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Mission and Goals The Open Studio Project (OSP) is a non-profit arts and social service organization. We provide stimulating and powerful programming combining visual arts and writing, with a special emphasis on using the creative arts to inspire personal growth, interpersonal understanding, and social change. We serve both the general public and the diverse community of underserved local residents. Our mission is to utilize and bring the creative process to individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and to empower people to turn to art for personal growth.
Through workshops, classes, exhibitions, and especially community partnerships, we teach participants how to use art making effectively as a safe, powerful, and reliable medium for personal exploration and growth. More specifically, our goal is for participants to learn how to turn to their own creativity in order to increase self-awareness, empathy, and clarity in transitional times or challenge in areas of their lives. Specific issues for some of our participants have included life-goal clarification, career changes, illness, bereavement, and managing feelings of hopelessness and anger during adolescence.
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