SEYMOUR, Ind. – The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) has awarded $4,000 to Healthy Jackson County for Arts for Youth through the Arts Project Support grant program.
During its June quarterly business meeting, the IAC approved funding recommendations for the Arts Project Support and Arts Organization Support grant programs. Between the two grant programs, 338 organizations in 77 Indiana counties will receive funding.
Anne Penny Valentine, Chair of the Indiana Arts Commission, said, “The projects and organizations selected to receive funding are doing exceptional creative work in and for Hoosier communities. The Commission is excited and honored to support them.”
The Arts for Youth Project is an ongoing collaboration with Indiana University’s Center for Rural Engagement and School of Social Work and several Healthy Jackson County Coalition partner organizations, to create an art-based kit to support adolescent mental health in Jackson County. The Arts for Youth (A4Y) Book is available in Spanish and English and is a designed therapeutic guidebook to improve well-being through arts-based exercises infused with social work, art, play therapy practices, and other wellness resources.
The project will be available beginning September 26, after its launch celebration at the Mental Health Fest from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Crossroads Park, in Seymour. The Mental Health Fest is a free event to promote resources and positive mental health activities, and all are welcome to attend.
