October 2, 2020 7:00—8:30 PM PDT www.Homes4Families.org/VeteranArtShow
How to Watch The Art Show will be live-streamed on YouTube and on the Homes 4 Families website. You can access the event three ways:
On your Smart TV, go to the YouTube App and search “Homes 4 Families.”
On your Computer or Tablet, go to: www.Homes4Families.org/VeteranArtShow OR www.YouTube.com/Homes4Families
On your Smart Phone: Open the YouTube app and search “Homes 4 Families” OR Open a browser and go to www.Homes4Families.org/VeteranArtShow
This is a two device event! We recommend watching on your TV or computer so you can access our program materials and participate in the auction via your mobile devices. How to Bid Bidding Opens at Noon on September 25 www.bidpal.net/Homes4Families
Create an account Click “Browse Items” From here, you can search All Items or find the Galleries you are interested in. Click on any piece of art to learn about it.
There are three categories of art: 1. Live Auction Originals These are original pieces created by veterans and military spouses. These pieces will be highlight- ed during the event. Get your bids in early because these will be in high demand! Online bidding for these pieces closes immediately after the event.
2. Silent Auction Originals We had too many impressive original art pieces to fit them all into the evening program. These are original art pieces created by veterans, military spouses, and military children. Online bidding will be open until 9:00 PM on October 9.
3. Silent Auction Limited Edition Prints These are high-quality art prints in 10” x 8”. There will only be 5 copies of each piece of art, which will be numbered by one of the veterans in our community. Bidding will be open until 9:00 PM on October 9.
To make a general donation, go to “All Items” and click on “Build a Veter- an’s House.” Scroll to see what your donation helps us buy for a deserving veteran’s home. Presenting Sponsor
Title Sponsor Program 6:30 Pre-Show 7:00 Start of Show with Hosts Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair Performance by Jedd Hughes Gallery #1—Personal Needs Tree & Speak Out Masks Gallery #2—Monster in Me Performance by Jedd Hughes Gallery #3—Talking Heads Gallery #4—Tear Soup and Loss—Meet the Artists Gallery #5—Heart Stories & Stepping Stones 8:30 Closing Messages—Remember to bid until October 9, 2020!
8 Your HostsTable of Contents 10 About Veteran Enriched Neighborhoods® 11 About the Palmdale project 12-13 Gallery 1—Speak Out Masks and Personal Needs Trees 14-15 Gallery 2—Monster in Me 16 Gallery 3—Talking Heads 17 Gallery 4—Tear Soup and Loss 18-19 Gallery 5—Heart Stories and Stepping Stones 20 Military Children Workshops
Welcome, Thank you for attending our first annual Veteran’s Art Show and Auction. The galleries you’ll see to- night will showcase original pieces of art created by veterans, military spouses, and military chil- dren in Homes 4 Families’ My TIME® program. My TIME® stands for My Trauma-Informed Military Enrichment and makes up all of the healing art, drumming, and writing workshops that we offer.
These workshops were designed to help military family members address and overcome their trau- mas and is an integral part of these families’ journeys to homeownership, resilience, and long-term success. These workshops were developed by veterans, for veterans, and conducted in peer groups so families build bonds and become neighbors even before moving into their homes.
As you enjoy the program this evening, we hope you will think about what our military family members go through, and the importance of arts and expression as healing tools.
Karen Brown, Donna Deutchman, Board Secretary and Committee Chair CEO
Board of Directors Hunt Braly, Chair Jason Gietter Antonio Rodriquez Brad Rosenheim, Vice Chair David Josker Juan E. Rose, III Eric Steinhauer, Treasurer Linda Katz Charles Underhill Karen Brown, Secretary Michael Klein Michael Weintraub Richard Doss, EN® Chair Rose Rockey Event Committee Karen Brown, Chair Donielle Deleon Linda Katz Hunt Braly Donna Deutchman Bridgett Mills Pamela Braly Richard Doss Mary Rodriquez Stacey Chiang Jacque Heston Brad Rosenheim
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High Desert Construction Your Hosts Lennon Parham Jessica St. Clair Lennon can most recently be seen starring in the ABC A versatile and talented actress and writer, Jessica St. sitcom BLESS THIS MESS created by Lake Bell and Eliza- Clair co-starred and co-created USA Network’s first beth Meriwether. Previously, she co-created and starred foray into half-hour comedy PLAYING HOUSE with her in her own ½ hour USA series, PLAYING HOUSE, which writing partner and co-star Lennon Parham. She ini- concluded after 3 critically acclaimed seasons. tially gained notoriety performing at the legendary Up- right Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los An- She also recurred as Julia Louis geles. -Dreyfus’ hilarious Senior Advi- sor, “Karen Collins” whose spe- St. Clair has appeared in nu- cialized field was “common merous features, most recently sense” on HBO’s VEEP. She can in Paramount’s LIKE A BOSS be seen rocking shoulder pads opposite Tiffany Haddish for as Liz Flemming, the feminist director Miguel Arteta. She also math teacher at William Penn starred in the critically praised Academy on SCHOOLED, the independent films AFTERNOON 90’s spin-off of THE GOLD- DELIGHT and ENOUGH SAID. BERGS also on ABC. One of her most memorable roles was in 2011’s blockbuster Additionally, Lennon has made a hit BRIDESMAIDS in the unfor- number of memorable appear- gettable bridal salon/food poi- ances on television including soning scene. Other credits HBO’s CURB YOUR ENTHUSI- include Sacha Baron Cohen’s ASM, IFC’s DOCUMENTARY NOW, THE DICTATOR, WANDERLUST, Fox’s GHOSTED, Comedy Cen- SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE, LIFE tral’s REVIEW WITH FOREST AS WE KNOW IT, and Christo- MCNEIL, Netflix’s LADY DYNA- pher Guest's FOR YOUR CON- MITE, AMC’s MAD MEN and NBC’s PARKS AND RECREA- SIDERATION. TION. On television, Jessica can currently be seen in Netflix's If you listen closely, you can hear her dulcet tones giving SPACE FORCE, opposite Steve Carrell. Jessica can al- voice to characters on animated shows like BOB'S BURG- so be seen in HBO’S AVENUE 5 opposite Hugh Laurie, ERS, LITTLE BIG AWESOME, ANIMALS and ADVENTURE Zach Woods, and Josh Gad. She recently recurred on TIME, as well as the cult-fave podcast WOMP IT UP! HBO’s award-winning comedy VEEP. In addition, St. Clair & Parham starred and created BEST FRIENDS On the feature side, she also had flashy supporting roles FOREVER for NBC in 2012. She’s also starred opposite in HORRIBLE BOSSES 2, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPA- Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines in ABC’s IN THE HOLIC and OTHER PEOPLE. Most recently, Lennon di- MOTHERHOOD and has had guest-starring appearances rected two episodes on the second season of BLESS THIS on HBO’s CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. MESS. She has also directed an episode of PLAYING HOUSE.
She is a proud alumnus of the improv and sketch theater, the Upright Citizens Brigade, and performs there when- ever she can.
Jedd Hughes For Jedd Hughes, a long list of musical giants that jumps generations and artistic bents have long-since counted him as a trusted collabora- tor and inspiration, including Patty Loveless, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Vince Gill, Ryan Bingham, Sarah Jarosz, the late Guy Clark, Jim Lauderdale, Brandy Clark, and more. He toured as a gui- tarist with Crowell and Harris off and on for years, and became one of Nashville’s most sought-after players. Over the course of the last three years, Hughes has been Vince Gill’s main guitarist. Last year, he opened up 31 Vince Gill shows in honor of the debut of his latest record “WEST”.
Hughes is originally from a small town called Quorn 5 hours outside of Adelaide, South Australia. His dream was to move to Nashville and at 19, he landed his first touring gig with Patty Loveless, to have their first show be at The Grand Ol’ Opry. Hughes said: “Yesterday, I played a ses- sion with Emmylou [Harris], Buddy Miller, and Sam Bush, I was just sit- ting in the room, thinking, ‘How the hell did I get from the middle of nowhere to moments like these?’”
Alison Haislip From acting to hosting to hanging with ninjas, Alison Haislip has done it all.
Most recently, Haislip could be seen recurring in Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fil- lion’s hit SyFy show, CON MAN and on the newest season of NBC’s SUPER- STORE. She was a fan favorite as the spunky sideline reporter on ABC’s sum- mer hit, BATTLEBOTS, and was a series lead in Hulu’s first original series, BATTLEGROUND, produced by Marc Webb. She also currently hosts her own podcast on the Starburns Audio Network, “THE HALF HOUR HAPPY HOUR: LADIES NIGHT”, and just starred in the recently released film, ALLAN THE DOG.
While Haislip is well known from her past duties on G4’s ATTACK OF THE SHOW and the first 3 seasons of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, she garnered a lot of attention when she took on the innovative role of the first ever on-air Social Media Correspondent on NBC’s hit show THE VOICE during its first sea- son. She has gone on to host numerous shows and events for GSN, Samsung, Sony, Dell, and many, many more.
Haislip’s other television credits include Freeform’s STITCHERS, FOX’s BONES, CBS’s NCIS and NCIS:LA, Showtime’s SHAMELESS, TNT’s FRANKLIN & BASH, MTV’s ZACH STONE IS GONNA BE FAMOUS, VH1's I HATE MY 30s and Comedy Central's RENO 911!.
Alison is a New Jersey native who has been acting since she was 12, singing since she was 3, and defending her home state since birth. In her spare time, she writes music on her red piano and frequently changes her hair color. She also won the "Showcase Showdown" on The Price Is Right during the Bob Barker years and knows there’s a pretty good chance that nothing will get cooler than that.
Veteran Enriched Neighborhoods® Homes 4 Families’ mission is to build resiliency, economic growth, neighborhoods, and homes for veteran families.
Our 501(c)(3) organization was founded in 2008 and exists to meet the significant need for affordable housing and effective, no-cost services that equip and prepare veteran families for home ownership and movement up the economic ladder. Through our outcome-proven Veteran Enriched Neighborhood® model, we provide service members, veterans, and their families with comprehensive wraparound ser- vices that equip them to succeed in civilian life, and provide them with the opportuni- ty to achieve the American Dream.
Services Trauma-Informed Care Self-Sufficiency Programs Employment and Leadership Training Mentorship Veteran-to-Veteran Support Programs for Military Children Built-in Home Disability Design Features
Proven Results: 90% of families have increased their income since move in, with an average increase of 20%. We have had 0 foreclosures. 99% of the military children in our programs graduate high school and go on to Community Colleges or Universities. Since moving into their homes, 30% of adults in the households have returned to school to further their education in a technical trade or to earn a degree. Our K-12 military children have an average GPA of 3.6. All of the veterans in our community are insured through the health care systems available to them and only 10% of the spouses or other household members do not have health insur- ance. Currently in California, the uninsured rate is 21.2%. Many of our military families continue to grow and thrive and only 2% have been divorced. Under Construction: Palmdale
The money raised at this Art Show will go directly towards building homes and providing services for our current project: a 56-home Veteran Enriched Neighbor- hood® presently under construction in Palmdale, California, for low-income veterans and military family members.
Serves low-income veterans between 40-80% Area Median Income. Built in partnership with the California Department of Veterans Affairs and the City of Palmdale. Families will pay no more than 30% of their monthly income towards mortgage, taxes, insurance, and HOA dues. 46 homes will be 3-bed, 2-bath, 10 homes will be 2-bed, 2-bath and fully ADA. Includes a sensory-integration playground, community garden, and neighbor- hood walkability. Gallery 1 Speak Out Masks Artists create “Speak Out Masks” over the course of two workshops. During the first, they write down their “I Can’ts”: all the things they can’t do or have been told they can’t do. “I can’t succeed, I can’t do math.” They think about the negative aspects and labels in their lives and begin the process of eliminating them from their future. They then shred these words and thoughts both literally through a shredder and symbolically. In the second workshop, they take their shreds and turn them into “Speak Out Masks.” Through this process, veterans conquer the myths of their “Can’ts” and cel- ebrate their “I Cans” by giving them a voice to speak. “I can get a better job, I can own a home, I can heal.”
Live Auction This dual set was done by two different veterans in the same workshop. They ended up relating to each other in several ways while creating these. Realizing the number of I can’ts that they have, brought them to tears several times. In the process- es of turning their Can'ts to Cans, they wanted to turn the ugliness of “I Can't” into something beau- tiful. Original mixed media on canvas board
Silent Auction Click Here to access the Speak Out Masks Auction Personal Needs Trees
Personal Needs Trees is about identifying the layers to yourself and what you need to live, grow, thrive, and live the way you want to. In the workshop, the participants use the metaphor of the tree to identify root needs, the needs that build up your trunk or center of yourself, branches that support you, and leaves that help you live well on a daily basis. The participant can interpret what belongs where as they feel best. The final component is identifying what things the participant maybe doesn't need any longer or that they want to let go of. Some leaves falling off the tree are used to show this.
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Gallery 2 Monster in Me
This workshop helps veterans reflect on their experiences, both in combat duty and in civilian life. It lets them explore the difficult emotions and gives voices to the feelings that may be hidden in- side, by creating artwork that represents the “Monster” inside of them. This Monster can be angry, scared, in denial—however the artist is feeling that day. The Monster may be a person, an emotion, a place, a trigger.
Live Auction
“Things are Only Black and White”
Many of our veterans talk about how the darkness in their minds can be overwhelming and explosive. Some things cannot be readily ex- plained as a solid entity but come out more as a deep overwhelming feeling. That feeling comes out in this powerful artwork.
Original oil pastel on paper 8.5” x 11”
“Blood Eyes”
Expectations of war are commonly different for our female veterans. We see much more fire and explosions in our female veterans’ trau- ma-informed art than we do in our male veterans’. We think that more male veterans expect and even as boys are socialized to be fa- miliar with the weapons of war and learning about that aspect of the military, while women are impacted differently by regular exposure to this part of their service.
Original watercolor and oil pastel on paper 8.5” x 11”
“Weight of the World”
A father returns from war only to find that his wife has left him with credit card debt, and their children in the care of his relatives. For a father who has come back from war it feels like he needs to find the inhuman ability to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Photo of watercolor and oil pastel printed on wrapped canvas 30” x 24” “Tears of My Childhood” This piece is by a retired Air Force veteran. He and his wife will be liv- ing in our Palmdale community. He is the youngest in a large family and is separated from his brothers by a large gap in time, leaving him to basically raise himself. So in the piece, the tears represent his discon- nection from his brothers and his lack of a real childhood. Original watercolor and oil pastel on paper 8.5” x 11”
“Bad Memories”
Bad memories can feel like monsters. When trauma is caused by a per- son, the memory of them can feel like it is sucking the life and blood out of you. Turning them into a creature of the deep allowed this artist to make the memory into something more tangible; it helps release the creature out of her head and let it go into the ocean, freeing her from its tentacles.
Original watercolor and oil pastels on paper 8.5” x 11”
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Gallery 3 Talking Heads This workshop is about relationships. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the relationships in your life? What is the most difficult thing about each? What is the best relationship you have and what is the most difficult? Maybe it is with your spouse, your parents, or your best friend. Relationships come in all shapes and sizes. This workshop is about working through the difficult aspects of the relationships in your life. Artists use the shapes and cut-outs to help tell the story of who they are and reflect the personalities involved. Then they use a variety of other materials to make connections and describe how the personalities interact with each oth- er. Live Auction “Disappearing Veteran”
Sometimes in family relationships it can be hard to be seen and heard. Different personalities means balance and willingness to compromise, but sometimes your own needs can get lost in the shuffle. In this piece, we notice the unwillingness of some of the family to engage in the conflict while leaving the transparent personality to deal with the con- flict on their own. It brings them to tears. Identifying these issues in this way helps the veteran or spouse begin to process the relationship, allowing for conversation and eventually, resolution.
Photo of art paper and collage printed on wrapped canvas 30” x 24”
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Gallery 4 Tear Soup and Loss All of our military families have experienced some form of grief or loss in their lives. They have ex- perienced losing fellow soldiers in war, losing fellow soldiers at home to suicide, feeling like they've lost part of themselves with the symptoms of PTSD impacting their daily lives, or even ex- periences from their childhoods before they ever joined the military. Spouses of military veterans are also impacted by grief and loss; many also have events from their lives growing up, the ab- sence of a deployed partner for years at a time, and the loss of parts of their partner who returns home changed. All of this can cause deep feelings of grief. Homes 4 Families developed the Grief and Loss Tear Soup workshop with the clear and specific intent of addressing how veterans and spouses cope with grief and loss on a daily basis, and talk through these feelings with people with similar or shared experiences.
The Tear Soup workshop goes through the processes of identifying what grief looks like using the metaphorical process of making soup. First they pick what holds their grief; some veterans choose large pots, some small, one veteran chose a pressure cooker, another a slow cooker. It is up to them to decide how to best cook their grief; does it feel hot or cold, what are the ingredients? Then they go through each feeling and explain through pictures and conversation how each page looks to them.
Live Auction
“Trapped in Time by PTSD”
It can often feel that we are running out of time. When a loved one has severe PTSD it is hard to know the right way to take care of them, like an everlasting fight against the sand. It feels like there is not enough time in any one day to cope with all the issues, tame any anger, and still care for the rest of your family.
Original oil paint on canvas board 14 x 10”
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Gallery 5 Heart Stories The Heart Stories workshop is about veterans and military spouses sharing what is in their hearts. If your heart could speak what would it say? This workshop is about learning to listen to what is in your heart and honor that story and what it has to say. You can even do this workshop with a loved one and create what their heart would say and how it feels.
Live Auction
“Heart of a Veteran”
The heart of a veteran is vibrant and full. Even surrounded by the elements, the heart absorbs all and can grow hard and strong. It is sometimes difficult to keep the balance and remember to also allow for love to enter.
Photo of watercolor and pastel on wrapped canvas 20” x 20”
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Stepping Stones gives Veterans a chance to identify something from their past to leave behind, and identify what they want to go towards as they grow. Artists make two different “stones” out of polymer clay. The first is their “before,” such as before the military, before becoming a parent, and represents something they want to leave in their past or something they will turn into something positive in the future. The second is their “after” and represents something they will strive and work for in their future.
Live Auction “Past and Future”
Part of our Stepping Stone workshop is to reveal and speak about past experiences. This bullet represents a bullet that was removed from the veteran which he wishes to forget and let go. The cross represents a rosary and is the veteran’s hope for his future. He relies deeply on his faith and trusts in God to help him move forward.
Photo of polyclay on wrapped canvas 30” x 24”
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Military Children In working with military families, we quickly learned that our military children are also in great need of our trauma-informed art programs. Our My TIME® center is not only a place for adults, but is also a dynamic center for children, fully equipped with educational tools, instruments, and a kid- friendly play environment that give them a separate space to be together with their families. These workshops have been specially tailored to work with children and the many emotions that come with being in a military family. Most of the children's art goes home with the kids, as they are proud of what they’ve made, so we are lucky to have collected these few of their original pieces.
A parent’s deployment can be especially confusing for children. A service member returning home from deployment can seem like a stranger to a young child. This can be hard for the veteran as well, who hopes to come home to open arms but is instead met with confusion.
The workshop that the art here represents is about the ability for us all to feel several emotions at once. When a parent comes home from war, their child is happy to see them again, confused about what role they play in their life, and maybe sad that they are not as close as they should be. Each of these pieces show how children visualize and express these many emotions. Silent Auction Click Here to access the Military Children Auction
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