Get Involved With AVAC
Join the movement where service meets creativity.
At the American Veteran Arts Collective (AVAC), we believe every act of service deserves a new mission — one that empowers veterans to continue leading, creating, and inspiring.
Whether you give, teach, or partner, your involvement fuels the bridge between military service and the arts — transforming individual lives while strengthening the cultural workforce that gives our nation its voice.
Ways to Give
Your generosity sustains AVAC’s 10-Week Career Bridge Program, which equips veterans with the skills, mentorship, and networks to thrive in the arts and culture sector.
AVAC partners with forward-thinking companies and institutions that believe creativity is essential to national strength and community resilience.
Sponsor a Veteran or Cohort
Underwrite a 10-week Career Bridge class or institutional placement, earning recognition across AVAC communications and public events.
Corporate Matching Gifts
Network with partners and practice interviewing across the arts ecosystem
Host an AVAC Fellow
Network with partners and practice interviewing across the arts ecosystem
Strategic Partnerships
Collaborate on program development, research, and exhibitions that advance arts, workforce, and veteran engagement initiatives.
Why Your Involvement Matters
Every contribution — financial, professional, or institutional — helps close the gap between service and opportunity.
Your partnership ensures that veterans can continue their mission, this time through the arts — strengthening not just individual lives, but the cultural and creative fabric of our nation.
Become a Mentor or Instructor
Share your expertise. Shape a future.
Our veterans bring leadership and commitment; you bring industry insight and connection. Together, you can change the trajectory of a life.
Career Readiness Mentor
Mentors guide individual participants through their career transition.
Mentors provide feedback on resumes, portfolios, and interview preparation, while serving as trusted allies through a period of profound change.
Each hour you share strengthens a veteran’s confidence, professional readiness, and sense of belonging.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours a week per participant during active cohorts
Transition Readiness Instructor
Instructors teach AVAC’s 10-week curriculum — leading group workshops and discussions that prepare veterans for success in the arts and creative industries.
TRIs are professionals with experience in museum management, arts administration, production, or creative entrepreneurship who believe in the transformative power of mentorship.
Each session you lead helps veterans build confidence and professional networks in the cultural sector.
Time commitment: 2-3 hours per week during active cohorts
Corporate Partnerships & Cohort Sponsorships
Empower veterans. Elevate culture. Strengthen your brand.
Corporations and cultural institutions play a crucial role in advancing AVAC’s mission.
Through Cohort Sponsorships and Corporate Partnership Programs, your organization can help expand access to creative career opportunities for veterans while aligning your brand with workforce innovation, social impact, and civic leadership.
