Art With Impact promotes mental wellness by creating space for young people to learn and connect through art and media. Our weekly blogs inform about the latest films, documentaries and campaigns (the good and the bad) that are using art as a way to express realities of mental illness and to break barriers of understanding issues related mental health.
by Sharon Nyarko For someone who has long experimented with real-time, single-take cinema, filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth has shown us yet again how his art can be resurrected and given new life. His...
In the wake of more realistic and careful representations of mental illness in the media, an amazing group of writer-producers is making another move to de-stigmatise mental health conditions. Their web series, Effectively...
When NYC-based director Lynnsey Ooten reached out to us about the innovative web series “SCRiBBLES” we were really intrigued to learn more! SCRiBBLES is a dark comedy about an illustrator who is depressed...
By Stephanie, Current student, Penn State University Life has always been a challenge. The way I saw myself, how I felt about life; I never thought was normal. It wasn’t until I started...
By Evelyn Gutierrez, Current Student, UCSB When I was 18, I was officially diagnosed with depression. With my depression came instant mood changes, feelings of hopelessness, and guilt from being told constantly that...
Matt Walting is making his directorial debut with the newly released ‘Just Say Goodbye’, the story of a young woman trying to save the life of her suicidal friend. After enduring years of...
By Evelyn Gutierrez, Current Student, UCSB Calming anxiety can be a real challenge. I know because I have dealt with anxiety for a decade now. For the first number of years navigating my...
My name is Karthik, and I’m from Bangalore, India. I work as a freelance artist (painting, illustrating and content writing) and am a tarot reader. I’ve become more passionate about mental health awareness,...
Art With Impact promotes mental wellness by creating space for young people to learn and connect through art and media.
COVID-19 Update
We are all in this together.
Why hello there, resilient human!
For the safety of our communities Art With Impact has moved all our workshops online. Please check individual workshop pages for updates on events you were planning to attend. If you are feeling overwhelmed and need mental health support right now, text HOME to the crisis text line at 741 741 or call the national suicide prevention hotline at 800-273-8255 (U.S.) or 833-456-4566 (Canada).
