MISSION

CAReNet activates a network of artists and creative organizers who center the arts at every stage of disaster response, recovery, and resilience. We treat creative practice as a proven pathway for healing, connection, and preparation, and support artists as essential responders.

VISION

A world where the arts are fully recognized as essential to community health and wellbeing, as real work and a source of livelihood, and as integral to every stage of disaster response. Artists are respected as essential infrastructure to make communities more resilient, more joyful, and more colorful.

Steering Committee:

Timothy Deaton-Conway (Appalachian Arts Alliance), Bugz Fraugg, Gwen Johnson (Hemp Hill Center), Lydia Kitts (Brushy Fork Institute), Kiana Mahjub (Berea Arts Council), Andrea Muñoz (Mt Association), Shayla Roberts-Long (Clean4Change), Sarah Schmitt (Kentucky Arts Council), Leah Vanwinkle