Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Veterans Art Center Tampa Bay, Inc. (VACTB) is dedicated to providing educational and creative opportunities for military and veterans through art-related programs. As veterans and their families transition to civilian life, VACTB is supportive of their need for therapeutic outlets and vocational opportunities. The organization's programs help the participants to explore, develop and share their artistic abilities by providing educational and therapeutic activities and venues. The organization's exhibits of veteran and military art serve to help educate the public and generate support and understanding for the veteran's experiences and need for recovery.
Art as Therapy: Visual and Performing Arts programs for veterans. The organization will provide art programs to benefit veterans returning from active duty. These veterans may be recovering from psychological and medication conditions which impair functioning and affect entry into the workforce. Art therapy programs may benefit these individuals by providing vocational and therapeutic opportunities. Both visual and performing arts are included in the programs, with qualified art therapists to be retained for instruction. In 2015, the program was under development.
Tour De Force: National, regional and local artist exhibitions. The Veterans Art Center Tampa Bay Inc will work to sponsor national traveling exhibits centered on themes related to national military history and veterans' art projects. The purpose of this program is to inform and educate the public of the military experience expressed through the various art mediums. In 2015, the program was under development.
Esprit De Corps: Saturday Morning Art Activities for Veterans: Saturday Morning Activities program is being established to include both veterans and their families in the art activities. By including the military families, this program helps provide, or make available, an extended network of support for veterans who may be dealing with active duty and post deployment stresses. This program was under development in 2015.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Valiere Ellis | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Genevieve Freeman | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Nancy Giles | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Scott Macksam | President | 10 | $0 |
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