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In 2024-25, teaching artists provided Creative Wellbeing for youth and adults through in person and virtual direct services, professional development sessions, and arts-based workshops. Youth and adults receiving direct services and participating at some special events were surveyed about their experiences. These end of year reports summarize the data from those surveys and elaborate on learnings about Creative Wellbeing affecting their mental health and protective factors including social-emotional competencies and social support. Explore Dashboards

Staff and artists from the Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN) and member organizations. Image by Sylvanus Leone. Courtesy of AHJN.

To learn more about the emerging field of Healing Centered Engagement, especially as it relates to arts based youth development, please download our zine Healing-Centered Engagement—Reflections and Insights from the Field.