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Artbeat: Creative Arts for Wellbeing

Using music as a tool to nurture children's well-being.

We partner with schools and communities to create spaces for expression, connection, confidence, and belonging through structured music-based well-being programmes.

28/09/2026

When we look back at our first pilot at ASHA, five important lessons stand out.

Children often need time to feel safe and regulated before participation can happen.

We saw how music can create connection without relying on words — through rhythm, sound, movement and response.

We learned to notice the smaller signs of progress, because a moment of independent engagement or choice can be significant.

We also saw that agency needs room to develop. Children need opportunities to make choices, initiate and influence their experience.

And perhaps most importantly, we were reminded that participation doesn’t look the same for every child.

These lessons continue to shape how we develop Artbeat.

Our first pilot wasn’t simply a test of the programme. It was a learning journey for us too. 💚

We’re now working to bring this approach to more children and schools.

You can help us take Artbeat further.

👉 Support our crowdfunding campaign and help us reach more children: https://r.give.do/8fIFmoBi

25/09/2026

Sometimes, a small handwritten note can tell a very big story.

At our recent demo session at Ramagondanahalli Government School, we asked children to write down how they were feeling.

One child wrote:

“I am feeling little nice and good. But after listening this music I am feeling good. But also I am hungry.”

There is something beautiful about how honest this is.

The child wasn’t trying to give us the “right” answer.
They were simply noticing what was happening inside them — feeling good, while also feeling hungry.

And that is what we want our spaces to allow.

As the session continued, children who had been quiet began to speak. Some of the frustration in the room shifted towards excitement. And when it was time to stop, we heard:

“Extra 5 minutes, ma’am.”

For Artbeat, these small moments matter.

Because a music-based wellbeing space isn’t about making children perform, or making them feel a certain emotion.

It is about creating a space where they can listen, participate, express themselves and be heard.

This was just the beginning.

Pre-assessments are now underway at Ramagondanahalli Government School, after which our year-long programme will commence.

We are curious to see what the children will tell us next — in words, in music, and sometimes in the spaces between the two.

At Artbeat, Every heart has a beat, Every beat has a voice. 🎵🎵

23/09/2026

DID YOU KNOW? 🎵

Long before we spoke about music and wellbeing in modern terms, Indian musical traditions explored the idea that music could influence how we feel.

This idea is often associated with Raag Chikitsa — the traditional concept of using ragas for wellbeing and healing.

In Indian classical music, a raga is not simply a set of notes. Its movement, mood, time of performance and emotional character can create a particular experience or bhava.

Certain ragas have traditionally been associated with emotions such as calm, joy, devotion, romance or contemplation.

While modern research continues to explore how music affects our emotions, brain and wellbeing, the Indian musical tradition offers us a fascinating perspective:

Sometimes, we don’t just listen to music.
We experience it.

🎶 Music has always been more than sound.

21/09/2026

140 children. 5 schools. And we’re on our way. 🎵

Our mission this year is to bring Artbeat’s music-based wellbeing programme to 140 children across 5 schools.

And we’ve begun.

✅ SIRI School — pre-assessment completed
✅ Sacred Heart — pre-assessment completed
🔄 Ramagondanahalli Government School— pre-assessment underway

In SIRI and Sacred Heart, the next step is now just around the corner: the year-long programme will soon begin.

For us, this isn’t simply about reaching five schools.

It means showing up consistently.
Understanding where each child begins.
Creating spaces for participation, expression and connection.
And measuring what changes over time.

3 schools underway.
2 more to go.
140 children waiting to be reached.

This is the beginning of a year of learning, music and meaningful moments.

And we’re excited to take you along with us.

💛 Help us reach all 140 children.
Donate now: https://r.give.do/8fIFmoBi

18/09/2026

Sometimes, someone else’s belief gives you the courage to believe in your own work.
💛Artbeat is growing—and we have been incredibly lucky to find partners who have believed in what we are trying to build.

Our collaborations with Dream a Dream and Shiksharth given us something invaluable: trust, a platform and the confidence to keep going.

They opened doors for us.

Through Dream a Dream, we have been able to bring our music-based wellbeing work to Sacred Heart School, reaching children and communities we may not otherwise have reached.

Every school gives us another opportunity to learn.
Every child teaches us something new.
Every partnership helps us become better at what we do.

Now we’re ready to take the next step.

Help us reach the next 140 children. 🎵

Your support will help Artbeat bring structured music-based wellbeing experiences to more children. 👉 https://r.give.do/8fIFmoBi

To the partners who have trusted us and opened their platforms to us: thank you for believing in Artbeat.
A big Thankyou to our Tech partner Unbundl

We’re just getting started. 💛

17/09/2026

Wellbeing shouldn’t begin only when a child is struggling.

The NIMHANS National Mental Health Survey reported mental morbidity in 7.3% of adolescents aged 13–17.

But wellbeing is not only about responding to a crisis.

It is also about creating spaces where children can:

• express themselves
• feel heard
• connect with others
• participate without fear
• build confidence and agency

At Artbeat, we believe children need access to preventive wellbeing experiences as part of growing up.

Because every child deserves a space to express, connect and belong. 💚

15/09/2026

Build with us. Not just for us.

Artbeat is still being built.

We don’t have a finished formula sitting on a shelf. We’re learning, measuring, refining — and building a model that can reach more children without losing what makes the work meaningful.

This year, we’re working towards:

140 children.
5 schools.
A new community-musician model that creates continuity for children and sustainable livelihoods for musicians.
Stronger measurement to understand what is working — and what isn’t.
A model designed to sustain and grow beyond one grant, one donor or one year.

We know where we want to go.

But getting there takes more than an organisation.

It takes people who believe that wellbeing deserves a place in every child’s life — and who are willing to help build the way there.

We’re asking you to build it with us. We have reached Rs. 3,76,930 amount till now, goal is Rs. 12 lacs

Help us create the next chapter.

👉 Donate through the link : https://r.give.do/8fIFmoBi

14/09/2026

WHAT SONG CHANGES YOUR MOOD? 🎵

The one that lifts you up.
Calms you down.
Takes you somewhere.
Makes you want to dance.
Or brings back a memory.

What’s yours?

🎧 Drop your Happy song in the comments.

Let’s build a playlist together.

12/09/2026

What happens when music becomes more than a concert?

Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Project was built around a simple but ambitious question:

How can culture connect us?

Between 2018 and 2020, the project took Bach’s six cello suites to 36 locations across six continents.

But each stop was about more than a performance.

Alongside the concerts, Yo-Yo Ma and his team worked with local artists, cultural organisations, community groups and leaders to create conversations, collaborations and shared experiences.

The project explored the idea that culture can help us understand each other, ourselves and the world around us — and that those connections can strengthen communities.

As Yo-Yo Ma puts it, culture can help us imagine and build a better future.

36 concerts.
36 days of action.
6 continents.
One experiment: how culture connects us.

A beautiful reminder that music can be more than something we hear.

It can be something that brings us together.

10/09/2026

Who takes care of the people who take care of our children? 💛

At Artbeat, we believe music for wellbeing isn’t only for children.

Sometimes, the people holding space for children need a space of their own.

Recently, 40 teachers and our facilitator came together at ASHA for a Collective in Action session—using music to pause, listen, connect and reflect.

Because educators carry so much every day. And as the saying goes, you can’t pour from an empty cup.

Music gave us a simple way to slow down, be present and reconnect—with ourselves and with each other.

We are deeply grateful to our partner for continuing to believe in Artbeat and for creating spaces where wellbeing can be experienced, not just talked about.

When we care for the adults who care for children, we strengthen the ecosystem around the child.

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