by Art Saves Lives | Jul 30, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog
In preparation for this essay, I looked through my collection of half-finished journals. In the neon-colored “Ballerina Bunnies” Lisa Frank notebook that haphazardly documents my teenage life, I found this entry from 1996: I CAN’T SLEEP. Why has Hypnos condemned me? ...
by Leslie Renn | Nov 11, 2023 | Blog
“The word for love, habib, is written from rightto left, starting where we would end itand ending where we might begin.” from “A Soldier’s Arabic,” by Brian Turner Since I first encountered the poem, “A Soldier’s Arabic,” I’ve been ruminating on the lines in this...
by Rob Haney | Nov 4, 2023 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
We are so proud to shine a light on CBAW’s very own Valerie Acosta in our continuing Veteran Artist Spotlight series. Valerie Acosta served in the United States Air Force for 20 years before retiring in 2022. She is a self-taught visual artist and published...
by Rob Haney | Oct 7, 2023 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
Ahead of her workshop with us on October 19th, we shine the Veteran Artist Spotlight on writer & artist, Laura Joyce-Hubbard! Laura Joyce-Hubbard’s writing appears or is forthcoming in Poetry, The Iowa Review, The Sewanee Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere....
by Rob Haney | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
Our September Veteran Artist Spotlight falls on visual artist & Architectural student, Michael Matthews! During his 20 years in the Army, Michael Matthews deployed to Iraq twice, Afghanistan once, and once to Bosnia with the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum,...
