"The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history."
- Robert Rauschenberg, Veteran, U.S.N.
"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Veteran, U.S. Army, WWII
United States Veterans' Artists Alliance (USVAA) is a 501 c 3, non-profit, multi-disciplinary arts organization. Founded in 2004, we provide opportunities for military veterans in the arts by networking with veterans, artists, supportive individuals and organizations within the arts and veterans' communities to find funding and support for individual artistic projects in theater, film, television and the visual/fine arts and a wide variety of crafts.
In addition to our work with veterans and artists, we strive -- as spokespersons in the veteran's community and our endeavors as artists -- to highlight issues of concern to veterans and their families. These issues include the transition from military to civilian life, employment, the effects of wartime and military service injuries such as PTSD, TBI and Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and homelessness among veterans.
For more information about our work please visit our ABOUT PAGE.
VETERANS VOX 365 ON LAPROGRESSIVE.COM
From Ernest Hemingway and the Spanish Civil War, to James Jones and Joseph Heller and World War II, to Ron Kovic and Tim O'Brien and Vietnam, America military veterans have turned their combat experiences into powerful literary works that demonstrate the personal costs of our country's wars for the men and women who fight them.
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EVENTS
A PATHWAY HOME
The Soldiers Project Presents "A Pathway Home" | National Conference June 8-10, 2012. On Saturday June 9th USVAA representatives will be leading a panel discussion on the arts.
VETERANS' VOX 365
Veterans honoring the literary works of veterans, accompanied by displays of fine art by veteran artists. November 2010 - November 2011
BUG by Tracy Letts; directed by Keith Jeffreys; starring, Christopher Sweeney (Veteran, U.S.M.C.) Heidi Brook Myers (Veteran, U.S. Army), Maribeth Monroe, Skip Pipo, Casey Sullivan and Manfred Hofer.
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SHAKESPEARE and VETERANS, our annual free Shakespeare Program 2008 to 2010: TWELFTH NIGHT, CORIOLANUS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and OTHELLO.
The CULVER CITY SLAM! with Nation of Improv Improv Night presented once monthly, produced by Air Force Veteran Dave Carter, 2005 - present
DEBRIEFING Vietnam Veterans' Photography Gallery October-November 11th 2006
CUSTER October, November 2007
Air Force Veteran April Fitzsimmons' THE NEED TO KNOW at the Kirk Douglas theater, August 2nd, 2008
DEBRIEFING Chicago National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum May-November 11th 2008
USMC Veteran Christopher Sweeney's gallery exhibit DISARMED with THE ZOO STORY, featuring Christopher Sweeney