October 24, 2024

What a night! We’re feeling grateful, energized, and inspired after an unforgettable 20th Anniversary Celebration at Alvin Ailey Studios on October 15th. The event was sold out with over 200 friends and colleagues who share our commitment to arts and health. Thank you to our remarkable community for joining us in New York City and bringing our event’s theme of “Connection” to life.

One of the highlights of the evening was our series of interactive art-making stations! We loved sharing and connecting through creative activities like thumbprint portraits and six-word stories.

We’re grateful to our talented host Kate Snow and to our thoughtful speakers Myrna Chao, Dr. Joel Katz, Christina Norman, and Steve Buscemi, for giving such inspirational remarks on the healing power of creative expression. And thanks to Catherine Cabeen for getting us on our feet and teaching us about the intersections between movement and mindfulness.

Thanks to our longtime partner Awakened Films for documenting the evening, to Brett Phares from aweStruct for introducing us to the power of arts in projection, and to the Lifecrafting team for their instrumental work in helping us design a series of playful yet poignant art activations that got everyone engaged.

We’d also like to thank our board, staff, volunteers, and generous supporters for all you’ve done to advance our efforts at the intersection of art-making and public health. We look forward to even more collaboration and connection in the years to come!

At our event, we announced that two donors are generously matching all gifts from now until December 31st in a 2-to-1 match up to $100,000. That means that a gift of $500 turns into $1,500 for The Foundation for Art & Healing! With your help, we can maximize these matching gifts so that our $100,000 goal will become $300,000 at the end of the year! By making a gift today, you could triple your impact and bring the healing power of creative expression to even more individuals, campuses, and community organizations across the country.

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Thank you again for being a part of our incredible journey. Together, there’s no limit to what we can accomplish in the name of arts and health.

We’ll be sharing Awakened Films’ official photos and videos of the celebration soon, but in the meantime, here are some candids: