Our community projects are designed to be works in progress, requiring the participation of many individuals in creating a unique monument to their battle with cancer. The first community project, the wooden figure, was implemented at the 2005 A.G. Edwards Cancer Wellness Fair and completed at Siteman Cancer Center over a period of months. It was also the first Arts as Healing project offered to adults and was received with only positive responses. Many participants came back with a friend to show them “their square”.

Arts as Healing was asked to return for the 2006 Cancer Wellness Fair at A.G. Edwards where nearly 100 attendees took part in painting their own tile for the "Your Tile Matters" project. These tiles are displayed in the Barnard Health and Cancer Information Center at Siteman Cancer Center.