TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Supervisor Mulheren
MEETING DATE: March 28, 2023
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor Mulheren
PHONE:
707-463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Adoption of Proclamation Recognizing April 1, 2023 as Veterans Art Project Day in Mendocino County
(Sponsor: Supervisor Mulheren)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Proclamation recognizing April 1, 2023 as Veterans Art Project Day in Mendocino County; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Board of Supervisors routinely adopts Proclamations recognizing special events and meritorious achievements.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Veterans Art Project (VETART) is a community-based arts organization serving Veterans, Active Duty, Spouses, dependents, their caregivers, and the community through process-driven, Deep Arts Engagement, D.A.E.(c) and Art Therapy. Providing a process-intensive arts encounter proven to help Veterans and Active Duty (some with post-traumatic stress, TBI, and MST) find their voice and work through the life-changing process of transitioning from military to civilian life.
VETART offers free classes in the process-heavy art disciplines of Ceramics, Glass, Woodworking, and Bronze Casting. We work tirelessly to connect military families and civilians through sharing, art-making in a safe, welcoming, relaxed, and fun environment. This engagement is also equitable: we offer open enrollment access to free art classes that take place in state of the art facilities, taught by artists of all cultural/social backgrounds with and without MFAs. We offer artistic support, development, and dignified display of completed artworks. These dignified displays help include the greater civilian community through artist/participant presentation.
Through on-site community arts classes, demonstrations, and exhibitions across San Diego county and the country, VETART pro...
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