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Community Mural Announcement

We are excited to share that PAC Artist Ninja Picasso has been commissioned to create a community mural for Greenville Homeless Alliance at Triune Mercy Center.

2022 Annual Impact Report

Our Annual Impact Report is now available. It contains information about the different projects and programs that PAC was able to implement in 2022.

Therapeutic Clay Workshops for Veterans

Our partnership with Upstate Warrior Solution, a nonprofit organization serving veterans and their families across the upstate of South Carolina, launched its first therapeutic clay workshop in their new facility. The workshop, led by Brad Carraway was held in the...

3 Benefits of Art Therapy for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

Since its emergence in 1969, art therapy is a growing mental health field that uses traditional processes of therapy integrated with creative expression. Today, art therapy is widely practiced in a variety of settings, including churches, homeless shelters, and community centers.

PREMIER ARTS COLLECTIVE LAUNCHES PUBLIC ART AND MUSIC THERAPEUTIC WORKSHOPS

Premier Arts Collective (PAC) is pleased to announce their first art and music therapeutic workshops available to the general public. The workshops will be hosted at Triune Mercy Center (222 Rutherford Street, Greenville, SC). Premier Arts Collective and Triune Mercy...

5 QUESTIONS WITH ALEXIS KRCELIC – DIRECTOR OF EVENTS & PROGRAMS

After three years at Premier Arts Collective, Alexis Krcelic will be stepping into her next chapter of life and pursuing her life-long dream of opening a bakery (basta. bakery) in September. Alexis was the driving force behind our re-branding from Premier Foundation...

PREMIER ARTS COLLECTIVE 2021 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT

We are so excited to share our 2021 Annual Impact Report with you. This electronic PDF, available for download, will highlight how God has used faithful giving to impact the lives of so many around the world. 2021 was a monumental year for us especially, as we refined...

PREMIER ARTS COLLECTIVE AND TRIUNE MERCY CENTER LAUNCH ART AND MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS

Premier Arts Collective (PAC) and Triune Mercy Center (TMC) are pleased to announce a new partnership, providing art and music therapy programs for those Triune serves in Greenville, SC. “I have always had a heart for Triune Mercy Center,” says Gene Krcelic, President...

5 QUESTIONS WITH GENE KRCELIC – PRESIDENT OF PREMIER ARTS COLLECTIVE

Who is a leader you look up to/aim to model in your leadership at Premier Arts Collective (PAC)? The first leader who comes to mind is Jesus Christ. I know that may sound like an “easy out” to the question, but His care and love for humanity sets the highest standard...

PREMIER ARTS COLLECTIVE AND JULIE VALENTINE CENTER LAUNCH ART AND MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS

Premier Arts Collective (PAC) and Julie Valentine Center (JVC) have partnered to offer art and music therapy programs to 50+ JVC clients in 2022. Premier Arts Collective therapists Alison Hughey (music) and Courtney Chandler (art) will lead four, eight-week programs...

ARTIST NICK BURNS NAMED RECIPIENT OF PAC-SPONSORED BRANDON FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI STUDIO AT GCCA

Premier Arts Collective and the Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) have teamed up to award one alumni of the prestigious Brandon Fellowship a free artist studio through August 2024. Nick Burns, artist name “Ninja Picasso,” was awarded the new Premier Arts...

PREMIER ARTS COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCES NEW BRAND

The non-profit organization, Premier Foundation, announced it has re-branded and will now be known as Premier Arts Collective. The new mission focuses on creating and implementing experiential programs that offer healing and therapy through the arts and music to serve...

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Alison Hughey

Music Therapist

Alison Hughey’s greatest passion is guiding clients in connection, comfort and communication through music. Since studying music therapy at Converse University and earning her board certification in 2010, she has served clients from 18 months of age up to 103 years old and contributed to research in community mental health and dementia care. Alison wears multiple “music hats” as a worship leader, band member, and music & wellness workshop facilitator.

Jared Emerson

Jared Emerson is world renown for his captivating performance art and studio originals. His art has raised millions of dollars for charities and ministries around the world. Jared’s work with Premier Arts Collective allows him to use his gifts by engaging in interactive art classes and performances across the globe; using his art for healing, therapy and restoration for those who have experienced trauma and abuse.

Born in Michigan and now residing in Greenville, South Carolina, Jared’s personal mission has led him to perform and create art, in a vast array of media, for a large number of collectors, corporations, churches and charities, with his performance piece “Face of God” being the most requested.

Jared’s credits include: ReviveUs 2 with Kirk Cameron, Winter Jam concert tour, TEDx, K-LOVE, CBS Sports, Game Plan for Life, The 700 Club, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, NASCAR, Museum of the Bible, Coca-Cola, Michelin, Land Rover, Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Pistons, Family Christian Stores and countless others.

Jared’s success has made his artwork sought after by many celebrities and sports figures. His clients include: Carrie Underwood, Carson Wentz, Jack Nicklaus, Guy Fieri, Joe Gibbs, Willie Mays, Albert Pujols, Jimmy John, Forrest Lucas, Smokey Robinson and Joe Greene, to name a few.

For booking information, contact gene@premierartscollective.com

Anita Yeh Norrie

Art Therapist

Anita Yeh Norrie (MA-Art Therapy) is passionate about creating change and improving lives through the transformative power of creating art. A life-long believer in the therapeutic and cathartic power of art, she built her career around developing programs and relationships that encourage expression, and self-realization through creativity.

While an art and design business owner, she was the vehicle of expression for her client’s vision. As an art therapist, she has created therapeutic art programs for kids, for mental health programs and non-profits, launched and operated an open art studio for a community arts center, and led hundreds of people to live a better life through their own discovery of creativity and artistic self-expression.

Anita’s current work of art is Art Power!, the non-profit she founded in 2017 where she and her team are working to change the lives of underserved kids in Cozumel, Mexico, through their therapeutic, choice-based art studio.”

When not in the art studio, you can usually find Anita contemplating her next project while exploring tasty food stands and out-of-the-way eateries, wherever she may be.

Courtney Chandler

Art Therapist

Courtney Chandler is a registered art therapist, licensed professional counselor associate, trauma-conscious yoga teacher, and founder of HeARTS for Hope Therapy in Greenville, SC. She has a decade of experience offering expressive art therapy groups in mental health facilities, schools, detention facilities, and substance use treatment centers across the country. She loves supporting adults and teens as they navigate challenges of trauma and grief, using an integrative combination of art therapy, somatic psychotherapy, and EMDR. Motivated by the belief that everyone is innately creative and art is an expression of self-love and divine connection, she uses a holistic mind-body approach in her therapeutic practice, and feels honored to hold space for hope and healing.

Samuel Monterrosa

Samuel Monterrosa is the Director of Nu-Day Academy in San Salvador, El Salvador. He has been mentoring, coaching and advising students in music education for over 15 years. He is often asked how music helps. Samuel believes that for many children, music is opportunity. Music is the way out of a life of poverty and brokenness. Nu-Day Academy provides opportunities for youth to build their self-esteem through music.

Born and raised in San Salvador, Samuel believes all lasting achievement is rooted in developing good character and maturity through the daily exercise of personal responsibility. Samuel’s guidance at Nu-Day Academy has built an environment focusing on character skills.

Under Samuel’s leadership, Nu-Day Community Choir was formed. The choir has become a favorite to the entire country, performing on every national television station, at concerts and for the Salvadorian government. Samuel is also the baritone pillar in the youth band known throughout Latin America as One Love El Salvador.