Thriving Communities
Thriving Communities creates documentary films that elevate community solutions to the challenges of our times, telling stories about “common people doing uncommon work for the common good.” Born from the joy and inspiration that founder Jerry Millhon found in storytelling while serving as Director of the Whidbey Institute in 2012, the organization produces two to […]
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. He is the first Indigenous North American filmmaker ever nominated for an Academy Award and the first Indigenous North American author to ever write about healing from intergenerational trauma by getting stoned with his dad in the pages […]
Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams has been called “a citizen writer,” a writer who speaks and speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, Williams has consistently shown how environmental issues are social issues that ultimately become matters of justice. She has testified before Congress […]
Garth Stevenson
Garth Stevenson is a double bassist and composer raised in the mountains of Western Canada, where nature became his primary inspiration and the common thread between his life and music. His three solo albums—Alpine, Flying, and Voyage—reflect his experiences carrying his 150-year-old double bass to remote locations including woods, beaches, deserts, Antarctica, and Tuva. During […]
Maps to Ecstasy
Maps to Ecstasy by Gabrielle Roth expands on the themes that have guided her work—ways of transforming daily life into sacred art. Roth’s teaching in movement has been described as a marriage of art and healing. Each chapter initiates readers into one of the five sacred powers necessary for survival and reveals the five life […]
HealthRHYTHMS
HealthRHYTHMS Group Empowerment Drumming is an evidence-based program that uses group drumming as a strategy for wellness rather than performance. The 15-hour hands-on training equips participants to bring rhythm-based wellness to schools, healthcare settings, corporate environments, and community programs—no musical experience required. Developed through interdisciplinary collaboration between experts in neuroscience, music therapy, and recreational music-making […]
What Is Art For?
What Is Art For? by Ellen Dissanayake offers a new and unprecedentedly comprehensive theory of the evolutionary significance of art, examining art—including visual art, music, poetic language, dance, and performance—from a biobehavioral viewpoint for the first time. Dissanayake argues that art is a biological necessity in human existence and a fundamental characteristic of the human […]
American Art Therapy Association
The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) is a professional membership organization advancing art therapy as a regulated mental health discipline. Since its founding in 1969, AATA has worked to support the professional growth of art therapists, promote standards of practice, and expand access to art therapy services that integrate creative expression with psychological care. The organization […]
National Organization for Arts in Health
The National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) is a professional network advancing the integration of the arts into health and well-being across communities. Rooted in a legacy of arts-in-health initiatives dating back to the late 1980s, NOAH fosters connection, knowledge-sharing, and advocacy for the vital role of creative expression in supporting physical, emotional, spiritual, and […]
Hospital Rooms
Hospital Rooms is an arts-led initiative transforming mental health facilities into safer, more welcoming environments through site-specific artwork. Founded by artists Tim A. Shaw and curator Niamh White, the organization responds to the urgent need for dignity and comfort in clinical settings, ensuring that individuals in vulnerable moments feel seen, supported, and secure. By bringing high-quality […]
The Art Therapy Project
The Art Therapy Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to high-quality mental health care through free group art therapy. By offering safe, inclusive spaces for creative exploration, the organization supports individuals as they process experiences, build self-awareness, and reconnect with themselves and others. Art becomes both a language and a container—allowing participants to […]
Endangered Languages Project
The Endangered Languages Project is a global nonprofit initiative dedicated to sustaining linguistic diversity by supporting the revitalization and documentation of Indigenous, endangered, and minoritized languages worldwide. Operating across borders and disciplines, the project connects communities, researchers, and advocates to confront the accelerating loss of languages—each one carrying unique knowledge, history, and ways of understanding the […]
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
The First Peoples’ Cultural Council is a provincially mandated organization dedicated to the revitalization and strengthening of First Nations languages, arts, cultures, and heritage across what is now known as British Columbia. Formed to address the deep disruptions caused by cultural genocide, FPCC works in partnership with First Nations communities to support the living transmission of […]
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is an Indigenous-led advocacy organization dedicated to advancing Indigenous Peoples’ rights, self-determination, and cultural vitality worldwide. For more than five decades, the organization has worked in deep partnership with Indigenous communities to protect lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression—understanding culture not as static heritage, but as a living, evolving force rooted in sovereignty […]
Creative Time
Creative Time is a pioneering public arts organization dedicated to commissioning bold, timely works that activate public space and engage with the social and political questions of our time. Since the mid-1970s, the organization has partnered with artists to create large-scale, often unexpected projects that meet people where they are—on city streets, in industrial sites, across […]
The National Council on the Arts
The National Council on the Arts serves as a vital bridge between artistic communities and federal cultural policy in the United States. As the advisory body to the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Council plays a central role in shaping national arts funding, leadership initiatives, and program priorities. Its work ensures that […]