Consulting: Mental Health Initiative

The IndieSpace's Mental Health Initiative aims to empower artists to be advocates for themselves and their mental health while organizing a safe space for conversation, inclusion, and raising awareness. I developed this program in the summer of 2021 in response to the on-going need and lack of mental health resources centering artists. As part of this initiative, we began hosting monthly lotteries for $500 Mental Health Micro Grants, hosted bi-annual mental health resource lotteries, and cultivated mental health centered monthly newsletters. Since July 2021, we have been able to give out over $150,000 and serve 300 artists with our grants, I have hosted two resource lotteries offering artists access to physical body treatments, one-on-one movement sessions, and creative retreats, and curated and written 13 newsletters.