About Us
We are a nonprofit organization that mobilizes partners and the public to embrace the arts as a proven path towards improved personal and public health. Rooted in medicine and science, we develop arts-based programs to address social disconnection and other public health challenges. We serve communities at scale by partnering with organizations to deliver programs that improve well-being.
The creative arts offer a powerful lens to better understand ourselves, each other, and the world. The arts draws us inward, allowing us a chance to improve personal health through individual reflection, expression, and action. Creativity also acts as a catalyst to promote interpersonal engagement that strengthens community connections and wellbeing. We utilize the arts as a public health tool to improve America’s health and wellbeing.
Our Mission
We champion, engage, and facilitate creative arts expression as a path towards improved health and well-being for individuals and communities. We do this by creating awareness of how the arts can address health issues, designing and offering creative expression based solutions, and partnering with organizations to fund, develop, and distribute programs that deliver measurable results.
Our History
The Foundation develops arts activity resources at Queens College shelters and provides art therapists with supplies following Hurricane Sandy.
The Foundation provides creative arts toolkits for parents and children to use as a way to cope with and heal from the Sandy Hook killings.
The Foundation develops and tests new creativity and connection programs in music, writing, and movement on college campuses.
The Foundation releases The CreativityHub, a digital collection of more than 12 creative activities designed to inspire connection.
Our Values
Inspired
We believe art is a gateway to imagination and empowerment.
Compassionate
We believe all people can benefit from embracing creative expression as a way to better understand ourselves and others.
Nimble
To ensure impact, we respond to challenges strategically and effectively.
Trusted
We value scientific rigor and leverage evidence-based findings throughout our work.
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Project UnLonely
We launched this signature national initiative to raise awareness of loneliness and its negative physical and mental health effects, to destigmatize loneliness, and to make programming available to address loneliness.
Our Programs
Our suite of proven program solutions enable community-based organizations to use creative expression as an innovative and effective public health method for improving their community’s wellbeing.
