Abstract

Project 222 - Was created in November 2001, our focus was to empower the artists community through our core beliefs that artist collaborations through creativity fosters sustainability, mental and emotional resiliency. We expanded our family to Taos, New Mexico (experimental theater) and the Yucatan (contemporary dance) in 2002. Our paper proposes that mental and emotional resilience and art are inextricably connected. A feeling of community and creativity as an artist is important. When artists collaborate and stretch their capabilities they do so together with a feeling of a common mission, safety in numbers. There is also a measurable positive effect on patrons that are exposed to art, there have been hundreds of studies.

Keywords: Project 222, Women in Arts, Mental Wellness, Holistic Health, Resilience