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Make Art Make Change: Our 2025 Giving Tuesday Impact
Katie Goodling Katie Goodling

Make Art Make Change: Our 2025 Giving Tuesday Impact

This Giving Tuesday, our community turned creativity into real-world impact - raising and matching $1,500 for nonprofits supporting mental health, chronic illness, disability, and healing. See who we donated to and why:

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The Messy Middle (aka: The Part No One Talks About)
Katie Goodling Katie Goodling

The Messy Middle (aka: The Part No One Talks About)

I didn’t start making art because I felt creative - I started because I was overwhelmed, sick, anxious, and out of answers. What began as messy experiments in a sketchbook slowly became the one thing that helped me breathe again. This is the part of my healing story no one talks about: the messy middle, where art didn’t fix my life… but it held me together while I rebuilt it.

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The Year Everything Fell Apart
Katie Goodling Katie Goodling

The Year Everything Fell Apart

When my health collapsed in 2022, everything I thought I knew about myself fell with it. This is the story of the year everything changed and the single brushstroke that helped me find my way back to life…

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Reintroducing Inner Peace Art Studio
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Reintroducing Inner Peace Art Studio

Inner Peace Art Studio is entering a new chapter—one centered on healing through creativity. What began as a personal practice to cope with illness has evolved into a compassionate community where art becomes healing for the mind, body, and soul.

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