Mission & Purpose

Mission Statement 

The HARC Foundation’s Greater Mission is to preserve and promote the value and importance of Creative Arts and Creative Artists in America – culturally, aesthetically,  economically and therapeutically – as a fundamental requirement in fostering and maintaining a healthy society.

HARC’s Core Mission is to help qualified  emerging American Creative Artists by identifying their needs  and providing solutions through Foundation programs that will benefit their livelihood and encourage achievement of their artistic potential.

Dual Purpose 

HARC’s primary purpose is to discover, nurture, support, promote and present emerging American Creative Artists in order to protect current artistic work in progress;  to ensure the continuation of artistic creation; and, to provide the potential for future creative works. Creative Artists who are selected from all art disciplines, including fine arts, visual arts, literary arts, music and dance, receive cash HARC Awards,  promotional benefits and opportunities for public presentation  of their works.

HARC (Help Artists and Rehabilitate Children) maintains a secondary purpose  to use the Creative Arts as a therapeutic science in the rehabilitation of abused, neglected and traumatized children. Since art, music and dance, for example, are used in therapy, not as therapy, the Creative Arts Therapy (CAT) programs must be administered by trained, licensed CAT Therapists. Selected Creative Artists receive cash awards to attend accredited Graduate Schools with degreed programs necessary for licensure. Upon completion and receipt of their credentials, CAT Award recipients (Clinical Art Therapists, Music Therapists and Dance Therapists) are required to work with abused and neglected children.