In the Media:
*CBC’s North by NorthWest with The Art Studios clients
Clients of The Art Studios speak with Sheryl MacKay about the recovery program’s impact on their lives.
*CBC’s North By NorthWest interviews The Art Studios muralists:
Sheryl MacKay interviews The Art Studios artists who created two beautiful murals for Trout Lake Community Centre
http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/north-by-northwest/episode/13455884
*Global News reports on donors jumping in to save The Art Studios
Clients of a unique art program, put on the chopping block last month by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), are now breathing a sigh of relief.
Unique Vancouver Art Program Saved by Anonymous Donor
*Global News June 14, 2013, VCH Announces Closure of The Art Studios
*Haven for hundreds with mental Illness at risk of closing without secure funding (with video)
Former and current clients of East Vancouver Art Studio s are working to come up with the $370,000 a year to keep the centre open (Vancouver Sun, June 9, 2014)
A look at The Art Studios, a Vancouver Coastal Health community health unit in Vancouver, that provides beginner and intermediate classes to people with a mental health diagnosis, the program’s objective is to encourage growth and recovery through participation in art. The Art Studios lost funding from Vancouver Coastal Health last summer, after 20 years in operation. The health authority transferred its $357,000 funding to other areas it rates as higher priorities. Private donors have given the Art Studios enough money to keep it running until 2016. For more information/how to help call the Art Studios at 604-871-9788 or visit its Facebook page www.facebook.com/TheArtStudios Tax-deductible donations can be made to the VGH-UBC Hospital Foundation at 604-875-4676