Arts Impact Initiative: Creativity, Joy & Wellness is an arts-based intervention model addressing student mental health in schools through the arts.

Young Audiences professional teaching artists delivering

• Three exciting performances
• 12 days of engaging workshops
• Transformational long-term residencies
• Professional learning
• Fun community and family arts events

The program aligns with CDC and WHO research showing that effective intervention models include measures that:

• Foster a positive school climate
• Increase students’ social and emotional safety
• Engage families

This program was generously supported by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., through Mental Health America’s Community Impact Zone grant.