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Pop-Up Community Creative Art Café Highlighted Resources

Attendees to the Pop-Up Cafés also attended a listening session moderated by experienced Veterans. If you attended a listening session and would like a confidential hand-off of your needs to a trained and compassionate resource person, please email  confidential@vetart.org. 
Please use this email 24/7 so that our facilitators can be of service to you in that way. 

San Diego’s 2-1-1 
Call 2-1-1 for a free, 24 hour confidential phone service and searchable online database.    

Mental Health Links:
  • Crisis Hotlines        
  • Five Ways to Cope with PTSD
  • National Arts Therapist Locator
  • National Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-273-8255 and CHAT        
  • State-Wide County Mental Health Services
  • Behavioral Health Resources  - County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
  • Tackling Anxiety: How to Regain Your Peace of Mind by Ernest S. Schmidt, LCSW

Education Links: 
  • College Resources for Veterans and Their Families
  • Resources for Student Veterans During COVID-19
  • The Veterans Art Project

Employment Links:
  • Top 10 Work from Home Jobs for Military Spouses & Veterans with Disability
  • Top 60 Veteran & Military-Friendly Employers

Food Distribution Services for Adults and Children:
  • Food Distribution Services

Housing Services​
  • VA Housing Grants for Disabled Veterans

Trusted Organizations
  • ​Trusted Military and Veteran Service Organizations​
  • Highly-Rated Nonprofits Dedicated to Veterans and Military Service Members

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CREATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION

This white paper by Sonke, J., Golden, T., Francois, S., Hand, J., Chandra, A., Clemmons, L., Fakunle, D., Jackson, M.R.,
Magsamen, S., Rubin, V., Sams, K., Springs, S. (2019), models the kind of holistic care that VETART seeks to achieve through our programming. 

This paper presents a case for how collaboration among the public health, arts and culture, and community development sectors is critical to addressing the issues and conditions that limit health in America.

This white paper was drafted by a group of individuals working at the intersections of public health, arts and culture, and community development, brought together by the Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America initiative. Read the white paper below for more information. 

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Standards of Care 
at VETART

VETART strives to provide service in accordance with the table to the right, labeled "High-Quality Care".
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VETART Force Impact Plan

As participants travel through the phases of the program at VETART, the end goal is more opportunity for that participant.
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Art Therapy Research

  • Examining Associations Between Montage Painting Imagery and Symptoms of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Among Active-Duty Military Service Members
  • Creative Arts Council Blog
  • Help.Org Resources for Substance Use
  • Information on PTSD from the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs
    • Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD (M-PTSD) for DSM-III
  • Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
  • "At Any Skill, Making Art Reduces Stress Hormones" by Frank Otto
  • Information on Why Creative Engagements Matter from the Foundation for Art and Healing
  • "Issues in Defining and Measuring Veteran Community Reintegration" by Resnik et. al. 
  • The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
  • UCLA Arts and Healing Resource Page
  • "A Guide to Evidence-Based Art" by Kathy Hathorn, MA, and Upali Nanda, PhD 
  • Healing Photo Art: How Art Can Help Patients Heal
  • American for the Arts: Exploring the Potential of Arts in a Healthcare Setting
  • How does Trauma Affect Sleep?
  • ​Creative Forces Summit: San Diego​
  • Doctor's Prescribe Art
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​EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY AND TRAUMA

  • A 2020 Vision for Expressive Arts Therapy 
  • ​5 Quick Facts About Art Therapy

VETART
School of Glass and Ceramics 

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(760) 295-0799

2422 Cades Way 
Vista, CA 92081

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VETART 
School of Foundry


300 E. Alvarado Street
Fallbrook, CA 92028

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Pop-Up Cafés
    • Take a Video Tour
    • Partners
    • Press Room
    • VETART Consulting
    • Contact
  • CLASSES/EVENTS
    • Service Through the Arts Discussion
    • VETART Schools
    • Virtual Lesson Archive
  • Gallery
    • Interview Gallery: Pop-Up Cafés
    • Gallery of Bronze Works
    • Participant Testimonials
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Join the VETART Team
    • Art and Healing Resources