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Path with Art

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Year 2023-2025

Seattle, Washington

Veterans Path with Art

Veterans Path with Art is a year-round, trauma-informed multidisciplinary arts program that provides free online and in-person classes, workshops, choir, art kits, and community-building for veterans, families, caregivers, and allies in Seattle, Washington. The project creates a safe and non-judgmental space for participants to explore the transformative power of the arts, facilitating individual well-being and community solidarity. Recognizing the disproportionate impact of homelessness on veterans, the program aims to provide community-based, veterans-helping-veterans programming through cross-sector partnerships. Through its veteran-cohort programming, Path with Art is a low-barrier entry point for veterans to engage in arts, which is especially valuable for those experiencing a disability. Path with Art is dedicated to utilizing the transformational power of art to support healing among these underserved populations.

Partner Organization:

Southern Crescent Veteran Services, Inc.
http://www.southerncrescentveteranservicesinc.org/

Grant Period:

2023-2025

Artistic Discipline(s):

Multidisciplinary

Grant Amount & Tier:

$40,000, Advanced

Year 2022-2023

Seattle, Washington

Veterans Path with Art

Path with Art in partnership with The Seattle Opera will present Veterans Path with Art cohort programming for summer and fall quarters (July-December 2022), which will include multidisciplinary (e.g., visual, vocal, theater, and literature) online and in-person optional eight-week classes, two-session workshops, core classes, and art kits. Highlights include the Veterans Choir in collaboration with the Seattle Opera and a trip to the Veterans Farm in Orting, Washington, in partnership with the Vet Conservation Corps of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs. The partnership’s trauma-informed, healing-centered classes are a welcoming and non-judgmental environment, offering veterans low-barrier to entry to the transformative power of the arts.

Partner Organization:

Seattle Opera
https://www.seattleopera.org/classes-camps-clubs/for-adults/path-with-art-veterans-choir/

Grant Period:

2022-2023

Artistic Discipline(s):

Multidisciplinary

Grant Amount & Tier:

$25,000, Advanced

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Path with Art: Reimagining a Way Forward

From singing to visual art, U.S. military veterans use creative expression to transform their lives at Path with Art, a nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington and a 2022 Creative Forces Community Engagement grant recipient.