Since 2014, we have offered high-quality, meaningful arts activities to hundreds of veterans and youth, helping them cope, heal, and thrive.

 Our Mission

We harness the transformative power of the arts to support marginalized and trauma-impacted veterans and youth, helping them express themselves, find therapeutic relief, and navigate the challenges they face due to illness, injury, violence, neglect, and exclusion. Our programs are designed to serve diverse audiences, promoting inclusion and equity for all disabilities, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and genders.

Art is a deeply therapeutic practice that requires no special skills—only access to opportunities for creative engagement. Through our program, we empower individuals to use art-making as a tool for self-expression, independence, and therapeutic relief.


What Our programming provides

  • Weekly art classes for veterans and youth

  • Virtual art tutorials

  • Hosting art and healing workshops

  • Paid-internship positions for veterans and youth

  • Art shows

  • Mentoring and coaching for veterans and youth 

  • Partnerships with other community organizations

  • Arts and culture tours throughout San Diego

  • Collaborative public art projects for veterans and youth