About Artbeat Studio
To provide studio space and connections that encourage creative expression and mental health. Artbeat Studio programs include the Artist-in-Residence Core Program, Studio Central, Urban Arts Centre (Community Drop-in and Programming), Gallery Boutique, and Artist Residency. They provides one-of-a-kind, self-directed, peer-supported programming in the community. For the purpose of recovery and empowerment, it offers mentorship, working art studio and gallery space, and social supports to people with mental illness. Artbeat Studio is a registered charity that doesn't make money. Through positive action, mental health education, and advocacy, they are committed to reducing poverty-related stigma and discrimination. Participants receive services without charge. Each participant artist, their caregivers, the local inner-city community, and society as a whole are the intended beneficiaries.