UCLArts & Healing
is an organizational member of the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine (CCIM), and is supported by the Arts & Healing Initiative, a non-profit organization established for this purpose. Ping Ho, MA, MPH founded UCLArts & Healing in 2004.
mission
Our mission is to transform lives through creative expression by integrating the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices for self-discovery, connection, and empowerment.
our team
Meet our Founding Director and the other members of the UCLArts & Healing family.
funders
View our list of contributors that help to make our vision a reality.
who we are
includes you.
board & advisors
Learn about our officers, board of directors, and multifacited list of program advisors.
note from our founder
Read a personal message from our Founding Director, Ping Ho, MA, MPH.
spotlight
Poetic Voices: Online Facilitator Training
Don’t miss the opportunity to learn a four-session curriculum that inspires poetic self-expression for all ages and abilities. Perfect for educators, therapists, and facilitators looking to add fresh tools for teaching adults and children as well as anyone wishing to deepen their artistic self-expression through creative writing. No writing experience needed. Sat., 3/2. Learn More
connect
The HEArts Program explores the effective use of patient narratives, media and creative arts to stimulate support, sharing and reflection among stakeholders to increase coping and compassion for severe mental illness. Many of our events are also research projects to measure how the arts may help promote healing in times of stress/depression and to also measure changes in attitude on depression stigma.