Painted Brain’s Short Film Wins 3rd Place at the Awareness Film Festival’s CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge
The Awareness Film Festival was a celebration of cinema with a powerful cause. It happened October 6-16, 2022, at the Regal LA Live Theater. It is organized by Heal One World, a non-profit charity serving the community surrounding West Pico Blvd in Los Angeles,...
“Caribbean Black”: A Wonderful and Moving Addition to “Discovering a Place for Us”
Artists Claire Jones, Kareena Rivera, Davy Andrek, and Amaranthia Sepia collaborated to create a spoken word poem performance that highlights the traumas Black people experience at the hands of racism in the United States. Claire Jones (the narrator) speaks over...
Discovering a Place for Us
Discovering a Place for Us is a great collaboration that Painted Brain uses to give people a welcoming place to express themselves and their experiences through art. This has become a gift for those involved, to be able to heal and share through the arts. The talented...
A New Step for Mental Health: Painted Brain’s Work with Psychiatric Advanced Directives
Painted Brain is leading the initiative to pass legislation that would change the way people experience mental health treatment and care. The legislation would enforce a legal rights document, Psychiatric Advance Directives—or PADs for short—that allows people with...
Solo Artist Exhibition III: “Art Is Therapy”
The mission of our Solo Artist Exhibition Program is to exemplify Painted Brain’s commitment to job creation and social enterprise. This program supports artists who experience mental health challenges by giving them an integral job experience as a professional...