Art Therapy
Theme
40 segments · 42 voices · 7 events · 11 videos
Voices on this theme
- Tyler Calabrese · 8 segments
- NAMI Anne Arundel County · 7 segments
- Malcolm McFadden · 4 segments
- David Idemudia · 3 segments
- Dr. Ashley Elliott · 3 segments
- Reid Chancellor · 2 segments
- Unknown Speaker 11 · 2 segments
- Sarah Kitlowski · 2 segments
- Artie Fox · 2 segments
- Steve Hall · 2 segments
- Dominic Delaney · 1 segment
- Pins Lease · 1 segment
- …and 30 more
Often appears alongside
- Depression · co-occurs in 18 segments
- Stigma Reduction · co-occurs in 17 segments
- Anxiety · co-occurs in 12 segments
- Community Healing · co-occurs in 11 segments
- PTSD Trauma · co-occurs in 10 segments
- Grief Loss · co-occurs in 8 segments
- Addiction Recovery · co-occurs in 6 segments
- Veteran Experience · co-occurs in 1 segment
Segments
- Felicia’s Opening Remarks – Serenity Gallery & SYT Fashion Show Introduction Felicia, the curator of the ‘Serenity’ gallery exhibit, opens the My Fit Speaks fashion show by describing how she chose to transform a solo exhibit into a 29-artist collaborative… · 2025-10-31
- Zach Sandler Shares Bipolar Disorder Story and Musical Journey Zach Sandler, a Broadway musical theater actor and composer known for playing piano in Wicked, delivers a deeply personal spoken-word narrative chronicling three psychiatric hospit… · 2025-07-13
- Brown Paper Doll Performs Spoken Word on Identity and Healing Brown Paper Doll, a member of the ‘Rap is Poetry’ collective, delivers a raw and layered spoken word piece exploring her lifelong experience with neurodivergence, childhood trauma,… · 2025-07-13
- LM Designs 8 Performs ‘Beam Bright Butterfly’ and ‘Pride LM Designs 8, a self-described ‘healing multi-dimensional artist,’ performs two original spoken-word pieces at SYT Annapolis 2025. ‘Beam Bright Butterfly’ delivers an affirming mes… · 2025-07-13
- Dr. Ashley Elliott Performs Creative Movement to ‘Something Has to Break Dr. Ashley Elliott (Dr. Vivid) introduces and performs a creative movement piece set to the song ‘Something Has to Break,’ using expressive dance as a therapeutic coping tool. She… · 2025-07-13
- Ms. TK — ‘Mysterious Girl’ (Spoken Word) Ms. TK, an art wellness coach and spoken word artist who lives with mental illness, performs her poem ‘Mysterious Girl’ — a piece about identity, social judgment, and the tension b… · 2025-07-13
- Scott of the Andes — ‘Just Thinking Things Over Scott of the Andes (performing as ‘person:unknown_speaker_2’) delivers an original live acoustic song titled ‘Just Thinking Things Over,’ accompanied by guitarist Evan Skye. Perfor… · 2025-07-13
- Welcome and Opening Remarks — Dr. Tyler Calabrese Dr. Tyler Calabrese delivers opening remarks for SYT 2025, reflecting on global mental health observations from trips to London and Japan, sharing a recent personal tragedy that ne… · 2025-07-13
- Testimony: Music as Healing from Childhood Trauma A performer shares that music became their primary coping mechanism after experiencing childhood trauma and finding limited relief from conventional mental health treatments. A liv… · 2025-05-17
- Live Music: ”Cactus Moon” — Intergenerational Healing and the Others A musician introduces a song written while preparing for a songbird festival, sharing that they realized the creative work was ultimately aimed at healing their mother, which would… · 2025-05-17
- Spoken Word: ”Still” — Poetry of Perseverance and Isolation A poet delivers a dense, imagistic piece about a chipped tooth from a playground incident, the act of writing as survival, and how movement through pain becomes hope against isolat… · 2025-05-17
- Creative Movement: Therapeutic Movement as Advocacy A performer introduces a segment of creative movement, explaining it is a modality used in therapy sessions. They note with humor that removing earrings is not a sign of aggression… · 2025-05-17
- Live Music: ”The Last Thing I”ll Think Of” — Healing from Abuse A musician introduces a song written about navigating healing and finding normalcy after experiencing abuse. The performance, titled ‘The Last Thing I’ll Think Of,’ includes lyrics… · 2025-05-17
- Through These Eyes: Writing Personal Mental Health Struggles Into Music Josh addresses two interview questions in tandem — whether artists made him feel it was okay to discuss mental health, and whether his own lyrics address coping and mental health.… · 2024-07-29
- Carly Winter — ‘Necessary Evil’ Original Song on Growth & Change Carly Winter, a high school junior performing at SYT for the second year, performs her original song ‘Necessary Evil’ — an autobiographical piece about emotional growth, learning n… · 2024-07-14
- Sister Fran — ‘Battlefield on the Brain’ & ‘Onward and Upward’ Poetry An unknown speaker identifying herself as ‘Sister Fran’ performs two original spoken-word poems at SYT Annapolis 2024. The first, ‘Battlefield on the Brain,’ recounts her 2018 psyc… · 2024-07-14
- Daniela Nye (Tiger Lily) — ‘Before You Came Along’ Original Song Daniela Nye, performing under the name Tiger Lily, introduces and performs her original song ‘Before You Came Along,’ a live acoustic guitar performance written for her children. I… · 2024-07-14
- Artie Fox — ‘I’m Going Home’ Spoken Word Tribute to Grandmother Spoken word artist Artie Fox delivers a heartfelt tribute to his recently deceased grandmother, prefacing the poem ‘I’m Going Home’ with a vulnerable personal account of nearly not… · 2024-07-14
- MC Reflection on Dr. Elliott & Coping Through Arts David Idemudia serves as MC, reflecting warmly on Dr. Ashley Elliott’s longtime dedication to Speak Your Truth — including her legendary appearance shortly after giving birth at th… · 2024-07-14
- Dr. Ashley Elliott — Creative Movement Performance to ‘October Sky Dr. Ashley Elliott delivers a creative movement performance set to Yebba’s ‘October Sky,’ dedicating the piece to her recently deceased aunt. She briefly explains how creative move… · 2024-07-14
- Reid Chancellor on Art, Mental Health, and Performs ‘Haircuts Reid Chancellor, returning for his third SYT appearance, reflects on how his non-fiction graphic novels ‘Hardcore Anxiety’ and ‘Sad Religion’ explore mental health through punk cul… · 2023-07-15
- Scribe (Aaron Yieldhall) – Personal Story on Music, Anxiety, and Community Aaron Yieldhall, known by the alias ‘Scribe,’ shares a candid personal story about using music and songwriting as a coping mechanism for severe social anxiety since adolescence, an… · 2023-07-09
- Artie Fox – Spoken Word ‘Malabar’ on Mental Labyrinth Spoken word artist Artie Fox performs an original piece titled ‘Malabar, using the metaphor of a mental labyrinth to describe the disorienting experience of living inside an overac… · 2023-07-09
- Ramona Monet – Burlesque Dance Performance Ramona Monet performs an expressive burlesque dance routine to ‘I’d Rather Go Blind,’ introduced by the MC as storytelling through art. The performance is framed by the host as a f… · 2023-07-09
- Hillary Thompson – Poetry on Childhood, Trauma, and Life Hillary Thompson, a poet diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, delivers three original spoken-word pieces exploring childhood, maternal trauma, inner turmoil, and the daily re-discov… · 2023-07-09
- Sarah Kitlowski – Story of Recovery and Hope Sarah Kitlowski shares her personal recovery story, describing how a stranger’s 40-year-delayed letter of amends — discovered during her own early days of heroin addiction recovery… · 2023-07-09
- Dr. Unknown — Dance Performance to ‘Breaking Point An unidentified clinical psychologist and long-time SYT participant delivers a brief personal introduction — openly disclosing her own anxiety, PTSD, and major depressive disorder… · 2023-07-09
- Victor — Visual Art and Isolation Story Victor, a visual artist and graphic designer, shares a vulnerable and candid account of being roughly four months into recovery from addiction and depression, describing how art se… · 2023-07-09
- Joy Sherelle Brown — Story of Schizoaffective Disorder and Filmmaking Joy Sherelle Brown, the final speaker of the evening, shares her personal journey living with schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) — from a first psychotic episode at 18 and two… · 2022-07-17
- Sarah (Glass House Co-Founder) — Glass House Recovery Introduction Sarah, co-founder of Glass House Recovery, introduces her treatment facility designed specifically for creative individuals navigating substance use disorder and addiction. She des… · 2022-07-17
- Gray Smith — Rap Performance and Glass House Recovery Presentation Gray Smith (Steve) delivers a raw rap performance touching on addiction, homelessness, grief, and recovery, then transitions into a spoken presentation alongside his partner Sarah… · 2022-07-17
- Laura Pimpo — Spoken Word on Hope and Ukraine Laura Pimpo delivers a spoken word piece on behalf of her friend Alyssa, an artist currently doing humanitarian work in Ukraine, connecting the mental health strains of war to broa… · 2022-07-17
- Renee Ruin: ”Wounds Volume 2” — Writing as Catharsis and Mental Health Advocacy Renee Ruin, a poet, podcaster, and mental health ambassador diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, introduces her poetr… · 2022-07-16
- Pins Lease: Visual Art Presentation — Emotion Sickness, To Be Continued, Behavioral Boulevard’ Visual artist Pins Lease, a working artist at the Lorton Workhouse Art Center affiliated with Uniting Us, presents three original abstract works — ‘Emotion Sickness,’ ‘To Be Contin… · 2022-07-16
- Dominic Delaney: ”Haunted Halls” Performance and Sobriety Story Dominic Delaney, a singer-songwriter from South Florida, performs his original song ‘Haunted Halls’—written about his experience in a Texas rehabilitation facility—and shares a can… · 2022-07-16
- Nia - Bipolar 2 Hospitalization and Recovery Story Nia, an unidentified speaker diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and ADHD, shares an unscripted, deeply personal account of her mental health journey — including two psychiatric hospitalizati… · 2021-07-09
- Jenna - Vinyl Scrap Art and Meditation A speaker named Jenna shares her vinyl scrap art created from recycled boat-graphics materials and speaks about how discovering meditation has been healing in her mental health jou… · 2021-07-09
- Christina - Bipolar, GAD, and BPD Poems Christina, a former NAMI facilitator, shares a set of original spoken-word poems written as personal coping tools, each addressing a specific diagnosis: Bipolar Disorder, Generaliz… · 2021-07-09
- Joe Gagliardi: Marine Veteran Story and Stand-Up Comedy Joe Gagliardi, a US Marine Iraq War veteran, stand-up comedian, and Annapolis resident, shares his personal mental health story — including the death of his sister before his first… · 2020-06-25
- Patrick Finn: ”My Dark Parrot” Slam Poem Patrick Finn performs his original slam poem ‘My Dark Parrot,’ a visceral spoken-word piece using the metaphor of an invisible parrot to personify PTSD, intrusive thoughts, and sui… · 2020-06-25