Our mission is to support, honor and empower our True Top 1%er’s (military) through Art Therapy, using a beer bottle as a tool of positivity and self-expression, which is often tied to the self-destructive action of self-medication for those experiencing PTS.
Our goal through art (as art therapy) is to establish another method to work out one’s emotional stress. Many drown themselves in alcohol to escape depression, stress, and anxiety; essentially to numb the bad feelings. Using art as a remedial activity like painting with beer bottles (which is often tied to the self-destructive action of self-medication for those experiencing PTS) to encourage self-expression
Our Core Values
• Community:
Our organization exists because we want to emphasize community and promote artists while also helping Veterans through art
• Art Therapy:
During our journey we have discovered art therapy as significant channel to aid in the healing process of our Veterans with PTS and other trauma.
• Education:
By encouraging a different perspective on what is generally advertised in the media
Our Programs
- • Art Supplies: Our largest program that reaches across the Country to provide FREE art supplies to Veterans. This is a need not being filled that we provide across the Country in an effort to provide a non-verbal option for an expressional outlet. that ties into Mental Health
- • Art Classes: A FREE growing program that currently is done as a 4-5 hour ‘pop-up’ art class for Veterans wherever we have staff, teaching them to paint using a beer bottle and quickly growing to involve all art facets including poetry to music. Our goal is to set up weekly classes within the VA hospital network as a volunteer service, that will allow us more control of the program.
- • Resource Network: This a developing network of resources from Stop22 to Goodwill and Red Cross specifically for Veterans. It is well known that the military community is a tight support network. However, within that network of resources and non-profits are valuable groups helping other Veterans, but it seems that they are all secluded. We seek to gather all these organizations to work together to battle these problems as 1 team not, separate.
- • Community Engagement Events: We will hold annual Community events to honor our military from our B.Y.O.P.B. painting parties to the Annual True Top 1% Military Exhibition and other partnered events and concerts.
