THE CREATIVE CENTER
Medicine Cures the Body, but Art Heals the Spirit
As one of the first arts and health organizations in the United States, The Creative Center at University Settlement has been designing, implementing, and sustaining art programming in a variety of healthcare and community settings since 1994. We believe that our deep understanding of arts and health brings intentional energy and a renewed appreciation of the human mind and body to the forefront of all of our residencies, events and workshops.
Our programs are developed with great care and informed by ongoing feedback from our community, ensuring they are responsive to the needs of people at every stage of illness and aging, including those living with cancer and chronic illness, caregivers and the hospital staff who support them. We help participants reconnect with creativity by inviting them into a relational, collaborative process, working alongside professional artists who are central to the design and delivery of all Creative Center programming.
WATCH How The Creative Center’s groundbreaking programs find new ways to create connection and healing through artistic practice
“The Creative Center is me sticking my thumb in the eye of a diagnosis that trampled my sense of safety. It is me reclaiming my autonomy and membership in the world. It lets me answer the questions: “Who am I now? How will I express it? What will I do with it?”…The Creative Center confirms that I have more to do.
— Creative Center Community Member
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184 Eldridge Street
New York, NY 10002
Hours
Monday–Friday
9am–5pm
Phone
(646) 465.5338