WELCOME TO
Rheumatoid Arthritis Art Foundation
EXPLORE MY SITE
Newfound
Passion
Discovery
The RA-Art Foundation started from my own journey with Rheumatoid Arthritis—facing what I had to give up, then finding comfort and purpose in creating art and sharing that healing with others.
Please consider my story and journey and enjoy my art, my “RA-Art”, my ART-hritis Art. – Sydney Rae
Awards
Solomon Leadership Award
with Alma Hernandez, AZ-House 20th District
May 2025
Presentation on Teen Leadership
Sydney Rae
May 2025
My Work
“prayer”
“TRADITION”
“The Walk”
“Burning Hope“
“Reflection”
About Me
LEARN ABOUT
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of idiopathic inflammatory arthritis affecting children younger than 16 and lasting 6 weeks or longer. The terminology of chronic arthritis in children has evolved from juvenile chronic arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to JIA since 1995. According to the consensus conference of the International League of Associations for Rheumatology in 2001, there are 7 JIA categories: a) oligoarthritis; b) rheumatoid factor (RF) positive polyarthritis; c) RF negative polyarthritis; d) systemic arthritis; e) psoriatic arthritis; f) enthesitis-related arthritis; g) undifferentiated arthritis.[1] These subtypes have distinct phenotypes, genetic predispositions, pathophysiology, laboratory findings, disease course, and prognosis. Although chronic arthritis is mandatory for all subtypes, the extraarticular and the systemic manifestations characterized every specific subtype. Recently, a new preliminary data-driven classification for JIA is proposed and being formally validated by the Pediatric Rheumatology International Trial Organization.[2]
