the comic strip’s creator,
Charles Schulz, said the initiative
hopes to lower the fear level
in hospitals: “If you can have a
little bit of levity — a little
smile — we know that lowers
your blood pressure. It’s almost
as good as patting a dog.”
How each hospital deploys
the murals has been left to the
local administrators. Brookdale
let lots of children paint
them in its auditorium, while
the California hospital wants
to give one panel each to four
patients and two nurses. The
hope is the finished murals will
offer children a chance to leave
a permanent mark on the facility.
“They could come to the
hospital for their next check-up
and see their mural is out there
and they provided the painting
maybe for the head or the
stomach or whatever part of
Snoopy that they did,” Viswanathan
said.
Scott Feight, the executive
director, of the Foundation for
Hospital Art, said the murals
represent a chance to “celebrate
humanity and our ability to
overcome and fight this virus.”
The nonprofit over the years
has donated more than 49,000
paintings to 7,500 hospitals in
195 countries.
Other initiatives launching
to celebrate the “Peanuts”
anniversary include an animated
video campaign on social
media urging viewers to be
kind to each other, Earth and
themselves. There’s also a new
Apple TV+ animated show debuting
in February called “The
Snoopy Show.”
Kaley Williams, 8, paints a panel of a “Peanuts” mural that
will be placed in the outpatient pediatric fl oor of One Brooklyn
Health at Brookdale Hospital, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in
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