Art Therapy

The National Endowment for the Arts has provided and promoted the Our Town Creative Placemaking Grant Program to lay the groundwork for system changes that sustain integration of arts, design, and cultural activities into local strategies to strengthen communities (NAEA, 2021). George Junior Republic is a residential treatment center located in Grove City, Pennsylvania with an art program that has collaborated with various partners throughout the Grove City community. Outside of the art projects, George Junior Republic and Grove City have functioned independently for over a century. It is time to partner together and bring a better quality of life to the people that live and work in both communities. This unique opportunity of partnering with the local government of Grove City and a residential treatment center through the sustainable integration of art, culture, and design is exactly what the Our Town Program was designed for. This proposal addresses the collaboration of art therapists, artist residency, and community empowerment to create the Art Unites project designed for the Our Town grant proposal.