Healing Arts, is on a mission to improve mental health literacy and mental health outcomes by using art as a vehicle for learning and healing.
What is Mental Health Literacy?
Mental health literacy means understanding mental health basics, recognizing signs of mental health issues, knowing how to seek help, and supporting oneself and others. By improving mental health literacy, we can make smart choices about our mental well-being, reduce stigma, and create a supportive community.
Art is for everyone.
Research shows that engaging in art can influence mood, lower cortisol levels (stress), improve brain health and function while also helping us process life's ups and downs. At Healing Arts we focus on the creative process rather than the product and engage in art as a health enhancing tool.
“If an art installation gets a patient out of his room or paintings take a person’s mind off their pain and lower their stress levels, the art isn’t just decorative anymore. It’s part of the entire model of care”
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
