full listing of previous events: https://www.combatpaper.org/tourhistory
FLag Day (take back the) 2020. Sunday, June 14th, 2020. Iowa City. 64 in. x 123 in. Folded.
An exhibition as part of 'In Good Company' an exposition of work from emerging veteran artists throughout the month of November 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Naomi Hume states, “If war ultimately defies representation, it can also be said that it requires it.”
100 Years of War, 100 Years Later. Selected artists come together to engage in meaningful dialogue, seeking a new visual language, like the artists of WWI, to communicate experiences of perpetual war. It is an existence of contradictions, fractured identities, and often emphatic anti-war responses.
November 9-22, 2018
Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
https://printinghistory.org/2018-conference/
A joint annual conference with the Friends of Dard Hunter (FDH) University of Iowa Center for the Book (UICB) Iowa City, Iowa, October 25–27, 2018
Please join us as we explore the technological and cultural matrices connecting print and paper. Today’s practitioners and scholars have a rich archive of historical production methods and societal uses of art on paper to draw from in their work and research. Be it decorative, instructional, devotional, or functional artwork, we consider how this matrix of origins and innovations is retrieved, shared, and developed.
A Different 1%
Opening Reception: Thursday September 27, 6pm-8pm
Combat Paper Workshop: Wed. Sept. 26: 1-4pm & Thu. Sep. 27: 1-4pm
With less than 1% of the US population in the armed forces, A Different 1% presents artworks, workshops, and screenings by eight artist-veterans who create bridges for, and to, a public that’s increasingly disconnected from the consequences of war.
artwork image: Ash Kyrie
IRON MOUNTAIN –The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center’s Suicide Prevention Program announces a series of workshops on Sept. 11 and 12 featuring artist Drew Cameron, of Combat Paper, who will help participants convert donated military uniforms into handmade paper.
Individual workshops will be held 9 to 11 a.m. CDT on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 11 and 12, in the medical center’s outpatient waiting area. A third session will be held from noon to 2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday in the outdoor pavilion behind the facility.
September is Suicide Prevention Month and the VA medical center’s Suicide Prevention Program encourages Veterans and all those who support veterans to seek out opportunities to make connections with one another. One of those opportunities can be found in participating in the meaningful experience of transforming something worn in military service into a piece of art.
Programming included for My Lai, a monodrama for tenor, string quartet and Vietnamese instruments, includes a display of of new work handmade paper artwork by Drew Cameron and discussions with the artists at various events on campus.
FULLY STAGED PRODUCTION Jonathan Berger, composer Harriet Scott Chessman, librettist
It was nearly 50 years ago that American soldiers massacred hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers at My Lai. Kronos Quartet's fully staged collaboration with composer Jonathan Berger and novelist Harriet Scott Chessman revisits the horrors of that day and its aftermath, from the perspective of the heroic helicopter pilot who tried to intervene. Berger's "richly evocative" and "hauntingly beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle) score blends Rinde Eckert's expressive voice with string quartet augmented by traditional Vietnamese instruments played by Vân-Ành Võ, and an electronic soundscape of helicopters, voices, and snippets of American blues.
Public Forum Sat, Mar 3, 2018 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Osher Theater, 2120 Oxford Street, Berkeley With the My Lai creative team: composer Jonathan Berger, librettist Harriet Scott Chessman, Drew Cameron of Combat Paper, and performers Rinde Eckert, VÂn-ánh Võ, and David Harrington BAMPFA will present a film series in conjunction with this event. Details to be announced.
The Public Forum is free and open to everyone. BAMPFA films will be ticketed.
Post-performance Talk "Catharsis Café" Sun, Mar 4, 2018 Zellerbach Hall Mezzanine Join us after the performance at the Catharsis Café
We often hear from patrons that discussing what they've just seen or heard immediately following a performance is an important part of the overall experience of attending the performing arts. And a challenging, thought-provoking work such as My Lai is tailor-made to spark interesting discussion and meaningful reflection.
Join us immediately following the performance upstairs on the Mezzanine for an informal discussion with fellow theatergoers over drinks and snacks from the café
Catharsis: the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art. Free to ticket holders. Advance Registration requested.
Free to ticket holders. Advance Registration requested. (opens in January 2018).
Through Print Public programs, Kala provides opportunities for artists to work on interdisciplinary projects with digital or print media while animating public space, reaching new communities, building local partnerships, and deepening neighborhood ties. Join us for the Open House on Saturday, March 11, 12-4pm for more events, workshops and activities.
