THE ARTS AND THE MILITARY: Transforming War and Trauma Experiences through the Arts

ARTS, MILITARY + HEALING in Washington, DC, May 13-18, 2012, unites the resources of veterans’ organizations, art schools, and national cultural institutions. By bringing artists and art therapists to military communities, we support and value the totality of their contributions to American life.

Creative Writing / Dance / Drama / Film / Visual Arts / Exhibitions

• FREE 5-day Artist-led Workshops for veterans, service members, and military families of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, and for professional artists and art therapists who are now working, or hope to work within military communities

• Public Events open to all: Art exhibition tours, film screening, dance and theatre performances, and reception

• Documentary Film Project: Veteran Artist Program Vets on Sets

Developed and organized by: Tappert & Associates and the Veteran Artist Program

In collaboration with:Art Therapy without Borders; Combat Paper Project; Corcoran College of Art + Design, Corcoran Gallery of Art; Create Arts Center; Dance Place; George Mason University; The Joe Bonham Project, Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project; National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Peace Paper; The Telling Project, Warrior Writers, and numerous cultural and veterans’ organizations.

Major support generously provided by: The Walter Reed Society, Inc., American Freedom Foundation, Azalea Charities, Bob Woodruff Foundation, and The Center for Craft Creativity & Design. Additional support has come from many organizations and individuals, for a full listing visit artsandmilitary.org

front: Breaking Rank, 2008, by Drew Cameron (Army)/ Drew Matott / above: Stan, 2010, by Patrick Sargent (Air Force) / Erwin Thamm. design: www.richardchartierdesign.com

WORKSHOPS Mon-Fri, May 14-18 (10am-4pm) Register: www.artsandmilitary.org

• Art Therapy and Resilience Enhancement Create Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD• Papermaking as Art Therapy for Trauma Intervention George Mason University, School of Art, Fairfax, VA• From Uniforms to Paper & Creative Writing: Combat Paper Project & Warrior Writers Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC • In the Telling drama workshop Library of Congress-Veterans History Project, Washington, DC• The Joe Bonham Project and Papermaking Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

PUBLIC PROGRAMS & EVENTS RSVP: www.artsandmilitary.org

• Sunday, May 13, 2012 (2:00–3:30 pm) Opening Program: Exhibition tour Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation: 1912-2012; Slide lecture In Service to the Nation: Arts and Crafts and the Military / Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC

• Sunday, May 13, 2012 (7:00–8:30 pm) Dance and Theatre performances: Unsung choreographed by DancEthos and Telling: Baltimore created by The Telling Project / Dance Place, Washington, DC

• Thursday, May 17, 2012 (6:00–9:00 pm) Film Screening: Where Soldiers Come From by Heather Courtney; Exhibition tour and Reception: Veteran Made: Selections from the Combat Paper Project; Presentations by The Combat Paper Project, Vets on Sets and The Joe Bonham Project / Corcoran Gallery of Art, College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

• Friday, May 18, 2012 (7:00–9:00 pm) Closing Program: Staged Readings from Make Sure It's Me by Kate Wenner and from The Telling Project. Hosted by the Veterans History Project with remarks from the Honorable Togo D. West, Jr. (Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Former Secretary of the Army) / Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress

For complete details and registration please visit www.artsandmilitary.org

May 13-18, 2012, Washington, DC

A COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE

WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC EVENTS TO PROMOTE CREATIVITY, WELLNESS, AND RESILIENCE IN MILITARY COMMUNITIESFREE www.artsandmilitary.org

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