Sponsors & supporting organizations
The organizations that make VetArtSpan possible.
VetArtSpan is a Creative Forces® Community Connections project helping to bridge the medical, science and arts communities’ efforts to support the healing, wellness, and reintegration of Tampa Bay’s service members and veterans as well as their families and caregivers. Based in Tampa, FL, VetArtSpan is being developed through a collaboration of the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture to have the potential for implementation in other communities with military and veteran populations.

Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and the state and local arts agencies. This initiative serves the special needs of military patients and veterans with traumatic brain injury and psychological health conditions, as well as their families and caregivers. Administrative support for the initiative is provided by Americans for the Arts.





Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
Co-sponsored by the ArtThread Foundation: Connect • Create • Thrive
Additional VetArtSpan Collaborators:
DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion
International Arts + Mind Lab, Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Inkwell Center
The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art
The Military Resilience Foundation
The Morean Arts Center
The University of South Florida School of Dance