We all carry loads.

Grief, financial stress, illness, past trauma, loneliness. In recognition of the mental health awareness month in May, Austin Area Arts invites you to share your favorite way to lighten your load and strengthen your mental health.

At Taste of Nations, we will display our community art project: the Lighten the Load Paper Quilt. Come see it and find out how your friends and neighbors cope with stress. If you’d like, make your own quilt square sharing how you lighten the load with words or pictures.

The quilt so far, 5-6-2023