We teach veterans how to paint at their kitchen tables. While learning the basics of watercolor at home might not sound like much, the results are sometimes astonishing. Not only do many of our veterans end up creating works they are mighty proud of, the change in their confidence, self-esteem, and sense of connection with others can be life changing.
Through the healing qualities of art, we give veterans a much-needed way to express themselves when words can’t, and to provide a way to navigate a sometimes-difficult world with creativity, purpose, and joy. Whether it’s via our wide-reaching online classes, intimate classes in partnership with the Veterans Administration, Veterans Art Rally, or Art Muster mentorship groups, we are opening doors to whole health.
We invite you to be a part of our mission. Whether it is volunteering as a teacher, mentor, administrative assistant, or reaching into your wallet to help us provide art supplies for every participating veteran, together we can make a difference. Our veterans have given us so much. Now it is our turn to show them how much we care by giving back.
Founder, The Patriot Art Foundation
In 2019, Mary Whyte’s groundbreaking traveling exhibition of 50 watercolors called We the People: Portraits of Veterans in America opened to the public in Charleston, South Carolina. In the first six weeks alone over 22,000 people viewed the collection. The response, especially from veterans, confirmed Whyte’s belief in art’s extraordinary power to communicate and connect. And so, what began as fifty portraits turned into a national mission giving veterans a means of finding whole health through art and self expression.
If you have a heart for veterans, art and teaching, contact info@patriotartfoundation.org
Founder, Mary Whyte shares the vision of the Patriot Art Foundation and its mission to help Veterans tell their stories through art.
Patriot Art Foundation
P.O. Box 620
Mt Pleasant, SC 29465
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