At Art Technically, we promote STEM and Arts Education through many different programs, but toy donations are one of my favorites! This year for the holidays, I curated and donated 30 scientist and artist themed Barbie dolls and STEM Superhero toys to the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville and the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.

The Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital serves children across Middle Tennessee and we hope their kids are inspired by these dolls representing a wide variety of scientist and artist careers including Music Producer Barbie (Career of the Year 2021), Astronaut Barbie, Dentist Ken, and Astronomer Stacie!

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital serving kids in and near the Memphis metropolitan area (TN-MS-AR). About half of the Memphis metro area is black/African-American, so Le Bonheur requests multi-ethnic dolls on their Top 10 Donation Needs to help the kids they serve feel represented in their toys! We at Art Technically hope these 17 Barbie dolls (and a few Black Panther/Spiderverse toys) help the kids of Le Bonheur see themselves represented in the scientist and artist career fields these Barbies represent!