by Kevin Naruse | Jul 2, 2021 | Events
Painted Brain is leading the initiative to pass legislation that would change the way people experience mental health treatment and care. The legislation would enforce a legal rights document, Psychiatric Advance Directives—or PADs for short—that allows people with...
by Kevin Naruse | Mar 10, 2020 | Events
The mission of our Solo Artist Exhibition Program is to exemplify Painted Brain’s commitment to job creation and social enterprise. This program supports artists who experience mental health challenges by giving them an integral job experience as a professional...
by Kevin Naruse | Oct 15, 2019 | Events
Painted Brain has partnered with the LA County Department of Mental Health through the CalMHSA: Help @Hand Project to implement outreach and engagement activities as well as peer-led training on digital health literacy and app education. PB disseminated a survey to...
by Dave Leon | Sep 24, 2018 | Events
Counter-intuitive though it may seem, comedy and humor are often one of the best ways to address and deal with difficult topics like suicide. We all struggle to talk about suicide and thoughts of taking one’s own life, likely because of our general discomfort...
by Kevin Naruse | May 30, 2018 | Events
Stewart Lupton was a prototypical poet laureate. He wore corduroy smoking jackets with leather elbow pads and spoke in the slow, low, non-southern drawl of the deep thinker that he was. Stewart brought gravitas and his extensive knowledge of the poetry canon to our PB...
by Dave Leon | Mar 19, 2018 | Events
Painted Brain is hosting Good Deeds for Tea and event focused on obtaining hygiene products to supply the Art Cart. The Art Cart is one of Painted Brains most creative Art delivery systems, to provide art, hygiene products, and a warm relationship with...