Healthy Community Initiative

A project that fit into the “healthy living” theme of this fall’s grant cycle is “The Studio”. Put forward by three high school students, “The Studio” will be an all-inclusive area and time for any student grades 6-12. Meeting at the Northfield Arts Guild, on Saturday evenings, they will vary between semi-structured time with instructions in a certain art medium or a visit from a guest artist and freestyle, open-ended nights for students to use any medium. Their YouthBank grant will help to cover the cost of snacks, instruction, paid supervision and all needed art supplies. The desire to fund this project was rooted in two areas; first, that creating art has shown to help teenagers work through complex emotions, and second, the desire to see a healthy place in town where youth can hang out.

Fiscal Agent:

Northfield Arts Guild