Megan Whitney
Have You Had Your Art Today?

In times of crises, we need humanity, expression, and the community that the arts create. Arts for Humanity! hopes to help ease the strain of these challenging times by providing creative opportunities that spark the imagination and soothe the soul. We have always worked to use the arts to empower and serve, "Have You Had Your Art Today?” mobilizes our mission as we reach both young and old across a wide and diverse audience.

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Have You Had Your Art Today?
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Karsen Gould
Participatory Creative Storytelling

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Participatory Creative Storytelling

Music Alive Program (MAP)

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Thanks to the generous support of the Stephanie Lancaster Foundation Arts for Humanity! has partnered withlocal musicians and multiple organizations to share the gift of music to seniors and youth. Our musical performances scheduled throughout the holiday season are bringing holiday joy to the residents of low-income senior living centers, as well as at-risk youth at Boys and Girls Club.

Special thanks to our guitarist Gem Fiedtkou, pianist Charlie Tetoni, and pianist Bryan Tari for sharing their talents and inspiring their audiences through music!

 

Instrument Petting Zoo
Saturday, May 13 11am-12 pm, Westside Boys and Girls Club

We are thrilled to announce this exciting event called “Instrument Petting Zoo.” Children will have the chance to have hands-on fun with instruments and become more familiar with musical instruments they see professionally played on stage. It’s a fun and educational program that teaches how vibrations become sound, and sound becomes music. This Instrument Petting Zoo event will be co-presented by Cal Poly’s honorary band fraternity, Iota Pi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and Arts for Humanity!.

 
 

This project is funded in part by the Organizational Development Grant Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and the Squire Foundation.

“Life Stories” for Seniors Video

Arts for Humanity! Creative/Executive Director, Karsen Lee has begun leading a “Life Stories” group at Garden Court, capturing and honoring the rich histories of the “greatest generation” through story telling.

This project is funded in part by the Organizational Development Grant Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and the Squire Foundation.

2017 Living Arts Story Theatre

This project is funded in part by the Organizational Development Grant Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and the Squire Foundation.

Karsen Lee Gould, an artist, educator, and theatre director has been facilitating groups in the expressive arts for over 25 years. Karsen has an MA in Creative Arts Therapy from Antioch University and studied theatre at the Goodman School of Drama and California Institute of the Arts. She is the founder and director of Arts for Humanity! and is passionate about exploring the authentic and unique nature of artistic expression and creativity within us all.