OUR MISSION
SEEWALLCHILD, to engage, enthrall, educate, and heal through a fusion of art and technology in a virtual, fantastic Seaquarium for children

Since  its conception in 2002 as a huge aquatic mural in the studio of Lowcountry artist, Olga Stamatiou, SEEWALL Child has played a pivotal role in the lives of the children it has touched.  For many years Olga had toyed with ideas of how to help children in crisis, who were awaiting painful procedures, who were the victims of domestic violence, homeless children, and most particularly children of poverty, the underserved.  She intuitively knew the healing power of color and had seen research that validated the use of art as a tool in children's crisis management.  She also knew the power of aquariums to enthrall, engage, and transport children to fantasy worlds of peace and calm, if only for a few moments.  These ideas merged one day when, inspired by a video she had shot in the Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium in Monte Carlo, she decided to replace some panels in the mural with video monitors, thus providing an interactive, educational possibility.  She added a classical musical soundtrack, performed by The Charleston Symphony Orchestra and a live link to the South Carolina Aquarium.  This resulted in the first SEEWALL unit, a unique art based multi-media display that is infinitely adaptable to aid children in a multitude of crisis situations.

The original SEEWALL concept was to sell large versions of the SEEWALL units to children's hospitals thus funding the installation, free of charge, to smaller venues, such as safe houses or homes for abused children.  The first unit was installed in the lobby of the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (MUSC), in 2006.  Three additional units and a mobile unit followed.

Olga continued  on her vision so she created a non-profit organization, 501 (C) (3), both at the State and Federal levels to help with fund raising with a seven woman board of directors.  Using images from SEEWALL and  other pieces of her original art, she created a line called "Products for a Cause",  including items such as aprons, carry-all bags, decorative pillows, and breakfast trays, to mention a few.  The sale of these products, on-line and at her studio in Coosaw, South Carolina have helped fund  three more  projects:  one at My Sister's House (a home for battered women and their children), in Charleston, SC,  Christmas, 2009.  They were given many useful, playful products from the "Products for a Cause" line, thus adding, for these underserved children, to a more cheerful and hopeful Christmas. 

SEEWALL CHILD now has opened a booth at Southern Accent on Coleman Blvd in Mt Pleasant to promote the SEEWALL CHILD project to benefit the Dee Norton Children Center to build and install a SEEWALL art -based interactive unit in time for their twentieth anniversary