Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center
Programs
Budget
$105,000.00
Description
While all art is therapeutic, Healing Arts therapy focuses on those individuals who are most at-risk in our Middle TN community, providing them a way of processing trauma, abuse, major loss, grief and depression that is accessible and perceived as less threatening as compared to other traditional therapies. This process invites a person to move flexibly among media, following their creative instincts and interests. Expressive Arts directly engages auditory, visual, and kinesthetic senses as well as emotions. Studies show that if individuals are placed into creative arts-based programs as early as possible after being diagnosed with PTSD, clinical anxiety, or depression, they would be at less risk for developing greater symptom severity.
While general mental health therapies are typically administered in-office through more traditional mental health service providers, this program reaches directly into communities that lack health insurance or would not otherwise seek treatment.
Program Successes
Healing Arts program outcomes include the development of specialized, in-house facilitated curriculum, as well as providing weekly interdisciplinary Healing Arts therapy sessions free of charge to more than 500 at-risk children and teens, women survivors of abuse and homelessness, and combat veterans experiencing PTSD and traumatic brain injury, through more than a dozen partner organizations who refer or maintain ongoing relationships with those in need.
Beneficiaries
People with psychosocial disabilities
Victims
At-Risk Populations
Program Success Monitored By
Our team of Expressive arts faciliators will be monitoring program success, in consultation with Executive Director, Cheryl Strichik, and supported by MACC staff members.
Program Areas Served
MACC campus and multiple off-site locations. Some programming delivered to closed groups of at-risk individuals in collaboration with partner organizations in the Middle TN area.
$105,000.00
Description
While all art is therapeutic, Healing Arts therapy focuses on those individuals who are most at-risk in our Middle TN community, providing them a way of processing trauma, abuse, major loss, grief and depression that is accessible and perceived as less threatening as compared to other traditional therapies. This process invites a person to move flexibly among media, following their creative instincts and interests. Expressive Arts directly engages auditory, visual, and kinesthetic senses as well as emotions. Studies show that if individuals are placed into creative arts-based programs as early as possible after being diagnosed with PTSD, clinical anxiety, or depression, they would be at less risk for developing greater symptom severity.
While general mental health therapies are typically administered in-office through more traditional mental health service providers, this program reaches directly into communities that lack health insurance or would not otherwise seek treatment.
Program Successes
Healing Arts program outcomes include the development of specialized, in-house facilitated curriculum, as well as providing weekly interdisciplinary Healing Arts therapy sessions free of charge to more than 500 at-risk children and teens, women survivors of abuse and homelessness, and combat veterans experiencing PTSD and traumatic brain injury, through more than a dozen partner organizations who refer or maintain ongoing relationships with those in need.
Beneficiaries
People with psychosocial disabilities
Victims
At-Risk Populations
Program Success Monitored By
Our team of Expressive arts faciliators will be monitoring program success, in consultation with Executive Director, Cheryl Strichik, and supported by MACC staff members.
Program Areas Served
MACC campus and multiple off-site locations. Some programming delivered to closed groups of at-risk individuals in collaboration with partner organizations in the Middle TN area.
Budget
$120,000.00
Description
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center provides a rotating calendar of museum-quality exhibitions of local, regional and international art to the local community, hosting guest artists through a variety of exhibition openings, artist talks, and other offerings and establishing itself as a leading venue for year-round arts and cultural experiences in Middle Tennessee.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Program Areas Served
None
$120,000.00
Description
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center provides a rotating calendar of museum-quality exhibitions of local, regional and international art to the local community, hosting guest artists through a variety of exhibition openings, artist talks, and other offerings and establishing itself as a leading venue for year-round arts and cultural experiences in Middle Tennessee.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$60,000.00
Description
A variety of musical, theatrical, dance and fashion performances and art/music seasonal festivals are hosted by Monthaven on campus throughout the calendar year. The "Sweet Summer Concert Series" was introduced in 2022 and provides four free concerts on the lawn to local residents by top singers/music performers from the region, featuring multiple genres such as country, americana, rock, folk, blues, and more. Monthaven also hosts an Artoberfest each October which features music performances, food, arts activities, local arts vendors, and more. Each exhibition opening event also features music performances that correspond to the theme of each exhibit.
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities - Musical Performances
Beneficiaries
General Public
Program Areas Served
None
$60,000.00
Description
A variety of musical, theatrical, dance and fashion performances and art/music seasonal festivals are hosted by Monthaven on campus throughout the calendar year. The "Sweet Summer Concert Series" was introduced in 2022 and provides four free concerts on the lawn to local residents by top singers/music performers from the region, featuring multiple genres such as country, americana, rock, folk, blues, and more. Monthaven also hosts an Artoberfest each October which features music performances, food, arts activities, local arts vendors, and more. Each exhibition opening event also features music performances that correspond to the theme of each exhibit.
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities - Musical Performances
Beneficiaries
General Public
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$125,000.00
Description
A series of weekly After-School art programs provide a variety of general and specialized art classes for more than 500 youth annually, primarily grades K-9, once per week for nine months each year. Classes for youth, homeschoolers, adults, and seniors are offered 5 days a week at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center.
Beneficiaries
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
None
$125,000.00
Description
A series of weekly After-School art programs provide a variety of general and specialized art classes for more than 500 youth annually, primarily grades K-9, once per week for nine months each year. Classes for youth, homeschoolers, adults, and seniors are offered 5 days a week at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center.
Beneficiaries
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$45,000.00
Description
A series of 50 + one-week summer intensive Art and Film Camps for children, adolescents, and teenagers, with camp offerings available throughout 8 weeks of the summer. Average summer enrollment is 300+ participants.
Beneficiaries
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
None
$45,000.00
Description
A series of 50 + one-week summer intensive Art and Film Camps for children, adolescents, and teenagers, with camp offerings available throughout 8 weeks of the summer. Average summer enrollment is 300+ participants.
Beneficiaries
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$125,000.00
Description
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center partners with schools, organizations and institutions in the local community to provide high-quality art-making experiences to 4000+ at-risk youth and adults annually. The Exhibition Connect: Community Outreach (EC:CO) program targets youth and families in neighboring underserved communities, offering hands-on artmaking activities and cultural experiences at our campus and within their own neighborhoods which introduce artists and mediums that relate to ongoing exhibitions at MACC. The EC:CO program also facilitates yearly collaborative creation projects, such as the Black History Month quiltmaking project, featuring notable historical figures of color who have or had a connection to the state of Tennessee. This 5-year creation project will launch in FY24 as a touring exhibit, providing educational, historical and community engagement content to sites throughout Middle TN and beyond.
Beneficiaries
At-Risk Populations
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Minorities
Program Areas Served
None
$125,000.00
Description
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center partners with schools, organizations and institutions in the local community to provide high-quality art-making experiences to 4000+ at-risk youth and adults annually. The Exhibition Connect: Community Outreach (EC:CO) program targets youth and families in neighboring underserved communities, offering hands-on artmaking activities and cultural experiences at our campus and within their own neighborhoods which introduce artists and mediums that relate to ongoing exhibitions at MACC. The EC:CO program also facilitates yearly collaborative creation projects, such as the Black History Month quiltmaking project, featuring notable historical figures of color who have or had a connection to the state of Tennessee. This 5-year creation project will launch in FY24 as a touring exhibit, providing educational, historical and community engagement content to sites throughout Middle TN and beyond.
Beneficiaries
At-Risk Populations
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Minorities
Program Areas Served
None
