Regaining a sense of belonging
maramora
First art-driven solution to help you build a balanced life in tune with your feelings.
Maramora is a platform that merges art and psychology to support mental well-being, emotional resilience, and community-building. Our mission is to democratize access to art as a tool for self-reflection, healing, and connection, ensuring that creative expression is available to everyone. In 2024, we launched the Maramora IOS App, the first art & psychology-based platform designed to help individuals manage stress and anxiety through simple art practices, mindful listening, and guided exercise.
Poland
National
Mainly urban
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
Yes
2025-02-10
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Shortlisted for the CultTech Association x Ars Electronica Award as a Social Impact Project in Culture and Technology
— CultTech x Ars Electronica Award 2024
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As an individual
Maramora is a pioneering digital platform that merges art and psychology to support mental well-being, emotional resilience, and community-building. Our mission is to democratize access to art as a tool for self-reflection, healing, and connection, ensuring that creative expression is available to everyone, regardless of background or artistic experience.
Launched in 2024, the Maramora App is the first art & psychology-based digital platform designed to help individuals manage stress and anxiety through simple art practices, mindful listening, and guided exercises.
Target Groups:
Individuals seeking mental well-being through creative expression.
Creative professionals and industries experiencing burnout and stress.
Displaced individuals and vulnerable communities in need of creative healing.
Corporate teams looking for well-being solutions to enhance collaboration and reduce stress.
Objectives:
Provide an accessible and engaging alternative to traditional well-being solutions.
Strengthen social connections through art-based community initiatives.
Encourage self-expression as a tool for stress management and emotional support.
Foster creative resilience for individuals and teams in high-pressure environments.
Achieved Outcomes:
Developed a library of guided creative exercises accessible to over 1,000 users.
Organized 10+ art retreats and online self-care programs across Europe.
Partnered with psychologists, artists, and institutions to create holistic programs.
Received positive feedback from users, reporting increased emotional resilience and creative motivation.
Launched in 2024, the Maramora App is the first art & psychology-based digital platform designed to help individuals manage stress and anxiety through simple art practices, mindful listening, and guided exercises.
Target Groups:
Individuals seeking mental well-being through creative expression.
Creative professionals and industries experiencing burnout and stress.
Displaced individuals and vulnerable communities in need of creative healing.
Corporate teams looking for well-being solutions to enhance collaboration and reduce stress.
Objectives:
Provide an accessible and engaging alternative to traditional well-being solutions.
Strengthen social connections through art-based community initiatives.
Encourage self-expression as a tool for stress management and emotional support.
Foster creative resilience for individuals and teams in high-pressure environments.
Achieved Outcomes:
Developed a library of guided creative exercises accessible to over 1,000 users.
Organized 10+ art retreats and online self-care programs across Europe.
Partnered with psychologists, artists, and institutions to create holistic programs.
Received positive feedback from users, reporting increased emotional resilience and creative motivation.
Art
Well-being
Emotions
Accessible & Sustainable Digital Innovation
Self-care
The Maramora App provides a fully digital well-being tool, reducing the need for physical materials and in-person therapy sessions, making it eco-friendly.
Art practices emphasize sustainable approaches, using recycled materials and digital tools.
Encourages a slower, more mindful lifestyle, reducing burnout and fostering long-term well-being.
Art practices emphasize sustainable approaches, using recycled materials and digital tools.
Encourages a slower, more mindful lifestyle, reducing burnout and fostering long-term well-being.
The Maramora App is designed with an intuitive and visually engaging interface, ensuring a seamless and inspiring user experience.
Integrates artistic expression into everyday life, making creativity a daily wellness practice rather than a luxury.
Every digital program is curated by professional artists and psychologists, ensuring a high-quality, transformative experience.
Integrates artistic expression into everyday life, making creativity a daily wellness practice rather than a luxury.
Every digital program is curated by professional artists and psychologists, ensuring a high-quality, transformative experience.
Designed for accessibility: The app includes content, low-cost or free access, and simple, guided art-based exercises that require no prior artistic experience.
Reaches underrepresented groups: Supports displaced individuals and marginalized communities, particularly those impacted by political instability and social exclusion.
Corporate partnerships extend well-being initiatives to employees across different industries, making creative mental health solutions more widespread.
Reaches underrepresented groups: Supports displaced individuals and marginalized communities, particularly those impacted by political instability and social exclusion.
Corporate partnerships extend well-being initiatives to employees across different industries, making creative mental health solutions more widespread.
Users contribute to content development through co-creation workshops.
Artists and psychologists collaborate to design programs that meet real community needs.
Social impact initiatives include free access for vulnerable groups.
Artists and psychologists collaborate to design programs that meet real community needs.
Social impact initiatives include free access for vulnerable groups.
Local-level: Works with creative hubs and cultural organizations.
National-level: Partnering with mental health organizations and educational institutions.
EU-level: Expanding partnerships to corporate well-being programs and international art networks.
National-level: Partnering with mental health organizations and educational institutions.
EU-level: Expanding partnerships to corporate well-being programs and international art networks.
Maramora integrates multiple disciplines to create a holistic, science-backed approach to well-being through art. Our project brings together psychology, fine arts, digital technology, and education, ensuring that creativity is not just a form of self-expression but also a tool for mental resilience and community building.
- The interaction between psychologists and artists ensures that creative practices are not just expressive but therapeutic and effective for emotional resilience.
- The tech and design team ensures that well-being solutions are not only accessible in physical workshops but also scalable via digital tools.
- Collaboration with educators and community leaders helps implement Maramora’s approach in diverse settings—from workplaces to refugee support programs.
- The interaction between psychologists and artists ensures that creative practices are not just expressive but therapeutic and effective for emotional resilience.
- The tech and design team ensures that well-being solutions are not only accessible in physical workshops but also scalable via digital tools.
- Collaboration with educators and community leaders helps implement Maramora’s approach in diverse settings—from workplaces to refugee support programs.
- Uses creativity as a primary tool for mental health, rather than secondary support.
- Combines professional psychological insights with artistic expertise, making well-being solutions engaging and transformative.
- Scales globally as a digital solution, breaking geographic and economic barriers.
- Combines professional psychological insights with artistic expertise, making well-being solutions engaging and transformative.
- Scales globally as a digital solution, breaking geographic and economic barriers.
Research-Based: Developed in collaboration with psychologists and artists. Each practice developed by art practitioners (writers, dancers, visual artists, musicians) and adapt by psychologists to everyday life and work with emotions.
Experiential Learning: Users learn through creative exercises, rather than passive content. After practicing with app users admit improvement in their emotional states (88% according our research group).
Blended Approach: Combines digital and in-person experiences for maximum impact.
Experiential Learning: Users learn through creative exercises, rather than passive content. After practicing with app users admit improvement in their emotional states (88% according our research group).
Blended Approach: Combines digital and in-person experiences for maximum impact.
The app’s structure can be adapted for different languages, cultures, and industries.
The retreat model can be replicated in various EU locations.
The corporate well-being package is scalable to companies across Europe.
Our users live across EU and US and use our app around the world.
The retreat model can be replicated in various EU locations.
The corporate well-being package is scalable to companies across Europe.
Our users live across EU and US and use our app around the world.
Maramora addresses:
The global mental health crisis by offering an accessible, scalable solution.
Social isolation through community-driven, creative programs.
Loss of creative engagement in everyday life by making art an essential well-being tool.
The global mental health crisis by offering an accessible, scalable solution.
Social isolation through community-driven, creative programs.
Loss of creative engagement in everyday life by making art an essential well-being tool.
10+ art online/offline programs impacting over 500+ participants.
Maramora App launched in 2024, with growing user engagement.
Strong partnerships with psychologists, artists, and businesses, integrating creative well-being into workplaces.
Expansion across European regions, supporting multicultural and vulnerable groups.
Maramora App launched in 2024, with growing user engagement.
Strong partnerships with psychologists, artists, and businesses, integrating creative well-being into workplaces.
Expansion across European regions, supporting multicultural and vulnerable groups.
