We Remember: A Month of Memorial Day Reflection and Connection
We Remember: A Month of Art, Community, and Connection for Memorial Day UPDATE: Our 2026 Memorial Day Virtual Exhibit is now available for viewing on the Mission Belonging Gallery. Thank you to all of the artists who submitted a tribute piece to the project! Every...
Finding What You Never Lost: Radical Renewal for Facilitators and Creatives with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Join us on Thursday, April 30th 2026, at 7 PM Eastern Time for a workshop with author and educator Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg! Ticket sales for this workshop support Mission Belonging's year-round free programming.The act of facilitation and making something (a poem, a...
Art Saves Lives: Writing Towards Recovery by Monica Pernia Marin
My father was not a good person. Before he died, his partner contacted me to ask for medical advice, financial help, and a goodbye video call. I don’t recall another time when I felt so conflicted. Torn between respecting my boundaries and having compassion for...
Art Saves Lives: Art Offers Us a Path (If We Will Take It) by Dr. Adam Saperstein
“We make art with our lives, yes, but also our lives are made through art.”
Art Saves Lives: “The Colors of a Resilient Warrior: How Art Saved My Life” by Amanda Barkster
“Writing became my palette, my lifeline, when the weight of my story became too heavy to carry alone.” I used to think resilience was invisible—a quiet, colorless force that held me together when everything else was falling apart. But I’ve come to realize that...
Art Saves Lives: “the only place i feel safe enough to question god” by Rick Writes
What device do you use to keep your vice in a vice? Creativity forges the keys to release us from these shackles. This instrument can also break locks. Every time I try and break free, I try & find moments to capture, the goal is to paint a polaroid of time. A...
Art Saves Lives: I Write by Steve Watson
Confiding to the impartial, sympathetic page paved the way for me to accept myself and finally reveal to my friends and family who I really am and begin to live my best honest life.I write. I write because I want to write; I write because I need to write. I write even...
