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UPCOMING AND ON-GOING EVENTS
On Liberty: National Veterans Art Museum | Register Online
Friday February 26, 2021, 4:00PM CT/5:00PM ET
The National Veterans Art Museum is excited to be partnering with Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, NY on for their On Liberty: Zooming into Museums Across the Country series!
Join the Intrepid Museum and fellow veterans, service members and their loved ones for a virtual staycation. We will be Zooming into Chicago to visit the National Veterans Art Museum to view artwork created by Veterans, highlighting Vietnam War Veteran artwork, while experiencing the more artful side of Intrepid’s history.
Veterans Month | Online
NOVEMBER 11 is Veterans Day. We invite you all to celebrate November with NVAM as Veterans Month, Follow us as we will be highlighting some of our incredible collaborators and partnerships, launching new digital initiatives to bring NVAM to you at home, and sharing what connects us, as staff members and volunteers to the Veteran community. Please follow us as we get personal with you and discover ways to be connected with us. Remember we are all in this together.
Thank you and we look forward to honoring our veteran community with you this month.
Let’s celebrate our veterans today and every day.
Virtual Tours | Online
NVAM Tours have gone virtual! Whether you are an educator planning supplementary material for your curriculum or a corporate group looking for diversity development opportunities for your team. NVAM Virtual Tours provide the same quality engagement with the exhibitions and collection remotely while staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. Each tour is customized for the groups with optional request for Veteran speakers. Contact Education and Programs Manager, Moki Tantoco at mtantoco@nvam.org for more information to about scheduling your virtual tour today!
On Liberty: National Veterans Art Museum | Register Online
Friday February 26, 2021, 4:00PM CT/5:00PM ET
The National Veterans Art Museum is excited to be partnering with Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, NY on for their On Liberty: Zooming into Museums Across the Country series!
Join the Intrepid Museum and fellow veterans, service members and their loved ones for a virtual staycation. We will be Zooming into Chicago to visit the National Veterans Art Museum to view artwork created by Veterans, highlighting Vietnam War Veteran artwork, while experiencing the more artful side of Intrepid’s history.
Veterans Month | Online
NOVEMBER 11 is Veterans Day. We invite you all to celebrate November with NVAM as Veterans Month, Follow us as we will be highlighting some of our incredible collaborators and partnerships, launching new digital initiatives to bring NVAM to you at home, and sharing what connects us, as staff members and volunteers to the Veteran community. Please follow us as we get personal with you and discover ways to be connected with us. Remember we are all in this together.
Thank you and we look forward to honoring our veteran community with you this month.
Let’s celebrate our veterans today and every day.
Virtual Tours | Online
NVAM Tours have gone virtual! Whether you are an educator planning supplementary material for your curriculum or a corporate group looking for diversity development opportunities for your team. NVAM Virtual Tours provide the same quality engagement with the exhibitions and collection remotely while staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. Each tour is customized for the groups with optional request for Veteran speakers. Contact Education and Programs Manager, Moki Tantoco at mtantoco@nvam.org for more information to about scheduling your virtual tour today!
PAST EVENTS
Intrepid After Dark: Postcard Connections with the National Veterans Art Museum
Wednesday February 10, 2021, 4:00PM CT/5:00PM ET
Attention veterans and current service members! We invite you to reconnect through making and writing postcards. Moki Tantoco, Education and Programs Manager at the National Veteran Art Museum, will share artworks by US Air Force Vietnam War veteran, Frankie J. Howery. We will use inspiration from Howery’s works to make postcards with household materials.
Kids Rank - Foundations: A Conversation | Online
Thursday December 17, 2020, 12:00-1:00 PM
On December 17, we partnered with Kids Rank to share the WE ARE RESILIENCE: MASKS OF HOPE Exhibition. In this session we shared a virtual tour of the exhibition and explored the mental health and well-being of military children showcasing 100 masks made by children of both active duty and veteran service members. View the conversation online.
Annual Memorial Day Program 2020 | Online
Please note NVAM’s annual Memorial Day Programming is moving ONLINE. In honor of Memorial Day 2020, Monday May 25th, NVAM is collecting names and memories through our WE REMEMBER page from everyone touched by the stories of military service members that have gone before us. This includes active duty service members, veterans, civilians, military families, friends, neighbors, teachers and students. We will also be hosting programing online through NVAM's Facebook. Follow NVAM for more information.
Intrepid After Dark: Postcard Connections with the National Veterans Art Museum
Wednesday February 10, 2021, 4:00PM CT/5:00PM ET
Attention veterans and current service members! We invite you to reconnect through making and writing postcards. Moki Tantoco, Education and Programs Manager at the National Veteran Art Museum, will share artworks by US Air Force Vietnam War veteran, Frankie J. Howery. We will use inspiration from Howery’s works to make postcards with household materials.
Kids Rank - Foundations: A Conversation | Online
Thursday December 17, 2020, 12:00-1:00 PM
On December 17, we partnered with Kids Rank to share the WE ARE RESILIENCE: MASKS OF HOPE Exhibition. In this session we shared a virtual tour of the exhibition and explored the mental health and well-being of military children showcasing 100 masks made by children of both active duty and veteran service members. View the conversation online.
Annual Memorial Day Program 2020 | Online
Please note NVAM’s annual Memorial Day Programming is moving ONLINE. In honor of Memorial Day 2020, Monday May 25th, NVAM is collecting names and memories through our WE REMEMBER page from everyone touched by the stories of military service members that have gone before us. This includes active duty service members, veterans, civilians, military families, friends, neighbors, teachers and students. We will also be hosting programing online through NVAM's Facebook. Follow NVAM for more information.
POST-PONED IN-PERSON PROGRAMS
Honeycomb Project: Make Cards for Vets | 2:00-3:30 PM
Sundays - POST-PONED
Join us for special open hours at the National Veterans Art Museum to explore works of art and meet a veteran, providing a unique and personal perspective on the subject of military service experience. Using the exhibitions for inspiration, family volunteers will create art for veterans! Volunteers make handmade block-print cards to bring cheer to veterans receiving treatment and services at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. This project provides a sense of community support and appreciation for veterans in our Chicago community. Registration required. Registration through the Honeycomb Project website opens the 15th of the prior month. Questions? Contact Sydney at sydney@thehoneycombproject.org
Quilts of Valor Monthly Sew-In | 12:00-4:00 PM
Third Saturdays - POST-PONED
Please join the Quilts of Valor Chicago Chapter for our monthly Sew-in to assemble quilt tops at The National Veterans Art Museum. Feel free to bring your own machines, tools, and sewing projects, but not necessary. Never quilted before? No worries! No sewing experience required to come volunteer and learn about the craft of quilting. Questions? Contact Morgan Holtz at morgalee@gmail.com.
Articles about Quilts of Valor:
VA Blog | Chicago Reader | QOVF.org
Honeycomb Project: Make Cards for Vets | 2:00-3:30 PM
Sundays - POST-PONED
Join us for special open hours at the National Veterans Art Museum to explore works of art and meet a veteran, providing a unique and personal perspective on the subject of military service experience. Using the exhibitions for inspiration, family volunteers will create art for veterans! Volunteers make handmade block-print cards to bring cheer to veterans receiving treatment and services at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. This project provides a sense of community support and appreciation for veterans in our Chicago community. Registration required. Registration through the Honeycomb Project website opens the 15th of the prior month. Questions? Contact Sydney at sydney@thehoneycombproject.org
Quilts of Valor Monthly Sew-In | 12:00-4:00 PM
Third Saturdays - POST-PONED
Please join the Quilts of Valor Chicago Chapter for our monthly Sew-in to assemble quilt tops at The National Veterans Art Museum. Feel free to bring your own machines, tools, and sewing projects, but not necessary. Never quilted before? No worries! No sewing experience required to come volunteer and learn about the craft of quilting. Questions? Contact Morgan Holtz at morgalee@gmail.com.
Articles about Quilts of Valor:
VA Blog | Chicago Reader | QOVF.org
