Positively Creative: The Arts and Youth Mental Health

As a longstanding champion of mental health, The Carter Center – in collaboration with the Carlos Museum of Emory University – will host “Positively Creative: The Arts and Youth Mental Health.” This event will include global and local expert panelists, including: 

• Nils Fietje, PhD - Founding Co-Director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab & Technical Officer for the BCI Unit, WHO Regional Office for Europe
• Jordan R. Murphy, PhD, RN, CPNP Chief Executive Officer, Center for Interrelational Science and Pediatrics (CSIP)
• Liz McDaniel Director of Engagement and Development, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
• Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, Founder and CEO, MeWe International Inc. 

In addition to these speakers, participants will have the opportunity to take part in an experiential collaborative collage will demonstrate how artmaking can improve well-being.  The session will provide strong evidence and concrete examples of how incorporating art into social and health programming boosts mental health and how organizations can creatively address the youth mental health crisis.  

FREE coaches will be provided to shuttle program participants to the 5-7 p.m. World Mental Health Day Reception at the CDC Museum and back to the museum for easy access to Fishburne and Oxford Road Parking Decks. This event will include brief remarks from artists, activists and public health leaders about the current and future art and public health initiatives taking place in Atlanta, as part of the Museum’s Stand & Witness: Time in the Art of Covid-19.