Veterans were reluctant to relive their experiences. But after writing about the wounds that haunted them, they’ve connected with Veterans who shared their experiences and built new friendships.
After surviving a TBI, Pamela Nee used VA’s TeleTBI program, neurology care and recreational therapies to heal and reconnect with her creativity.
VA and the American Legion Auxiliary present the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival.
Celebrating Black Veteran artists from the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival.
Community Building Art Works (CBAW) is a Veteran service organization that builds healthy and connected communities through free online workshops led by professional artists. Veterans and civilians share creative expression, mutual understanding and support. Our mission is to make sure that no Veteran bears the burden of service alone. In partnership with Blue Star Families, CBAW offers writing workshops 2 Thursdays a month. Visit our website for a full up-to-date schedule.
Community Building Art Works builds healthy and connected Veteran communities through free online art and writing workshops.
The creative arts are a form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities.
VA facilities add creative arts to therapy programs to advance rehabilitation. Annual competition recognizes recovery made through therapy.
Two Gulf Coast Veterans’ works from the July 2020 Gulf Coast Creative Arts Competition placed nationally in the 2021 Creative Arts Festival.
Community Building Art Works helps Veterans connect with their communities through free online art and writing workshops.
The pandemic didn’t stop Veterans from submitting visual art and creative writing to the annual Lovell Veterans Creative Arts Festival. Learn more, including who won.
Like the other events offered through the National Veterans Sports Programs & Special Events Office, this year the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival has gone virtual. The “National Veterans Creative Arts Festival at Home” was held November 30 through December 4.
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