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Cultural Diplomacy and Heritage Wars
Dr. Robert Albro Over the past two decades cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, has become an increasingly evident – and fraught – subject of foreign affairs. One reason is a recent...
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Enriching the Public Narrative
Joanna Chin On the website for the Combat Paper Project, founder Drew Cameron (who issued a brilliant call to action in our blog salon on Tuesday) is quoted: The story of the fiber, the blood, sweat...
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Tragedies Help Communities Heal from Timeless Wounds
Bryan Doerries One of the first people to speak after a Theater of War performance was a perfectly kempt military spouse with blonde hair, striking blue eyes, and a soft, unassuming voice. She leaned...
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The Graffiti of War: Conflict Art and Bridging the Cultural Gap between...
Jaeson Parsons The cultural chasm separating the civilian and the warfighter has never been wider. Most of the conflicts in 20th Century American history have relied on conscription, better known as...
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Writing Plays about the Military
Tammy Ryan “Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war….We formed sort of a laser beam of protest. Every painter, every writer, every stand-up comedian, every composer,...
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Memorializing and Commemorating Military Service through Art
Joanna Chin In the past half-century, the mechanisms for remembering and honoring service members have been evolving: from statues of proud figures gazing off into the distance to approaches that are...
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Who’s the Voice of Guantánamo?
Liz Sevcenko “I just hope that because of the pain we are suffering, the eyes of the world will once again look to Guantánamo before it is too late,” wrote hunger striker Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel in...
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Public Art and the Military
Ann Wykell As art consultant to The Patterson Foundation (TPF) in Sarasota, FL, I manage the commissions of public art for the assembly space in Sarasota National Cemetery. The US Department of...
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A Collective Representation of the American Experience of War
Matt Mitchell Since the spring of 2005 I have been working on a project entitled “100 Faces of War Experience: Portraits and Words of Americans Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan”. In some ways this...
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Wrapping up the Arts & Military Blog Salon
Joanna Chin Throughout this week the overriding question has been: why do we use the arts in this complex space where individual and community health, veterans, and the military intersect? On day 1,...
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Arts and Health in the Military: An Introduction
Marete Wester “The purpose was to get control of my problems, medical, personal, at home, family…basically trying to fight and conquer my demons. The angel has the authority, the power over this...
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Art’s Creative Healing Connections for Members of the Military
Naj Wikoff “The arts help bring home those who have put and continue to put their lives in harm’s way to protect and promote the values and way of life we cherish.” Tom Smith should not be alive. In...
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Artists in the Wounded Warrior Unit at Walter Reed Hospital
Shanti Norris When Smith Center for Healing and the Arts first brought professional artists into the Wounded Warrior Unit at Walter Reed to work directly with patients, the clinical staff said “we...
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In Tribute to Their Service
Bill O’Brien Every November, Veterans Day comes and goes as a reminder for us to thank our American military men and women for their sacrifice and service. As our most recent conflict has transitioned...
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Champion Your Cause
Nora Orphanides In this age of rapid technological change, it seems that the number of worthy causes known to people around the country and indeed the world is also growing at an exponential rate. Take...
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