Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)

The Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) is a fast-growing, entrepreneurial organization creating communities where veterans and their families thrive through the arts. As the nation’s largest military-arts organization, we’re addressing social isolation and mental health challenges within the military-connected community. Our programs leverage the arts as a powerful set of tools to move through questions of identity, community, tragedy, purpose, loss, and war. Through the arts, ASAP graduates gain new tools for self-understanding and self-expression, then share their new talents with supportive audiences, ultimately empowering participants to feel seen, heard, and known.

6,000 military-connected individuals representing all 50 states have graduated from our free classes since 2015. Peer-reviewed research demonstrates ASAP participants experience significant, lasting improvements in social connectivity, resilience, self-esteem, and integration of self. Our alumni have performed for 300,000 audience members at venues like The Kennedy Center, Carolines on Broadway, Warner Theater, and The White House. ASAP has been featured by CNN, ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR, The Washington Post, POLITICO, and Forbes.

As we approach our 10th anniversary, our vibrant and inclusive community continues to grow and thrive, supported by a dynamic team dedicated to making a lasting impact.