Serving the Community

Lisa is currently a founder and the Director of Community Outreach with the TriArts Program.

The Tri Arts Project (TAP) is an inclusive community with a focus on helping aspiring and current artists tap into their inspiration. Artists are drawn to the beauty of Colorado. Specifically, the Castle Rock natural landscape, which is an inspiration for artists, and so is the inviting, welcoming art space of TAP.

About Lisa

Pulmonary Butterflies is a concept that Lisa Lopez Huffman developed when she was one of the first unit secretaries on the 9th floor Pulmonary Unit at Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

At the time, there was no art on the walls and she wanted to donate something that the families,  when they came out into the halls, could see something beautiful and hopeful. Medically speaking, a pulmonary butterfly is an explanation of an x-ray that shows infection in the lungs.

Lisa created the Pulmonary Butterfly to have the butterflies carry the weight of the infected lungs to a more beautiful space. The hearts are a reminder — Don’t forget about love!