Our Programs

We believe creativity is more than making art—it’s a way to understand yourself, process experiences, build confidence, connect with others, and imagine new possibilities. Through trauma-informed expressive arts, movement, mindfulness, and wellness, we give teens space to create without judgment and discover what happens when their voice is truly their own.

Our programs are designed to help teens strengthen self-awareness, practice self-expression, build resilience, and develop tools for navigating life with greater confidence and connection. We prioritize access for teens who may have fewer opportunities to participate in creative and wellness experiences, including youth in foster care.

We’re here to help teens feel seen, supported, and empowered—and to remind them that their creativity, their voice, and their perspective matter.

Encounter Creativity

Encounter Creativity is a series of online and local community-building events aimed to provide people of all ages with tools and resources to incorporate creativity as a mindfulness practice in their daily lives. Each event is facilitated by community creatives and incorporates movement, nature, and art. Check out our Upcoming Events to register for our next event.

Engage Creativity

Engage Creativity supports social, emotional, and creative development for youth living in community based care foster homes. Utilizing creativity and authentic self-expression, this program supports local foster youth in their journey of self-discovery and life development.

Elevate Creativity

Elevate Creativity is a 9-week program offered to high school youth to explore their creative process as a path to self-discovery, expression, and overall wellness. This program encourages youth to embrace their authentic selves, manage stress, establish autonomy, and grow their resilience along the way. Over this 9-week program, youth explore topics such as emotional identification and regulation, interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, physical wellness, financial autonomy, communication, and collaboration.

Empower Creativity

Coming soon: Empower Creativity is a mentorship and life-skill development program that offers guided direction to high school youth to pursue the fullest extent of their creative dreams. Youth participants are paired with mentors who help nurture, guide, and facilitate the creation of possibility within life after high school.

Youth interested in further pursuing their creative dreams can apply for our Creative Catalyst Scholarship that allows them to start their own small business and be paired with an entrepreneur mentor to guide them through the process.