Vet Art Project Chicago is gearing up for the November 2012 Community Showcase. Collaborating with the National Veteran Art Museum, and their third annual “IN WAR” event series, Vet Art Project Chicago is taking on this year’s IN WAR theme and conceptual lens: Intergenerational Trauma.
Traumatic events exact an enormous psychological and physical toll on survivors, and often have ramifications that must be endured for decades. This includes emotional scars, and in many cases standards of living are diminished, often never recovering to levels that existed prior to the trauma. These traumas can occur at a personal level or at a collective level, and the responses to such events are not identical. In the latter instance, there is now considerable evidence that the effects of trauma experiences are often transmitted across generations, affecting the children and grandchildren of those that were initially victimized. - Bombay 2009
Traumatic events exact an enormous psychological and physical toll on survivors, and often have ramifications that must be endured for decades. This includes emotional scars, and in many cases standards of living are diminished, often never recovering to levels that existed prior to the trauma. These traumas can occur at a personal level or at a collective level, and the responses to such events are not identical. In the latter instance, there is now considerable evidence that the effects of trauma experiences are often transmitted across generations, affecting the children and grandchildren of those that were initially victimized. - Bombay 2009
Vet Art Project Chicago Showcases are an opportunity for veterans, family members, and artists from all disciplines to come together and share their story. This can happen through visual arts, theater, dance, poetry, spoken word, or any combination of media. We are looking to exhibit two-dimensional and three dimensional work as space permits, as well as performances in either dance, music, song, spoken media or theater. In spite of the conceptual framework parameters, all work submitted will be considered for inclusion in the showcase.
If you are interested in participating in the November Showcase please contact Edgar Gonzalez at vetartprojectchicago@gmail.com or call (815) 683-8278 with a short statement explaining either the performance, or submission, or an image file of the artwork you would like to exhibit along with dimensions, and any sort of specific requests. We will try our best to accommodate your work if it is selected to be shown at the showcase.
If you are interested in participating in the November Showcase please contact Edgar Gonzalez at vetartprojectchicago@gmail.com or call (815) 683-8278 with a short statement explaining either the performance, or submission, or an image file of the artwork you would like to exhibit along with dimensions, and any sort of specific requests. We will try our best to accommodate your work if it is selected to be shown at the showcase.
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