Veterans Day Watercolor Workshop Aboard the USS Yorktown

Story by PAF Editor / 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.

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Veterans Day Watercolor Workshop Aboard the USS Yorktown

Story by PAF Editor / 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...

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From The U.S. Department Of Veteran Affairs: Veterans Find Peace Through The Arts With Patriot Art Foundation

Story by PAF Editor / 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...

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PAF Receives Recognition In The 2022 November Costco Connection!

Story by PAF Editor / 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;...

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Positive Impact of Art“Thank you for what you are doing. Learning how to paint has given me my life back.” - Zach H., Veteran

Join UsVolunteer Art Instructors and Mentors

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

The Patriot Art PodcastWith Mary Whyte

Founder, Mary Whyte shares the vision of the Patriot Art Foundation and its mission to help Veterans tell their stories through art.

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