Building Resiliency Through Arts–Based Learning Since 2017.
WHAT WE DO
The ArtSpeaks Project offers adults & youth impacted by trauma non-clinical art-as-therapy experiences via free-access community-based art-making.
Self-expression through the arts offers a non-threatening way for folks to give voice to their lived experiences and conversely, make sense of often difficult and/or frightening emotions. Creative engagement helps to reduce cortisol (stress hormone) levels in the body while also helping to foster new perspectives through the exploration of one's symbolic mark-making process. Thus, by reducing stress and increasing self-knowledge, one experiences greater personal resilience and wellness.
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Our Goals
OUR MISSION
The ArtSpeaks Project is dedicated to offering adults and youth impacted by trauma due to addictions and mental health challenges a welcoming and safe space to collaborate with local professional artists in the service of cultural mentorship, fostering resiliency through arts-based skill-building towards the creation of personally meaningful works.
OUR FUNDERS AND PARTNERS
The ArtSpeaks Project came into existence in 2017 thanks to a Seed Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. ArtSpeaks relies on the generous support of local artists/arts groups, community grants and public donations.
We are so grateful for our partner agencies Breton House, Sault Area Hospital's Sexual Assault Care Centre and the Sault Ste. Marie Museum (our home) for their long-standing commitment to our mission of fostering resilience through arts-based learning and skill-building in those impacted by trauma.
Many thanks as well to the City of Sault Ste. Marie's Cultural Vitality Committee for funding our special projects this year.
We are so grateful for our partner agencies Breton House, Sault Area Hospital's Sexual Assault Care Centre and the Sault Ste. Marie Museum (our home) for their long-standing commitment to our mission of fostering resilience through arts-based learning and skill-building in those impacted by trauma.
Many thanks as well to the City of Sault Ste. Marie's Cultural Vitality Committee for funding our special projects this year.
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JOIN US AT OUR NEXT ARTHIVE
Please be aware that all indoor business COVID-19 protocols will be followed including screening, contact tracing and mask-wearing.
CONTACT US
2nd Floor Education Room in the Sault Ste. Marie Museum, 690 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2A4
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