(Artwork Credit) "Have You Ever" by Alexis Obinna.
In spring 2022, the LA County Youth Commission approached the Arts Ed Collective with an interest in incorporating artwork produced by youth into the Helping Centering Youth Voices in Mental Health report to the Board of Supervisors, to make the report more accessible to youth and other members of the general public. Thirteen systems-impacted young artists—either independently or with support from community-based arts organizations—created artwork that conveys some of the themes implicit in the report and that shares their own personal journeys with mental health. These pieces are powerful representations that offer a window, beyond the data, into the experiences of LA County youth.
