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WHY ART MATTERS Email from Transformative Arts Project Final Week to Visit TAP’s Youth-Led Mental Health Exhibit at Delaplaine Arts Center TRANSFORMATIVE ARTS PROJECT MAY 2026   Mental Health Awareness Month at TAP A

What an incredible evening at "Why Art Matters: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day" 💚

This was our 4th year bringing the community together to break down the stigma around youth mental health through the arts, creativity, storytelling, performance, and Photovoice.

A huge thank you to all of the community providers and organizations who showed up to share resources and support youth and families throughout Frederick County. This is what collaboration and community care look like.

We also want to give a special shout-out to the Frederick Youth Council for their amazing leadership, partnership, talent, and vulnerability throughout the evening. From facilitating the youth panel discussion to performing in the talent show, these young leaders truly showed the power of youth voice in action.

Thank you to every youth who shared their artwork, stories, music, dance, and creativity with us. Your voices matter. Your stories matter. YOU matter.

We are so grateful to everyone who supported this important work and helped create meaningful conversations around mental health, healing, expression, and connection. Boys & Girls Club of Frederick County Asian American Center of Frederick METAS STEM LLC Ausherman Family Foundation Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.

A huge thank you to all of the community providers and organizations who showed up to share resources and support youth and families throughout Frederick County. This is what collaboration and community care look like.

Special thanks to:
Frederick Youth Council
12 to 24 Collaborative
Boys & Girls Club of Frederick County
Asian American Center of Frederick
Centro Hispano de Frederick
City Youth Matrix
The Frederick Center
Frederick County Public Libraries
Global STEM & AR Outreach Foundation Inc. & M.E.T.A.S. STEM, LLC
YMCA of Frederick County
Mental Health Association of Frederick County
City Parks & Recreation
FCG Division of Family Services
Blessings in a Backpack Frederick
Girls on the Run