Our Mission

Last Room is a creative arts studio dedicated exclusively to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and greater Special Operations community. We offer individual and group art therapy, art classes and workshops, open studio hours, and community gallery exhibitions. All of our services are provided free of charge to participants.

Everyone on the Last Room board is connected to the Naval Special Warfare community, whether through direct military service, marriage or partnership, or longstanding professional involvement. Special operations is a world unlike any other, and we are deeply rooted within it. Our commitment is to both healing and preventing the invisible wounds that arise from military service.

WORKSHOPS AND FOCUS GROUPS

Last Room staffs and partners with licensed mental health practitioners (Master’s level degree or higher) and certified art therapists. All of our programs are written and facilitated by these trusted agents. Workshops and focus groups take place outside of open studio hours and are expressly tailored for each cohort by topic, medium and intended therapeutic goal. These sessions are closed and confidential.
GROWTH AND INTEGRATION THROUGH ART

The creative act of art-making is medicine for the spirit, innate in all of us. It awakens the curiosity to explore new realms. It is an unfolding that happens in real-time but follows no linear path. Sometimes an artwork comes forth quickly, all at once even. But usually, creating art happens in many stages and seasons. It cannot be forced.
Open studio time is a central aspect of Last Room, and what sparked this entire project from the very beginning. Every day of the week, we offer casual and unstructured hours of “independent study” in order for community members to create art at their own pace.
EXHIBITS AND EVENTS

Periodically, Last Room holds art openings and exhibitions in its gallery space. All artworks are created through our program and in our facilities by members of the Special Operations community.