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Current Exhibitions
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In our museum we display various artworks from the NVAM collection. In addition we show special exhibitions, as well as participating in traveling exhibitions.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE: Above and Beyond - on display at The Harold Washington Library—400 S. State St.—Above and Beyond comprises 58,307 dog tags. Each dog tag represents a person in the Vietnam War and is arranged in date order of death. And, each dog tag shows their name, date of death and military branch. The Things They Carried - inspired by Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried, this exhibit serves as a visual companion that illustrates the narrative with fine art and photography from veterans that lived the stories in the novel. WE ARE RESILIENCE: MASKS OF HOPE - inspired by an art therapy technique with veterans, Kids Rank partnered with the National Veterans Art Museum to create the We Are Resilience: Masks of Hope exhibit. During Spring 2020, through a 4- week workshop, Pride Members created masks to express their experience as a military child. These masks were originally planned as a Month of Military Child installation but the COVID-19 pandemic changed our plans. A catalog that takes a comprehensive look at this collaborative project was created. Thank you to Allstate for making project possible! |
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Helen
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Works on Paper - A selection of works on paper form the National Veterans Art Museum's permanent collection featuring watercolors, drawings, prints, Combat Paper, and mixed media collage.
Kurt Vonnegut - Born on Armistice Day, November 11th, 1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. came of age as World War Two gained momentum and shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor and Adolf Hitler declared war against the United States.
Selections from the Permanent Collection - Currently featuring a gallery of female veteran artwork selections such as US Coast Guard Veteran Victoria Bryers and USMC Iraq Veteran Chantelle Bateman. The main gallery features painting and sculptural selections from the over 2,500 works by 250+ veteran artists of conflicts from WWII to Afghanistan in NVAM's permanent collection.
Kurt Vonnegut - Born on Armistice Day, November 11th, 1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. came of age as World War Two gained momentum and shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor and Adolf Hitler declared war against the United States.
Selections from the Permanent Collection - Currently featuring a gallery of female veteran artwork selections such as US Coast Guard Veteran Victoria Bryers and USMC Iraq Veteran Chantelle Bateman. The main gallery features painting and sculptural selections from the over 2,500 works by 250+ veteran artists of conflicts from WWII to Afghanistan in NVAM's permanent collection.
