NATIONAL ARTS PUBLICATION DATABASE (NAPD)
Arts Deployed: an Action Guide for Community Arts & Military Programming

Author: Saloom, Susan; Wester, Marete; Gregory, Alicia

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Toolkit

Summary:

A collaboration between AFTA’s National Initiative on Arts & Health and the Military and the Local Arts Advancement departments, Arts Deployed is a guide for arts organizations and artists interested in bringing creative arts programming to military and Veteran communities, their caregivers, and families.

Abstract:

A collaboration between AFTA’s National Initiative on Arts & Health and the Military and the Local Arts Advancement departments, Arts Deployed is a guide for arts organizations and artists interested in bringing creative arts programming to military and Veteran communities, their caregivers, and families.
 
The guide helps local arts organizations and artists understand their unique roles in serving the military and Veteran communities; details the expansive benefits the arts have on the health and well-being of these communities; and lays the groundwork—step-by-step, from establishing fruitful partnerships with the military and Veteran sector, through funding and promotion—for arts organizations and artists to build their own creative arts initiative for their local military and/or Veteran communities. 
 
Arts Deployed also breaks down three current program models—The Veterans History Project, The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, and the Living History Veterans Project—so that these programs can be replicated in any community. 
 
Rich with examples of current local arts programming throughout the U.S. —including The Oklahoma Arts and Military Initiative, California Arts Council’s Veterans Initiative in the Arts, and Colorado’s Fine Arts Center’s Military & the Arts Program, among others—Arts Deployed also offers a directory of arts and military national touring performances, exhibitions, and writing workshops that can be brought to any community.
 
Arts Deployed honors the highly effective and robust arts and military programs that exist all across the country and seeks to help close a critical gap, as the demand for these services far exceeds their number. With the proper motivation, training, connection to information and resources, and access to partners in the military and Veteran communities, local arts organizations and artists can make a powerful difference.

Arts & Intersections: Military

Categories: Partnerships, Organizational Planning, Local Arts Agencies, Fundraising, Funding, Civic Dialogue and Social Change, Arts and Military, Artists-Resources for, Access and Equity

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Pages: 40

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Name: Americans for the Arts

Website URL: https://www.americansforthearts.org