The Make Art, Make Change Initiative
5% of all sales will be donated to NAMI and the 988 Lifeline, because healing and crisis care should be accessible, and creativity shouldn't exist in a vacuum. And our current admin in the United States has slashed mental health resources and funding. And we’re not okay with it.
This isn’t just art.
It’s creative resistance.
We believe art can hold grief, joy, fear, softness, rage, and rest.
We also believe in doing something… especially when systems fail the people who need the most care.
So here’s what we’re doing:
Starting July 11, 2025, we’re giving 5% of every sale to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - two organizations that have been life-saving for so many of our kindred spirits.
Why NAMI & the 988 Lifeline? Why now?
Because mental health support in the U.S (and the world). is in crisis.
Because trauma-informed, neurodivergent-safe, and accessible care is not a given.
And because political administrations have stripped funding from life-saving programs like 988’s LGBTQ+ line and grassroots orgs that hold space when the system disappears.
We’re not waiting for permission to care.
We’re giving back now, through art, through action, through community.
Who your creative investment helps:
By choosing Inner Peace Art Studio, you're directly supporting NAMI and the 988 lifeline’s mission to:
Provide free mental health education and support
Advocate for policies that protect vulnerable communities
Fund crisis lines, peer programs, and resources for families
Raise awareness for anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar, ADHD, and other mental health challenges that too often get ignored or misrepresented
These are the tools many of us needed years ago.
We’re helping make sure they’re there for someone else right now.
How it works:
Every order, whether it’s a card deck, class, or coaching session, helps us give back.
We donate 5% of our total monthly sales to NAMI and the 988 Lifeline and share quarterly updates with our community about where that money went and the impact it had.
This isn’t a marketing ploy. It’s a purpose. It’s a promise.
And it’s deeply meaningful to our founder Katie, who lost her 14 year old cousin to suicide due to LGBTQ bullying in 2010 and has been fundraising for NAMI, 988, The Trevor Project, and other related organizations since then.
Equitable access is important.
Inner Peace Art Studio was born from the belief that expressive art is medicine for magical minds. But we know our studio exists in a wider world,.. a world where access, equity, and care are still out of reach for far too many.
So we’re using what we have:
Our art.
Our income.
Our voice.
And we’re inviting you to be part of something bigger when you become an Inner Peace Imperfectionist.
Every time you ghost your sketchbook and come back…
Every time you show up to a live class in your pajamas, foggy but trying…
Every time you support this studio, you’re also helping someone else access the mental health support they deserve.
And that? That feels pretty damn good.
Make Art, and Make Change with the Inner Peace Art Studio.
Make art. Make change.
Katie’s Mental Health Story
i took my first antidepressant & ANXIETY MEDS in my TEENS. mental illness definitely runs in the family.
i’m a recovering dopamine addict.
i struggled with extreme perfectionism, anxiety, and impostor syndrome in my late teens, 20s, and 30s.
i discovered i have adhd in my 30s after covid, new autoimmune diseases, and PCOS/hormone issues.
All of this, and somehow I kept my sh*t together. Or at least acted like I did.
Then in late 2022 things went boom, I got sick, and had to leave my marketing exec career. I hit rock bottom. I wasn’t even brushing my teeth or my hair.
That’s when art, writing, creativity, and community changed my life.
Healed little bits of me.
Helped make the anxiety bearable.
Helped me feel safe in my story.
And that is the gift we want to give everyone - through NAMI, 988, and through our art and creative wellness classes.
This is why I’m currently studying to become an art therapist in my late 30s! It’s never too late.
I LOST MY 14 year old cousin to suicide in 2010. his classmates bullied him because they thought he was gay.
my “FIRST LOVE” took his own life in our late 20s.
SOMETIMES IT’S HARD FOR ME TO EVEN TAKE A SHOWER OR BRUSH MY TEETH. I’VE LEARNED TO EMBRACE IMPERFECTION WITH INTEGRITY.
I AM VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS