Community Arts
ACHF Arts Access
20 to 25 people who live with or are in recovery from mental illness participate in art experiences taught by 6 - 8 professional artists in about 23 - 26 sessions through a variety of mediums. Also, it will help reduce community barriers and public stigma that often excludes people with mental health disabilities from participating in community experiences and activities. Feedback will be sought from audiences, participants, instructors, collaborative partners and referral sources. A comment book will be on site and attendance numbers will be tracked for each activity. An initial attitude assessment of participants will be conducted by program staff and changes, thoughts, comments, and recommendations will be recorded and assessed over time, to provide a feedback loop for the series and improve the activities offered.
Over the course of 12 months, 20+ adults living with mental illness, acquired the ability to produce pieces of work that reflected artistic skills in 8 different mediums. 90 family and community members participated in a well-received ôLiving Creativelyö art exhibit with 17 exhibitors and 55 pieces of art. In the comments book at the exhibit over 20 entries were submitted, all very positive.
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