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Creative Forces Spotlights

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Listening for Relief: How Music Therapy Research Is Supporting Veterans Living With Chronic Pain
Learn about the Creative Forces research study “Stepped-Care Intervention of Music and Imagery to Assess Relief (SCIMITAR)” which is exploring how working with a music therapist can help veterans manage chronic pain and related challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Series of art pieces being displayed
Path with Art: Reimagining a Way Forward
From singing to visual art, veterans use creative expression to transform their lives
Participants of the Exit12 program perform at the Intrepid Museum, located along the Hudson River on the West Side of Manhattan. Photo by Alberto Vasari
Drills to Dance: Stories that vibrate in the bones
Healing and transformation through movement with Exit12 Dance Company
Service members engage in a group art activity at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
Healing Through the Arts: How Creative Forces Supports Service Members at JBER
Art pieces of masks being displayed.
Movement and Melody: Healing Through Creative Arts Therapies
A young woman and child stand at a table doing spin art. Another child is working on art in the background
How a Local Children's Museum Partnered with One of America's Largest Military Bases
Military families play and learn together at the Greentrike Children’s Museum on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington
Children playing on the grass
Caregivers on the Homefront: Arts-based Programing to Support Military and Veteran Caregivers
Children doing tie dye at an art workshop for Caregivers on the Homefront, a Creative Forces grant recipient in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo by Chris Rahm