Integrating Arts And Wellness

The Well Arts Institute helps people with life-threatening illnesses, veterans, and others in crisis tell their stories through theater pieces to aid healing. Call now to request a demonstration for your class, company, or organization.

Susannah Mars Benefit for Well Arts

August, 25th 2008

One of the brightest stars on the National Cabaret scene, Susannah brings her musical magic to the Well Arts mission! With pianist Bill Wells, she and her special guests will create a joyous evening weaving song and stories of courage and healing. Don't miss this exciting event on August 25, 2008!

Visit her website to find out more about this stellar performer! www.susannahmars.com

"Intelligent sentiment and artistic restraint balanced with warmth, wit and great pipes."

— Bob Hicks, The Oregonian

Tickets: $40.00 on sale now. Ask about reserved seating Call 503.459.4500 or email: sarah@wellarts.org

Place: Portland Center Stage, Studio Theater

128 NW 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97209

Date: August 25th, 2008

Time: 7:30pm

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Mission

The arts are a critical component of healthcare. Our mission is to explore, develop and practice creativity as a means of wellness.

Traumatic life experience affects one physically, emotionally and psychologically. Participation in the arts allows individuals to draw upon their creative impulses to come to terms and live with these challenges.

The Well Arts Institute provides a common ground for the development, implementation and documentation of the benefits of creativity as a catalyst in the healing process.

Well Arts Institute’s “Performing Wellness” program has measurable positive results.

Recovery: Write Now
Old Stories, New Perspective

Well Arts' latest Performing Wellness was featured in the Willamette Week's 2007 Best of Portland Arts Section!

We were also in the Portland Tribune in June.

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Best Words To Live By

"Alternative therapies are big business, to be sure: think naturopathy, faith healing, power yoga. Who doesn't want to feel good, whatever the price? Thankfully, the Well Arts Institute (2710 NE 14th Ave., 459-4500, wellarts.org), Portland's own artful answer to healing , doesn't smack of spiritual dogma or herbal cure-alls and won't run you a couple hundred bucks. By bringing together clients from Oregon Health & Science University, the Portland Veterans Center and other healing services with Portland-based writers and actors to stage their chronicles of cancer battles and war trauma, Well Arts offers the best kind of communal healing possible, according to board president Michael Teufel: "We change lives and improve the wellness of our community by telling our stories ." The Institute's recent sold-out show on drug and alcohol addiction at the Interstate Firehouse Center is testament to the power of its work." Willamette Week Issue #33.37, July 25th, Page 27

The four-month Creating Wellness writing process culminated with three sold-out shows, standing ovations every night, and a healing in the community after learning more about the process of recovery from the diseases of alcohol and drug addiction. Our audiences begged for further performances of stories of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. We welcome your thoughts on our performances, please call 503-459-4500.

Funded by: The United Way

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