Join featured artists and poets for the opening program of the Veteran Art Triennial and Summit at the Newberry Library exhibit, SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Residues and Rebellions.

Eddie Falcón [US Air Force veteran] and Angela Waller [US Army veteran] invite Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community members to a writing workshop that will build on prompts from BIPOC writers and articles about pertinent topics.

Open Platform is an opportunity for veterans and war-impacted artists and community members to share and learn about the wide range of art practices and projects currently happening, through a series of short PowerPoint presentations and talks.

Hussein Smko leads a movement workshop exploring the themes of the Triennial through the body.

Gina Herrera (Costa Rican and Tesuque Pueblo) [Navy, Army, and Air Force veteran], a Chicago-born-and-raised artist residing in California, will lead this group discussion.

Eric Perez [US Marine Corps], a Chicago-based artist and educator, will lead this group discussion.

Lovella Calica will lead a community health workshop focused on TRE exercises (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises)—a simple series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma.

Eddie Falcón [US Air Force veteran] and Angela Waller [US Army veteran] invite Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community members to a writing workshop that will build on prompts from BIPOC writers and articles about pertinent topics.

Dorothy Burge will lead an all-levels quilting workshop that begins with an introduction to the history and cultural significance of quilting within the Black community.

Join Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes) for a grounding at the start of the day.