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Rooted Wellness Through Art, Food, and Community
Mission of the project
Mission of the project
Arts-integrated workshops and youth market programs that support wellbeing, creativity, and connection through food systems and shared experiences.
What WE do
What WE do
Mark‑It Makers designs and facilitates creative, community-based experiences that integrate art-making, gardens, and food to support learning, connection, and wellbeing.
Our work centers hands-on making with natural and reclaimed materials, seasonal food practices, and shared creative processes that make learning accessible, sensory, and grounded in real life.
Why This work matters
Why This work matters
Many people today experience a growing disconnection from food systems, health, and meaningful creative engagement.
Mark‑It Makers responds by creating culturally relevant, experiential, and place-based programs that reconnect people to food, environment, and each other—while supporting wellbeing through creativity and shared experience.
Our APPROACh
Our APPROACh
Our work lives at the intersection of arts, food systems, and community health. We design experiences that invite participants to:
Grow
Grow
Connect with plants, food, and environment.
Create
Create
Engage in hands-on, sensory art-making.
Share
Share
Build relationships through food and collective experience.
Reflect
Reflect
Support wellbeing through creativity and meaning-making
This approach draws from arts-in-health practices that expand health beyond clinical settings into everyday community spaces like gardens and markets.
What we offer
What we offer
Creative workshops
Creative workshops
Hands-on, arts-based experiences using natural materials, food, and garden inspiration to support creativity and wellbeing.
Community events & market activations
Community events & market activations
Interactive pop-ups, creative stations, and public programming that bring people together through food, art, and shared experience.
youth led farmers market
youth led farmers market
School and youth programs where students learn by growing, creating, and running their own markets—building leadership, food literacy, and confidence.
Who we work with
Who we work with
We partner with:
Schools and educators
Community gardens and organizations
Farmers markets
Senior centers
Women’s groups and creative facilitators
Youth and family programs
Our approach is collaborative, adaptable, and rooted in place, shaped by each community we work with.
Impact areas
Impact areas
Our programs support:
Food Systems Literacy
Understanding where food comes from and its role in health
Creative Expression & Wellbeing
Using art as a tool for reflection, stress relief, and connection
Community & Belonging
Building meaningful relationships through shared experiences
Youth Leadership
Developing confidence, voice, and real-world skills through hands-on practice
FEATURED WORK
FEATURED WORK
From garden-based workshops to youth-run markets, our work brings creativity, food, and community together in action.
Ready to make your mark?
Ready to make your mark?
Bring a creative workshop, youth market program, or community experience to your space.
Mark‑It Makers was founded to bring together art-making, food, and care as tools for connection, learning, and wellbeing.
Rooted in South Florida the work is shaped by community engagement, garden-based learning, and a growing practice in arts in health, where creativity supports individual and collective wellbeing through shared, place-based experiences
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