What is Nuçi’s Space?
- A nonprofit health and music resource in Athens, Ga.
Who does it help?
- All musicians, especially those suffering from depression and other such disorders, in order to assist in the emotional, physical and professional well-being of musical artists in whatever way possible.
What does it do?
- Actively participates in treatment, educates to destigmatize mental illness
and advocates for sufferers.
What exactly does it provide for musicians?
- Obstacle-free treatment, including a group of off-site, licensed professional therapists who work closely with Nuçi’s Space to deliver affordable treatment.
- A physician who volunteers his services twice a month
to see uninsured musicians with minor ailments.
- Working with an audiologist and an optometrist, the Space assists musicians in attaining professional grade earplugs and eyeglasses for a very low cost.
- It provides four soundproof practice rooms, a performance area, a library
and a coffee bar.
- Career and health workshops are conducted along with other topics of interest.
A Survivors of Suicide Support Group meets twice a month and a Post Partum Depression (P.A.C.E.) Support Group also meets twice monthly.
Why does it exist?
- In 1999, the Phillips family of Atlanta formed the Nuçi Phillips Memorial Foundation in memory of their 22-year-old son and brother Nuçi, who in 1996 killed himself after a long battle with major depression.
Who was Nuçi?
- Nuçi was a talented musician and a promising student at the University of Georgia in Athens. Having lived the course of Nuçi’s illness with him, the family recognized the need for obstacle free, user-friendly ways of treating and supporting those who suffer from depression and other such disorders.
- With a focus on Nuçi’s fellow musicians, the nonprofit Foundation created Nuçi’s Space.
Why is it unique?
- Because of its pragmatic approach, its simplicity and its effectiveness.
- All who pass through are valued and respected for their own individual creativity.
