Clarke, Kristine2017-10-182017-10-182017-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/190742University of Minnesota Plan C final project paper for ACL 8002, Instructor Thomas Borrup. Spring 2017. Degree: Master of Professional Studies in Arts and Cultural Leadership. 1 digital file (pdf).The following three questions will be examined through this study. First, what role do arts organizations play in relation to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Second, do art organizations make any impact on individuals who have experienced ACEs? Third, do these organizations create this impact knowingly or unknowingly? Through examining six organizations it appears that arts organizations serve as efficient supplemental tools in helping individuals suffering from side effects of ACEs. By combining organizational efforts around mental health, rehabilitation, and social work with those of arts organizations, individuals are able to find a pathway or alternative communication method to expressing their emotions, fears, and demons that they have been trying to keep hidden. The research has also shown that art organizations are helping people confronting ACEs without knowing that the programming is indeed helping individuals facing ACEs. Through examining these questions the recommendation from this paper is for mental health, rehabilitation, and social work organizations to acknowledge how useful the arts can be for their patients and clients, and to seek out collaborations with these organizations.enartart organizationadverse childhood experienceACEmental healthrehabilitationsocial worktraumaprogrammingcapacitycollaborationcommunicationThesis or Dissertation