Final Vet Art Project Events! Show Mon Feb 23 and Final Workshops Tues Feb 24

 

All month long the Vet Art Project has hosted Community Building Workshops,

Community Discussions, and Creative Arts Programs. These events have inspired a

wealth of new art to be featured in a culminating Public Performance to be held:

Monday, February 23, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. 

Reserve your tickets NOW!!!!

For tickets to this performance contact the DCA Theater Box Office by calling (312) 742-8497, or go to www.dcatheater.org. 

To learn more about the Vet Art Project, please visit www.vetartproject.com .

You can also check out their blog, http://vetartproject.blogspot.com/

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The following day, Tues February 24th, the Vet Art Project, in association with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs Theater,  will also host TWO MORE at the Chicago Cultural Center (77 E. Randolph Street) :

9:30 a.m.-12 p.m  Tuesday, February 24, 2009    Workshop exploring the art and science of soul retrieval.    This Final Vet Art Workshop Explores A Powerful Alternative Healing Art, hosted by alternative healing artists Mary Kay Ryan and Lindsley Field.  They have more than fifty years

of combined experience in their field, and together they will discuss both the process of

assisted soul retrieval and the different ways soul retrieval is practiced in other cultures.

This workshop is free of charge.  (This event will take place in the Washington Room, on the 5th floor. It is recommended that attendees use the Washington Street entrance.)

6 to 10 p.m Tuesday, February 24, 2009  Presentation by Dr. John Fisher of the Soldier’s Heart Foundation. The presentation will explore how trauma affects veterans and how our communities can help. Dr. Fisher is a Vietnam Veteran and coordinator for the Colorado/Southwest Soldier’s Heart Foundation. Soldier’s Heart (www.soldiersheart.net) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating nationwide safe-return programs for veterans. Dr.

Fisher’s presentation is open to the public and free of charge.  This event will be held at the Studio Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center.

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The Chicago-based Vet Art Project creates opportunities for veterans to work in

collaboration with artists from all disciplines to create new art about war for public

performance and viewing. The program aims to support veterans, create stronger voices

among veterans, provide new opportunities for artists, offer a venue to hear the voices of

veterans and artists, and foster discussions about how war affects everyone. The Vet Art

Project, spearheaded by lead artist Lisa Rosenthal, has been in residence at the DCA’s

Studio Theater throughout February 2009 as part of its Incubator Series.

The Vet Art Project is made possible, in part, by the Puffin Foundation, the Illinois

Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General

Assembly, and is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas.