Combat Paper: On the Cutting Edge
August 5th, 2012
By Jan Barry Tina and Joe Drakulich are still haunted by the mural their son David painted during leave before returning to war. David’s painting of a sunset-glowing mountainside city rising amid a meadow filled with black crosses conveyed a stark premonition that he would not be coming home from his third combat deployment. The […]
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Tags: combat art, Combat Paper, healing, poetry, PTSD, therapy, veterans
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Vet Arts Profiled on PBS
May 2nd, 2012
By Jan Barry PBS Newshour ran an unusual program the other night, providing an insightful look at the Combat Paper Project that I’ve been working with for some time. “Finally tonight, transforming the wardrobe of war into art,” PBS Newshour anchor Gwen Ifill said in introducing this report aired on April 30. “In 2007, a […]
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Tags: Afghanistan, combat art, Combat Paper, Iraq, PBS, veterans, vets
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