Come join us for our January planning meeting.
January 31, 2015, 10 am -12 pm at Jane Pettit's house.
Please bring snacks to share. Jane will provide coffee, tea, juice bagels and lox.
Please RSVP Jane by January 28, 2015: janepettit1@verizon.net
For more information, check your email for The January News Blast!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Lecture
“ART FROM WAR: Documenting Devastation / Realizing Restoration”
Thursday, January 22, 2015, 4:00 p.m. - new time
LJ-119, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building (view map)
Veterans from the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have found the arts as an outlet for making sense of their war experiences. Military hospitals also use the arts as a therapeutic treatment for those wounded in combat. Larson Fellow Tara Tappert discusses how the two distinctly different artistic approaches to the experiences of war trauma–documentation and restoration–can be traced to the devastations of the First World War. During and after WWI, veterans throughout the world made artwork that conveyed their war experiences, while hospitals, social agencies, and individuals used the arts to help the crippled and disabled find ways to face the future–through mask making, plastic surgery, and occupational therapy.
Co-sponsored by the Veterans History Project and the Prints and Photographs Division
The John W. Kluge Center hosts lectures, book talks, panel discussions and symposia that highlight the work of scholars-in-residence.
Unless otherwise noted:
Events are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.
Events take place inside the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Get general map and directions. Allow time for routine security procedures.
http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/news/
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