Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will partner with the Los Angeles Public Library to launch a three-year pilot program supporting local veterans and their families through a series of filmmaking workshops, screenings, community events. The project provides participants a safe setting to use art as a means to communicate their experiences. Project activities include producing a series of six, eight-week filmmaking workshops for veterans and their family members as a platform for creative expression and hosting an annual "veterans day" celebration, featuring gallery tours, a screening of the produced films, and post-film discussions to build empathy and understanding within the broader public and to bring greater visibility to the veteran community. The museum and library partnership will compile a digital film archive and will host a national conference for peer organizations to discuss the use of visual arts as a tool for veterans' support.