Veterans Memorial at UW-Whitewater

From AFTH Programs

In November, AFTH exhibited paintings of the Fallen Soldiers Project and artwork created by veterans from the Return and Recovery Program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Fiskum Art Gallery. This exhibit concluded with a reception on  Veterans’ Day, and featured addresses by psychotherapist and Vietnam Veteran George  Kamps who is partnered with AFTH, Elizabeth Watson from the Universities Center for Students With Disabilities and AFTH President and founder Tim Mayer. Kamps spoke of the long and difficult struggle of combat veterans and how the scars of war, both physical and mental, were difficult to heal.  He also spoke of the importance of the use of arts as a vehicle for therapy to those suffering from PTSD and stressed that employing the arts as therapy has had positive impact in the healing process and how the practice needs wider use and acceptance.

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Artist for the Humanities receives $2500 donation from Desert Veterans of Wisconsin.

From AFTH Programs

August 26 - Dan Becker, President of Desert Veterans of Wisconsin, USMC, and a veteran of Desert Storm, with AFTH President Tim Mayer, holding a donation check presented to AFTH in the amount of $2500. The generous donation was made following the Desert Veterans of Wisconsin monthly meeting August 26. AFTH, along with psychotherapist George Kamps delivered a informational presentation concerning PTSD and the uses of art and counseling as a treatment for the psychological injury which affects many returning combat veterans.

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