UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art Nina Elder Exhibit

Project Coordinator & Sponsor: Joy L. Armstrong, Ph.D. Director and Curator

Responsible Department: Galleries of Contemporary Art (GOCA) at the Ent Center for the Arts

Total GAF Funding: $15,000

Themes: Climate Change Crisis, Mental Health, Community Healing

Goal:  Bridging the arts, mental health, and climate science, to contribute to 
a more holistic and empathetic understanding of the human dimensions of natural, 
industrial, and sociopolitical/colonial environmental change. Through creative 
expression, collective healing, and interdisciplinary collaboration, we hope to inspire 
greater individual and societal resilience in the face of climate crisis.

Impact: Establishing new or deepening relationships with existing community 
partners to meet or exceed year over year collaborations. Surveying program participants about learning objectives and pre/post self-reported well-being in program participation.