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Telling: NYC 2014 - Veterans Artist Program

Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 7:00pm

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Event Description

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH – TELLING: NYC 2014
Join us for TELLING: NYC 2014 featuring Jerry Castanos, Michael Castelblanco, Elana Duffy, Natalie Lovejoy, John Manley, Letrice Titus and Adam Wojac

Created by Jonathan Wei

Directed by Max Rayneard and Alex Mallory

About The Telling Project:
The Telling Project works with communities and organizations to produce "Telling,"  an innovative performance in which military veterans and their family members, after interviews and subsequent training and rehearsal, stage the 'telling' of their stories for their communities. The Telling Project creates opportunities for veterans to speak and their communities to listen. The Telling Project has has performed in 14 cities and 9 states since 2008, putting over 50 veterans and veterans family members on stage to tell their stories of military life to their communities.
 

About Veteran Artist Program:
Since 2009, VAP has worked with other veterans and groups to produce five music/theatrical live events, filmed two documentaries, one feature film, curated gallery exhibits, provided videography/photography services, and helped organize more than 30 community improvement projects, including painting two murals in Baltimore.

The nonprofit organization was founded by BR McDonald, an Army veteran, who studied vocal performance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Like so many other veterans, he put his creative ambitions on hold when he joined the military. Now, he and the VAP team are committed to helping other veteran artists realize their full potential  Art is an Option.

2012 projects included: The National Initiative for Ats & Health in the Military, the opening of the new Workforce1 Veteran Career Center in New York, an art exhibition at a national conference in Orlando, Florida, and the nationwide call for veteran artists for a special Pentagon art exhibition.

2013 is the year that VAP became a national organization offering programs in Washington, DC, San Diego, San Francisco and New York. The importance of creating opportunity for vets around the US has never been more important. Through partnerships with the Council of Colleges and Military Educators (CCME), the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense and mainstream media outlets in the greater NY Metro, VAP is bridging the gap between the military experience and a career in the arts.

Cost

Military/Veterans $15; Students $15; General $20
Location

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at the Fashion Institute of Technology
227 W 27th St
10001 New York City, NY
United States
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Veteran Artist Program
Phone: 
1-800-838-3006