The Los Angeles based United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance (USVAA) was founded in 2004 as a multi-disciplinary, non-profit arts organization. From our inception our mission has been to provide veterans of all eras and all branches of the military with opportunities in the arts. It has been our experience that providing veterans both a foundation for their work and freedom to pursue it as they see fit, is the best means to bringing quality work forward while maintaining the organization for the long-term -- so that we are able to consistently assist veterans and artists.  

Our very first event was an improv show produced and emceed by Air Force Veteran Dave Carter and his ground-breaking improv group, Nation of Improv. That event was so successful we continue to hold it once a month believing as we do that improv, comedy and satire are one of the pillars of the arts.  In 2006, we initiated and hosted DEBRIEFING -- a photography exhibit produced by and about veterans from the Viet Nam War, brought to us by Army veteran Lynn Pedigo. We followed that with CUSTER, a memory play about George Armstrong Custer, which addressed the abuse of power by military figures.