The Arts & Wellness Community Network

The Arts & Wellness Community Network provides a broad panorama of 1-to-1 and group arts education, and creative experiences for VCBH clients enrolled in The Arts & Wellness Program.

Our network incorporates individual Artists, Arts Educators, Teaching Artists, Art Therapists, and Cultural Organizations drawn from all artistic disciplines (music, dance, theater, literary).

Cultural partners of The Arts & Wellness Community Network will be trained in Trauma Informed Art Practice, Social Emotional Learning Arts, relevant basic Public and/or Behavioral Health certifications — and receive ongoing professional development in Arts, Healthcare, and Wellness.

Arts & Wellness Coaches

    • Program Director

    • Certified Health & Wellness Coach

    • Opera Singer & Teaching Artist

    • Social Prescribing & Arts Prescription

    • Arts Entrepreneurship, Creative Strategies & Cultural Consulting

    • Community Arts Outreach

    • Arts Education & Curriculum Development

    • Arts Innovation & Project Management

    • Cultural Diplomacy, Arts Advocacy & Access

    • Health & Wellness Coach in training

    • Dancer & Choreographer

    • Community Arts Outreach

    • Teaching Artist

    • Arts & Social Prescribing Advocate

  • Representing Music Matterz, a Ventura County based music therapy practice

    • Health & Wellness Coach In Training

    • Music Matterz Leadership Team

    About Music Matterz:

    Music Matterz Inc. is a music therapy family practice specializing in neurologic music therapy, committed to providing the highest quality of care in music therapy, music and creative arts services, and music education possible. Domain areas include motor and language, social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral therapies.

    • Certified Health & Wellness Coach

    • Traditional Zapotec Weaver & Textile Artisan

    • Community Arts Outreach

    • Teaching Artist

    • Culture Bearer

    • Arts & Wellness for Indigenous Communities

    • Businessman

    • Health & Wellness Coach In Training

    • Certified Art Therapy Practitioner

    • Visual Arts & Sculpture

    • ArtTech

    • Meditative Arts

    • Marketing Professional

    • Arts Entrepreneur

    • Certified Health & Wellness Coach

    • Designer & Multimedia Artist

    • Play for Wellbeing Expert

    • Arts in Health Consultant

    • Social Prescribing & Arts Prescription

    • Research & Evaluation

    • EdTech

    • Arts Entrepreneur

    • Health & Wellness Coach In Training

    • Mixed Media

    • Documentary Film & Photography

    • Culture Bearer

    • Latinidad, Indigenous & Black femme perspectives

    • Mother

Artists

  • Nathan Hayden

    Social Practice Art

  • Cory Hill

    Music, Griot Storytelling, CEO & Founder of Percussive Storytelling

  • Mina Jimenez

    Traditional Zapotec Weaver

  • Andy Lepe

    Geometric Art

  • Benita Sosa Martinez

    Traditional Zapotec Weaver

  • Gaby Montiel

    Music, Singer, Songwriter

  • Rafael Perea de la Cabada

    Visual Art

  • Craig Rosen

    Creative Writing, Poetry, Executive Director of Ventura County Arts Council

  • Elisabeth Zuck

    Deep puppetry, Visual Art

…and more!

Cultural Organizations

Community Organizations

  • Gold Coast Transit District

    Access

  • Ventura County Community Information Exchange

    Access & Resources

  • Ventura County Transit Commission

    Access

  • Ventura Botanical Gardens

    Nature

  • Ventura County Libraries

    Education, Access