Arts News
Women Veterans Find Voice in Writing
Friday, February 26, 2016 | Category: Arts - District of Columbia
Veterans in the Washington D.C. area have used "The Veterans Writing Project" for the past four years to express themselves through various forms of writing. For the first time, women veterans were the spotlighted publishers in the latest literary journal, "O-Dark-Thirty." Around 23 women contributed nonfiction essays, poetry and fiction. Only about 5 percent of around 400 women who submitted pieces for the journal made the cut. Editors noted that "honesty was something that continually stood out...writers wrote about things women on active duty didn’t talk about for the fear of seeming weak."
NYC Mayor's ofice of Veterans' Affairs and Department of Cultural Affairs Announce New Artist Residency at the Harlem Vet Center
Monday, November 9, 2015 | Category: Arts - New York
The Social Design Collective will engage women veterans at the Harlem Vet Center in art interventions that will connect them to the Vet Center's services and resources. Social Design Collective's residency is supported by both private funding from the David Rockefeller Fund through the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and public funding from the Department of Cultural Affairs. Understanding that women veterans less often access earned benefits, the SDC will focus on engaging women veterans with vital services through creative programming. SDC, an art and design collaborative founded and led by Jules Rochielle Sievert, was selected through an open, competitive call for artists. For more than 10 years, Jules’ has connected art, performance, social justice, collective art practice, and applied design to build enduring community partnerships and networks. Jules has worked directly with veterans through the Northeastern University School of Law's NuLawLab,
Veterans, Healing and the Arts
Sunday, January 11, 2015 | Category: Arts - National
Americans for the Arts coordinates the National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military involves at least16 other national partners. The arts have meaningfully addressed a myriad of issues facing America's military service members, veterans and their families. This initiative hopes to promote the healing and transformative power the arts those with military connections.