Core Narratives

Because so much of our work is developed through the lens of community and public benefit, we have identified core issues that are important to local citizens as a way to help us consciously embrace how art and history can integrate with and impact community life. These areas of focus emphasize our sense of place, local identity, and collective history. Also seen as our spheres of impact, they help guide how programs and initiatives at the MoH are developed, curated, and organized, creating opportunities for cultural practitioners to collaborate, inspire, and elicit creative solutions that can result in deep and lasting change.

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They include: • Health & Wellness: Mental health, holistic healing, art and healthy living habits. Access to care, focusing on the needs of our most vulnerable. Connecting communities and resources. • Memory and Place: Looking back to look forward. Heritage, culture, and tradition. Movement, migration, and place. Institutional and collective memory. Storytelling. • Regenerative Design & Cultural Activism: Creation over consumption. Working with and through the land. Art that gives back – a tool for restoration, renewal, or revitalization. • Joy & Beauty: Experiences that provide space to pause and imagine.

Relief, reflection, escape. Stillness, Uncanniness. Consideration of the unknown, inspiring wonder and awe.