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    About the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival

    Nationwide, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities use the creative arts as one form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities. Across the country each year, Veterans enrolled at VA health care facilities compete in a local creative arts competition. The competition includes 51 categories in the visual arts division this year that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 100 categories in the performing arts pertaining to all aspects of music, dance, drama and creative writing. Through a national judging process, first, second and third place entries in each category are determined.

    Auxiliary Involvement

    Since 2000, the Auxiliary has played a key role in NVCAF as a cosponsor of the event, along with Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to raising funds, Auxiliary departments also provide volunteers who assist with everything from punching meal tickets to stuffing programs to ironing costumes for the stage show. Best of all, Auxiliary members have the opportunity to meet and develop relationships with the veterans who participate.

    NATIONAL VETERANS CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL

    2018 NVCAF in Des Moines, Iowa: Oct 29 to Nov 5, 2018

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    Purpose of the Competition and Festival

    The key purpose of the National Veterans Creative Arts competition and festival is to recognize veterans for their creative accomplishments and to educate and demonstrate to communities throughout the country the therapeutic benefits of the arts.


       
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    Creative Arts Help Veterans Reclaim Their Voice

    For Angela Walker, music was her first love, her passion, and her whole identity. “Once a singer, always a singer,” she often says. That was true even after she joined the U.S. Navy in 1985. But what happened next forever changed Walker’s perspective on what it means to have a voice.

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  • Give to the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival

    Help support the therapeutic benefits of the arts by donating to the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival. Your gift not only has therapeutic benefits for our veterans, but also allows them to be recognized for their creative accomplishments.

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    Donation Form for mailing: ALA Foundation Form


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