Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital
VETERANS’ ARTWORK SOUGHT FOR CREATIVE ARTS
The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System is seeking area Veterans who want to share their creativity to enter visual art, including woodworking, painting, leatherwork, needlework, paper crafts, sculpture and more for the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival.
The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System is seeking area Veterans who want to share their creativity to enter visual art, including woodworking, painting, leatherwork, needlework, paper crafts, sculpture and more for the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival.
Veterans who receive care from the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center or one of its five outpatient clinics are eligible to participate and may enter up to two pieces. The pieces must have been created within the last year and be submitted no later than January 12, 2018.
Entries will be available for the public’s viewing January 25, 2018 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM on second floor of the Primary Care addition of the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center. Judges from the local community will name winners, and a reception and awards ceremony will take place at 2:00 PM. Veteran artists will have the opportunity to enter the National Veterans Creative Arts competition, which will take place in Des Moines, IA from October 28-November 5, 2018.
Employees will also display their arts and crafts during the show but will not compete with Veterans.
For more information about submitting artwork, contact Shirley Redmond at 605-333-6889 or Diane Larsen at 605-336-3230, Ext. 9-6418.
