Patriot Art Foundation helps Charleston Veterans find healing on the canvas.
April 15, 2025
This article was published in VA.gov on March 25, 2025.By Cody Miller, Public Affairs Specialist. Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System Veterans are taking part in a weekly Veteran Service Organization supported art class to support their mental health and improve their quality of life. The Patriot Art Foundation,...
August 12, 2024
Our annual Veterans Day Weekend live hands-on event aboard the USS Yorktown, to be held Saturday, November 9th, 2024. Veterans, join us in Charleston,SC, Columbus, OH, and Fort Belvoir, VA, for a day of watercolor painting instruction, a live painting demonstration by Mary Whyte-open to the public, camaraderie and more....
Mary Whyte and the Patriot Art Foundation Featured in Charleston Magazine
April 18, 2024
Artist Mary Whyte renders the world in ethereal, telling brushstrokes. Now, her palette includes giving veterans a voice. Read the article.
Veterans Day Watercolor Workshop Aboard the USS Yorktown
March 20, 2024
Our annual live hands-on event on the USS Yorktown, to be held Veterans Day, November 9th. Learn more and register here.
Veterans Day Watercolor Workshop Aboard the USS Yorktown
June 30, 2023
On Veterans Day, November 11, 2023, 10AM-2PM, join Mary Whyte for a watercolor workshop for veterans aboard the USS Yorktown, Mt Pleasant, South Carolina! Click For More Info & To Register
February 14, 2023
Mary Whyte, an American figurative artist, founded the Patriot Art Foundation in 2019 to honor and inspire Veterans through the arts and educate the public about patriotism and leadership in military culture. Read The Full Article Here
PAF Receives Recognition In The 2022 November Costco Connection!
February 14, 2023
After their time in the military is over, many transitioning vets struggle to find their footing in civilian life. That’s why Helmets to Hardhats (helmetstohardhats.org; Facebook.com/helmetstohardhats) was launched in 2002. Since its inception, the Washington, D.C.–based organization has helped more than 42,000 veterans, reservists, active-duty military service members and National...
In 2019, Mary Whyte’s groundbreaking traveling exhibition of 50 watercolors called We the People: Portraits of Veterans in America opened to the public in Charleston, South Carolina. In the first six weeks alone over 22,000 people viewed the collection. The response, especially from veterans, confirmed Whyte’s belief in art’s extraordinary power to communicate and connect. And so, what began as fifty portraits turned into a national mission giving veterans a means of finding whole health through art and self expression.
If you have a heart for veterans, art and teaching, contact info@patriotartfoundation.org
Founder, Mary Whyte shares the vision of the Patriot Art Foundation and its mission to help Veterans tell their stories through art.
Patriot Art Foundation
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Mt Pleasant, SC 29465
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