Gracie Jersey | The Art of Healing
Special | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
A look at how art can heal anguish, with Gracie and her "Movie Theatre" project.
A look at how art can heal anguish. Gracie Jersey of Jackson, Michigan, shares her story of perseverance through tragedy and hardship and how her art project, "Movie Theatre," gave her a rare feeling of accomplishment. MSU’s Broad Art Museum featured Gracie's art in an exhibit called “Making Space: Designing Youth Futures,” in partnership with the Youth Arts Alliance.
WKAR Specials is a local public television program presented by WKAR
Gracie Jersey | The Art of Healing
Special | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
A look at how art can heal anguish. Gracie Jersey of Jackson, Michigan, shares her story of perseverance through tragedy and hardship and how her art project, "Movie Theatre," gave her a rare feeling of accomplishment. MSU’s Broad Art Museum featured Gracie's art in an exhibit called “Making Space: Designing Youth Futures,” in partnership with the Youth Arts Alliance.
How to Watch WKAR Specials
WKAR Specials is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
More from This Collection
Kennedi Clifton | The Art of Healing
Video has Closed Captions
Music and art help soothe depression for a young woman from Jackson, MI. (2m)
Joycelyn Winchester | The Art of Healing
Video has Closed Captions
Once homeless, a young woman finds her purpose in life and healing in art. (2m)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(bright music) - I'm Gracie Jersey and I'm 17.
I'm from Jackson, Michigan.
- This one's your piece?
- Yeah.
- The ultimate goal of Youth Arts Alliance is building skill and practice in different art forms.
- When I was first told about this project, I actually didn't wanna to do it.
And then I started the class and I absolutely loved it.
- This workshop being the maker space like left you wanting to do more?
- Yeah.
- Within one workshop, Gracie was a leader, created her own space and it's remarkable to me how much levity she carries in the world going through some really hard experiences.
- When I was so focused into getting my art project done, I wasn't thinking about all of the things that were going on, you know in my life.
In 2017, my mom passed away.
And then in 2020, I was in a car accident and I broke my back in three different places.
I had to relearn how to walk, seventh, eighth, ninth grade, I was not going to school.
I was not getting good grades.
I was arguing with everybody and I wouldn't have made it without my principal, Mr. Baumb, my dad, my dad, I have the best dad.
I feel like if it wasn't for them, I probably wouldn't have been graduated by now.
And I wouldn't, I wouldn't have calmed all of my anger down without, without them.
Completing the movie theater makes me feel like, like I did it.
And I feel like I haven't been able to say that a lot.
I just want people to know that you can do it and you can get through it, whatever you're going through, eventually it gets better.
(bright music)
WKAR Specials is a local public television program presented by WKAR