Friends of Vet Art Project: Call for Veteran Artists!

ED TICK WILL BE A FEATURED PRESENTER AT THE

2011 VETERAN'S FOR PEACE NATIONAL CONVENTION

AUGUST 3-7, 2011 IN PORTLAND, OREGON

HE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN HIM THERE!


Vet Art Project is happy to pass along this

CALL FOR VETERAN ARTIST SUBMISSIONS

FROM THE VFP PLANNING TEAM

CALL for Veteran Artists: Exhibit August 2011

Portland State University ● Littman Gallery ● dsheavfp72[at]gmail[dot]com Exhibit will coincide with 2011 VFP National Convention Theme: Resilience, Resistance and Nonviolent Revolution

Recognizing the talent and contributions of our veterans

We are inviting Veterans to submit Art in any media on Veterans, War & Peace …

Art in any media means drawings, paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, video, installation and it can be any style. All work will be for sale, work accepted for the exhibit will be on display for the month of August. If your work is accepted, we hope you will be willing donate work to VFP to continue our mission working for peace and helping veterans? If not donating, the gallery will take a 30% commission, an additional 10% of the sale will go to VFP; 60% will go to the artist. All artists will be responsible for round trip shipping and if local to pick up art at the end of exhibit. Art will be on exhibit at the Portland State University’s Littman Gallery.

Art should try and incorporate conference theme and examine aspects of a personal experience to include early combat, anti-war protests, GI Resistance, PTSD, diplomacy, events and activities during any war. Thematic issues can include social, political, cultural, economic, and international dimensions of the war for all sides involved, activities in the US and elsewhere in support of, or in opposition to the war, postwar issues.

We encourage any veteran interested in submitting his or her art to fill our Entry Form and include a one page paragraph with artist’s statement and bio with your name, service, email, and snail mail address, with the title of the art work, media, size (dimensions width & height) and sale price. Please submit a JPEG digital photo file no larger than 300 KB (size digital image for 5 x 7 no larger than 8 x 10) of your work via dsheavfp72[at]gmail[dot]com - Have a consistent way of labeling files. i.e.: dshea_01

The deadline for submitting work is June 1st 2011. We will review all submissions and thereafter let you know by June 30th whether your work was accepted – we have limited space and expect a large number of submissions. Those works not accepted for show will be put on a digital slideshow for all to see during the convention with your permission. For information about the VFP Convention please visit

www.veteransforpeace.org

Thank you, we look forward to you joining us for the convention and exhibit. More information will be forthcoming after selections for exhibit are completed.

Peace
Dan Shea
Veterans for Peace
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An uplifting story from the Huffington Post

There was a recent story which was rather inspiring on the Huffington Post. This was brought to our attention by a friend of the Vet Art Project through facebook. I now present the story to you in this link

Showcase Coming Up: Renewal

this coming March 16, the vet art Project will be hosting a showcase of artworks in various states of completion, as well as the multiple contributions and works created through the Vet Art Project workshops in the past few months. The showcase will begin at 7:00pm at the Chicago Cultural Center/Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Building at 78 E Washington St.
We will be featuring contributions by Vet Art Project Artist, Jeanine Hill-Soldner. we will also be showing the resulting animations from the January Workshop "60 Drawings in 60 Minutes" led by Chicago Artist and teacher Jake Myers. There will also be on display the works from participants in the December and February drawing workshops led respectively by Suellen Semekoski & Edgar Gonzalez-Baeza.

for more information or to RSVP you can contact us at vetartprojectchicago@gmail.com

Vet Art Project Workshop: Dance Sculpture, and Animation!

We are hosting a workshop this coming Wednesday, January 19th at the Chicago Cultural Center. We a Dance Sculpture Workshop led by Gail Adduci, Choreographer Dance Instructor and Vet Art Project Co-Lead Artist, and an animation workshop by Chicago Artist and Teacher John Jacob Myers. Both workshops promise great opportunities and interesting conversations.
The Workshops will begin at 6:30pm in the Garland Room of the Chicago Cultural Center.
The Cultural Center is at 78 E. Washington Ave.

If you are interested, you may RSVP at vetartprojectchicago@gmail.com or call (708) 704-7313.

"Green Curtain" - Edgar's afterthoughts

I realized that I did not publicize November's Vet Art Project Workshop, and for that I apologize. We had a fantastic reading of Tim "Kimo" Brien's play "Green Curtain". It is a pseudo biographical (at least that is my impression) production which addresses, without any simplistic reductionism, the cultural divide between veterans and civilians. In the play you have three characters which present different points of view on the military. Tim the Air Force veteran, his friend Mike, who admires Tim but does not wholly understand military culture but is considering enlisting, and finally Nessa, Mike's liberal girlfriend/fiance who is a little naive and against the military, but still likes gets along with Tim. The play shifts between the interactions of the three main characters and flashback monologue scenes where Tim clarifies some of the exchanges. "Green Curtain" is unflinching look at the disparity in how veterans get treated. It addresses some of the shortcomings of the Veterans Affairs systems, some of the habits some veterans carry over into civilian life, and holds diametrically opposing thoughts without self-destructing.
Naturally, this was a stage reading and the play will no doubt undergo a series of rewrites. However, "Green Curtain" can only get better, in my opinion.

Chicago In War: Event - Intrusive Thoughts

INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS
- An exhibition of work by Veterans of the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Global War on Terror

The National Veterans Art Museum
1801 S. Indianan
5-8PM Opening November 11th
7PM Artist Talks

Show runs November 11 2010 - May 2011
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10AM - 5PM

Intrusive thoughts are unwelcome involuntary thoughts, images, or unpleasant ideas that may become obsessions are upsetting or distressing, and can be difficult to manage or eliminate. Although they are commonly unseen, there are silent signs of our current occupations in our local communities, households, and memories. This show will feature work by veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror that will bring these signs from the shadows to the forefront and give these traumas a voice in the political and cultural discussion of today.

Artist:
* Jeremy Stainthorp Berggren
* Erica Slone
* Combat Paper Project
* Peter Sullivan
* Jacob Flom
* Jon Turner
* Ash Kyrie
* Chris Vongsawat
* Leonard Shelton
* Joyce Wagner
* Warrior Writers Project

This event is part of Chicago in War a project of The National Veterans Art Museum

The distance is great.
The disconnect is great.
The impact is deep.
CHICAGO IN WAR

Chicago in War is a series of events, art shows, and performances that explores the continued rupturing of the traumas of war in everyday America.
The occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan have and will continue to leave deep scars in our hearts and minds; and for some of us these scars are emblazoned on our physical bodies and memories. Too often these occupations are swept from our conscience, into the alleys of our streets, into the corners of our city and our collective minds. If they are ever to come to end, their myriad effects must be recognized, unearthed, uncovered, demystified , and exposed!

Friends of the Vet Art Project: Chicago in War, a project of IAVW

Through the nonth of November, the Iraq Veterans Against the War is sponsoring a series of events in the Chicago Area. You can view the full listing here.

Just this week, they will be kicking off with the following events

The distance is great. 

The disconnect is great. 

The impact is deep. 

 

CHICAGO IN WAR

A project of The National Veterans Art Museum

Chicago in War is a series of events, art shows, and performances that explores the continued rupturing of the traumas of war in everyday America. 

 

The occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan have and will continue to leave deep scars in our hearts and minds; and for some of us these scars are emblazoned on our physical bodies and memories.  Too often these occupations are swept from our conscience, into the alleys of our streets, into the corners of our city and our collective minds. If they are ever to come to end,  their myriad effects must be recognized, unearthed, uncovered, demystified , and exposed!

 

November 2010

Nov 1 |  National Novel Writing for Veterans an Community Members

Iraqi Health Now has been sending medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to Iraq since 2006. In a historic gesture, two American Iraq war veterans, Geoff Millard and Hart Viges from Iraq Veterans Against the War will travel with IHNʼs Haider Al Saedy to Iraq. They will work together to distribute our next shipment of humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people. Watch a short documentary of our efforts in Iraq and help support this next shipment.

7-9PM Nov 1, 8, 22, 29  | Mess Hall 6932 North Glenwood Avenue Chicago IL 60626

RSVP to jessacarlstrom [at] gmail [dot] com

 

Nov 4  |  The Face of Iraq: A fundraiser for the Iraqi People - Iraqi Health Now 

Iraqi Health Now has been sending medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to Iraq since 2006. In a historic gesture, two American Iraq war veterans, Geoff Millard and Hart Viges from Iraq Veterans Against the War will travel with IHNʼs Haider Al Saedy to Iraq. They will work together to distribute our next shipment of humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people. Watch a short documentary of our efforts in Iraq and help support this next shipment.

7–8:30PM |  Lottie’s Pub  1925 W Cortland St Chicago, IL 60622-1038

 

Nov 5 |  Openings: Portraits of American Veterans: a continuing Dialogue 

Oil paintings of 15 veterans by Jeanine Hill-Soldner & Veterans Visions: stories & images. Works by veterans from WWII to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan 

5:30–9PM |  Sage Gallery, Lakeside Legacy Arts Park  401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake

The rest of the events are listed in the page located throughout the Chicago land area. We look forward to seeing you there.