Support
Help at-risk and neurodivergent youth access arts programs and creative opportunities through sponsorships and financial assistance.
HeARTS Spotlight Cabaret Society
Opening doors to the arts.
Creating space to belong.
HeARTS creates community arts events and helps at-risk and neurodivergent youth access arts programs and creative opportunities.
How Can I Help?
What We Do
Support. Advocate. Create.
Advocate
Build awareness of why meaningful arts participation matters and give arts providers practical tools to better support young people with diverse learning, sensory, emotional and mental-health needs.
Create
Bring community together through artistic events that raise awareness and generate support for the HeARTS mission.
Why the Arts Matter
More than an arts program.
Creative spaces can offer young people opportunities for expression, confidence, connection and belonging. HeARTS exists to help make those opportunities more accessible — and to help our community understand why that access matters.
For Arts Educators & Studios
Practical tools for more supportive arts spaces.
HeARTS is developing simple, accessible resources to help arts instructors support young people with diverse learning, sensory and emotional needs.
Toolkit in development
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HeARTS in Action
See the mission taking shape.
Two glimpses of the work so far: helping create access to the arts and bringing artists and community together around the mission.
Support in Action
Opening a door to creativity.
HeARTS is beginning to help young people connect with arts experiences where they can create, learn and belong.
The Shameful Hussies · Photo by Colin Bicknell.
Community in Action
Artists helping artists grow.
HeARTS events bring artists and community members together around a shared goal: expanding meaningful access to the arts.
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How can I help?
HeARTS grows through families, artists, partners, sponsors and community members who believe young people should have access to the arts.
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