Archive for category: Healing Arts

Synergy’s Youth Resiliency Center (YRC) is located on the company’s Youth Campus. The YRC can be accessed by youth from across the community. YRC provides a safe environment where youth can receive support, work on job and life skills, use their state of the art facilities, and just have fun! The YRC offers help and support by giving young people the opportunity to learn life skills through meeting in groups and participating in activities like cooking classes, financial education meetings, and physical activity groups. They also go the extra step of providing a variety of free art classes in a state of the art studio setting. YRC was recently the host for the most recent ArtsKC Encounter event The Art of Resiliency in January. Arts Encounter members were given a behind-the-scenes look at the YRC, and it was clear the healing impact that expression through art can have on all of us.

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The Kansas Art Therapy Association, Inc. (KATA) is a chapter member of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) , an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in art making is healing and life enhancing.  AATA’s strives to serve its members and the general public by providing standards of professional competence, and developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy.  KATA’s goal is to serve and educate the state of Kansas and the Kansas City Metro area.  KATA was founded in 1972 and has been a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization since 1986.

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Arts & AGEing KC ‘s goal is to create a cultural change in Kansas City by establishing a positive community attitude towards aging. We live in a mindset that conceptualizes old age as a negative inevitability. Arts & AGEing KC’s belief is that the key to building community for all ages is to allow arts & cultural organizations to a play positive role in enhancing and enriching the quality of life for older adults. The vibrant arts and culture in Kansas City allows Arts & AGEing KC to increase public awareness through education, providing stellar programming, promote research that supports the best practices in the quality of life for older adults, and provide consultant services. We at ArtsKC salute Arts & AGEing KC for building new opportunities for economic vitality, engaged learning, and human expression across our collective lifespan while naturally breaking down economic, racial, and age barriers.

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