Arts Health Antigonish (AHA!) Society

Arts Health Antigonish (AHA!) is a collaboration between artists, health care workers and educators, which began in the sustainability movement with an exploration as to how culture contributes to community resilience. Since 2013, AHA! has lived its mission of ‘fostering creative expression for community health’, creating about 30 arts-based
programs over ten years, particularly for those with less access to the arts, those in transition, isolated, ill, lonely or vulnerable in other ways. These programs are facilitated by trained artists and offered where participants live and gather: long term care homes, schools, hospitals, libraries, community spaces, and virtually, in people’s homes. By working with people at vulnerable times of their lives, AHA! contributes not only to their personal wellbeing, but also to the overall wellbeing of our community.