Healing Through Art

Trail Talks special event in partnership with the 2021 Spirit & Place Festival. Moderated by Nichelle M Hayes, the founding leader of The Indianapolis Public Library’s Center for Black Literature & Culture (CBLC) at Central Library. Ms. Hayes will be joined by Dr. Sally Wasmuth, a professor of Occupational Therapy at IUPUI. Dr. Wasmuth’s background is in African-American Studies, Philosophical Studies of Biology, and Occupational Therapy. She is involved in several arts-based recovery initiatives, including the use of theatre as both a therapeutic intervention and a means of stimulating community conversations on critical topics including the opioid crisis and healthcare inequities related to race. They also will be joined by visual and theatre artists in this community conversation about the power of art to heal.