Foundation Background
NGO 'Mindfulness Art for Community' was founded with two motivations. Due to COVID-19, 2020-2021 was period of stagnant society. It highly influenced on people's life quality. As they were facing financial crisis and confinement in home, many people suffered from mental illness or slight depression. The founder of this NGO was also one of them.
Doing art activity the founder was healed mentally, and it resulted in a big motivation to serve community having same problem. Feature of healing artists' and audiences' mind enabled hosting art activity sessions to be best way to serve community. The second motivation started from the fact that there are so many people who are talented in art, but not actively utilize their gorgeous gifted talent. Especially people who are very busy because of their career, are likely to think they have no time to express their artistic talent.
However, when they have official opportunity to do art, they can make time for art activity and express their talent on canvas. We call these people 'Sleeping Artists'. This NGO wants to wake these sleeping artists by promoting art activities. Overall, we want this community to be more creative and mentally healthy.