Our September Veteran Artist Spotlight falls on visual artist & Architectural student, Michael Matthews! During his 20 years in the Army, Michael Matthews deployed to Iraq twice, Afghanistan once, and once to Bosnia with the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum,...
Our July Veteran Artist Spotlight falls on Veteran & Author Kim DeFiori! Kim DeFiori (she/her/hers) is a retired Army Officer. Last year she published her first book “Lessons from Thor: Healing with a Service Dog’s Touch” and had her first ever...
“Modern nations are principally defined by the stories we tell about our collective selves: our victories and defeats, our heroes and foes; our distinctive values and ways of being, all of which are encoded in the tales we tell and enjoy.” Will Storr, The Science of...
A short Q&A with Veteran & Author Kayla M. Williams, ahead of her July Memoir writing workshop! Kayla M. Williams was enlisted for five years as an Arabic linguist, serving in a Military Intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). She...
Congratulations to the first recipients of the Mission Belonging / Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) Veterans Scholarship! We are thrilled to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of the first three recipients of the Mission Belonging / FAWC Veterans Scholarship! This...
Today, with solemnity and reverence, we gather to unveil the culmination of our month-long artistic collaboration. Throughout May, we embarked on a collective artistic journey, combining our unique artistic expressions to create a collaborative painting. This painting...
