ArtBridge

At ArtBridge, our mission is crystal clear: to create innovative and interactive projects and  platforms that support, foster, and encourage essential and life-enhancing engagement with  the arts, not just in New Mexico but far beyond its borders 

Through advances in cognitive neuroscience and neuro-aesthetics, it is now known that the  arts are much more important than mere entertainment. They are essential to our health and  have the power to transform our lives. They are not only key to our ability to use executive  function, but are integral to our ability to flourish and thrive. Studies have shown that people who participate in arts activities more than once per week or who attend cultural events at least once per year, have measurably higher life satisfactions than those who do not,  regardless of socioeconomic level*. 

ArtBridge 501c3 has been established to build on three previously mounted projects,  envisioned and initiated by Nathalie (Lili) Pierrepont, to engage audiences with the arts in the  Santa Fe community and beyond. Urban Art Tripping LLC- an art-travel business, was  established in 2016 to empower women on their personal journeys, through immersive art  experiences. Santa Fe Arts Club, established during the Covid pandemic in 2020, was  created as a vehicle for keeping the arts community connected during quarantine. Going  forward SFAC (now under the umbrella of ArtBridge) will grow its virtual presence on social  media platforms and advance its mission by sponsoring art events for the Santa Fe  Community. ArtStorming Podcast, currently in its first season, is designed to expand on both  of those initiatives and bring the arts to a larger audience. The podcast series will allow  listeners to engage with creatives from all disciplines and gain insight into the artistic process.  The audience will come to understand the issues and challenges which face the most  imaginative among us, and learn how to tap into their own innate creativity to problem solve  and live life more fully. All of these projects support the core mission of ArtBridge.  

* Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us- Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.