October 10 2024, 1 - 4PM The Michael C. Carlos Museum @ Emory University, Ackerman Hall, Level Three
As a longstanding champion of mental health, The Carter Center – in collaboration with the Carlos Museum of Emory University – hosted “Positively Creative: The Arts and Youth Mental Health.” This event included global and local expert panelists, including:
In addition to these speakers, participants had the opportunity to take part in an experiential collaborative collage that demonstrated how artmaking could improve well-being. The session provided strong evidence and concrete examples of how incorporating art into social and health programming boosted mental health and how organizations could creatively address the youth mental health crisis.
This event included brief remarks from artists, activists and public health leaders about the current and future art and public health initiatives taking place in Atlanta, as part of the Museum’s Stand & Witness: Time in the Art of Covid-19.