2023 Veteran Art Summit SURVIVING THE LONG WARS

March 16–19, 2023
Chicago, IL (Newberry Library, Hyde Park Art Center, and Chicago Cultural Center)

From the “American Indian Wars” to the “Global War on Terror,” the SURVIVING THE LONG WARS (STLW) summit explores the multiple, overlapping histories that shape our understanding of warfare, as well as alternative visions of peace, healing, and justice generated by diverse communities impacted by war.The Summit serves as the opening celebrations for the 2023 Veteran Art Triennial exhibitions at the Newberry Library, Hyde Park Art Center, and Chicago Cultural Center, and it features the STLW performance program and concluding discussion series of the yearlong National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Dialogues on the Experience of War program. There will be poetry readings, panels, artmaking, movement workshops, portfolio reviews, exhibition tours, open platform presentations, and much more.
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SURVIVING THE LONG WARS is organized by Aaron Hughes, Ronak K. Kapadia, Therese Quinn, Joseph Lefthand, Amber Zora, and Meranda Roberts in collaboration with the emerging Veteran Art Movement and with support from University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Institute for the Humanities Innovation Grant, UIC Award for Creative Activity, UIC Gender and Women’s Studies Program, UIC Museum and Exhibition Studies Program, Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Newberry Library, DEMIL Art Fund, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Dialogues on the Experiences of War grant. NEH Veteran Fellows include Gina Herrera, Monty Little, Gerald Sheffield, Anthony Torres, Eric Perez, and Natasha Erskine.