About the Heart Gallery
In 2001, the first Heart Gallery was organized in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The idea was simple: To have talented photographers create inspiring portraits and of children who were waiting for adoption. The first Heart Gallery exhibit was an exciting success, attracting more than 1,200 visitors and initiating the adoption of six waiting children.
Just one year later the Oklahoma Heart Gallery was born. It was the second Heart Gallery in the nation, and today it is one of more than 80 across the United States.
The Oklahoma Heart Gallery is committed to the highest standards of Honesty and Integrity. We believe that children are our most precious resource and should always feel safe and every child should have a family to call their own.
The Oklahoma Heart Gallery uses the power of photography and videography to raise awareness, inspire and educate communities, and recruit adoptive families for legally free children in every state.
Our desire is to additionally walk alongside Oklahoma’s foster and adoptive parents by sharing resources that will help them to provide hope and healing for the youth in their care. As well as help them celebrate all of life’s greatest moments which have come far too rarely for youth in foster care. The Oklahoma Heart Gallery team of photographers desire to team up to ensure all youth, foster and adoptive, have their highlight moments caught on camera at no charge to them. From adoption ceremonies to graduation to senior photos to new family photos we are here for you!
The phenomenal work of Oklahoma Heart Gallery is the result of a team of photographers, videographers, volunteers, Board of Directors, and staff all working together for one common goal. . . .Our Children!
The mission of the Oklahoma Heart Gallery is to be a resource for foster and adoptive families through the power of connection and storytelling.