Vets learn playing the guitar helps them relax and escape depression
Learning the guitar is just one of the art therapy approaches to help Veterans at this Community Living …
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The Positivity Project: tranquility through self expression
It was an interaction with a patient that gave VA recreation therapist Dawn Phillips and occupational …
ABOUT FACE: Art therapy’s self-reflective role in Veteran readjustment
Workshops allow Veterans to show others how they see themselves by painting a self-portrait in a supportive …
From motor pool to national art festival: First sergeant creates award-winning artwork
His sculpture, Beat,depicts a human heart molded out of discarded orange medicine bottles that beat with …
Calling all artists, performers, musicians and writers: Veterans arts festival and competitions kick off
The 2018 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition began January 1. During the months of January, February …
Veterans creating a brighter future
Veterans use art as a means of expression on the road to recovery, developing goals while gaining hope and a …
Creative Forces joins with VA to bring healing arts to Veterans
Creative Forces is bringing the restorative power of art to active duty patients and Veterans diagnosed with …
Help Veterans find healing through music and art
Many Veterans living with PTSD are discovering the healing powers of creative arts therapy. Congress has …
Veteran artist shares her passion for writing and painting about wildlife
As an artist, accepted as a Women’s Veteran Artist finalist, I chose to represent fish. This March, you …