Come Join Us for the Mountains of Appalachian Music Arts and Wellness Festival on July 27th!

Good Good Good 07.26.24

On July 27, Clyde Valentín will start his day at an art summit in Chicago before heading to the AMERI’KANA outdoor music festival in Kansas City, MO, as part of the nationwide “Arts for Everybody” initiative.

Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin wrote a letter of support for Rhinelander’s Arts For EveryBody event on July 27!

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Chicago and the Inner-City Muslim Action Network are hosting events Saturday as part of the national “Arts for Everybody” initiative, highlighting the role of arts in community health. The city's Arts x Health x Wellness Summit at Malcolm X College will offer workshops, performances, and art therapy sessions, while IMAN's Mini Festival at Go Green Griot Plaza will feature live music, interactive art, and local vendors.

New York Times 09.12.23

“Arts for Everybody” by Michael Paulson, published by The New York Times on September 12, 2023, which explores the efforts of various arts organizations and artists to make their work more accessible and inclusive to diverse audiences.

ONOP’s Civic Coordinations Director, Michael Rohd, outlines the collaboration between artists, clinical sites, and advisory committees, leading up to a significant community event on July 27th.

US Weekly 7.23.24

Hollywood’s finest are coming together to support the arts in a new PSA for the Arts for EveryBody campaign.

Samuel L. Jackson, Aloe Blacc, Jay Ellis and more stars are featured in a new promotional video for the national arts organization, which sets out to establish the importance of the arts and health in America.

Playbill 7.22.24

"What's possible when the arts belong to everybody?" That's the question that director Lear deBessonet and actor Brian Stokes Mitchell asked in their recent joint TED Talk, which was performed at the TED Conference 2024 in Vancouver this past April.

Broadway World 7.22.24

Tony-nominated director and Founder/Co-Artistic Director of Arts for EveryBody, Lear deBessonet has released a new TED Talk focused on the power of the arts.

TED 2024 07.22.24

With huge, city-wide casts from an array of communities, theater director Lear deBessonet's productions illuminate the unique power of the arts to transform our lives through collective expression. She explores the power of spectacle to inspire awe, connect individuals and heal loneliness with tangible, life-changing results.

Spectrum News NY 1 7.20.24

On July 27, civic leaders and community health providers in 18 cities and rural counties across the country, including the south Bronx, will team up for a special event, simultaneously premiering an array of large-scale arts projects. The campaign is called Arts for Everybody. It’s part of One Nation/One Project’s national arts and health initiative. Their goal is to prove how the arts can lead to healthier people and healthier communities. Anchor Rocco Vertuccio spoke with Nataki Garrett, the co-artistic director of One Nation/One Project, to talk about the initiative Saturday on NY1.

WS Today 7.19.24

Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will become one of 18 communities across the US to be part of a national movement that facilitates the well-being of community members through art. Arts For EveryBody will make a pit stop in the Twin City during “Creative Wellness Community Day” on Saturday, July 27.

Yes! Weekly 7.19.24

Led by local arts and health leaders, Winston-Salem and Forsyth County’s July 27 event will be held at United Health Centers, located at 2101 Peters Creek Parkway in the Marketplace Mall, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested by going to WSArtsforAll.org.

Broadway World 7.17.24

Harlem9 is heading down south once again, for the inaugural “48Hours in…Baton Rouge” in partnership with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and the national One Nation One Project campaign, “Arts for Everybody” that will culminate on Saturday, July 27 at 7pm.

WJTV 7.16.24

Homegrown Utica, led by local artists and community leaders, will host the Homegrown Utica Fest on July 27.

The festival, held on Utica’s Main Street, will highlight Utica’s relationship and culture around food and rural living through storytelling, mural-making, farming tables, visual art, music, and more.

myRGV 7.16.24

If “Les Misérables” is considered the emotional rallying cry for all things redemption and revolution, then “¡Despierta!” can be thought of as a love letter for what sets the Rio Grande Valley apart from the rest of the world as the spiritual center of Tex-Mex culture.

Central Florida Health News 7.15.24

The Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine program are among a number of local organizations that have been included in a Proclamation by the City of Lakeland declaring Saturday, July 27, as Arts and Health Day.

Texas Border Business 7.12.24

FridaFest honors renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and celebrates the local artistic community. The festival will open with the premiere of an original musical, ¡Despierta!, about the region and starring 75 community members. After the premiere, the outdoor celebration will include public art commissions, demonstrating artists, local performers, and an exciting closing headliner. This festival will surround the new Edinburg Arts, Culture, and Events Center (A.C.E), soon to be the “Heart of the Arts in Edinburg.”