Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans at Craft and Folk Art Museum
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by Craft in America Center Director, Emily Zaiden
The first major exhibition to explore the powerful role that craft has played as a channel for creativity, expression and transformation in the lives of artist veterans since World War II, Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans (May 24, 2015 – September 6, 2015) will convey the contributions of artist veterans and the pathways that craft has taken through their visionary work. The exhibition will examine the way that military service has impacted the outlook of artists over seven decades and led numerous veterans to pursue creative channels. Bridging between earlier craft philosophy to current day practices, at its core, Art and Other Tactics will explore how craft is a constructive antidote to the war experience.
In conjunction, the American Jewish University’s Platt/Borstein Galleries will present Service: Military, Arts & Transformation from May 11 – July 19, 2015. The exhibit highlights the work of five artists who served in a branch of the military and/or continue to serve in the reserves. The exhibit brings attention to the role of art in the military and how it has transformed the lives of veterans who are recovering from the effects of war. For more information, visit www.aju.edu.
In addition, the Craft in America Center presents Active Hands: Craft by Soldiers (April 25 – July 4, 2015), featuring rare treasures made by soldiers on active duty, as well as historic documentation of the Army Arts and Crafts Program.
Art and Other Tactics, Craft and Folk Art Museum 
(Foreground and ceiling) Thomas Dang, Bombs Away, 2011;(Background) Jenn Hassin, A Battle Lost, 2015. Jeremiah Holland, Variant Memory of a Non-Specific Tragedy 
Thomas Dang’s Bombs Away installed at the Craft and Folk Art Museum as part of Art and Other Tactics. 
(c-r) Jeremiah Holland, Variant Memory of a Non-Specific Tragedy; Jenn Hassin, A Battle Lost, 2015 
(l) Jenn Hassin, A Battle Lost: 8030, 2015; (front) Jeremiah Holland, Variant Memory of a Non-Specific Tragedy, 2015 
Jeremiah Holland, Variant Memory of a Non-Specific Tragedy, 2015 
Jesse Albrecht, Abu G & Me & Jail (front), 2006 
Jesse Albrecht, Abu G & Me & Jail (side), 2006 
Jesse Albrecht, Abu G & Me & Jail (back), 2006 
Jesse Albrecht, Suicide Hotline—Cheaper than Healthcare, 2013 
Ehren Tool, Twelve of Thousands, 2012 
Thomas Orr, Duc Pho, 2013 
Giuseppe Pellicano, War Pigs, 2012 
Giuseppe Pellicano, War Pigs, 2012 
Teri McCan, Faith in Myself, Faith in My Leadership, Faith in the Oath I Swore for My Country, 2011 
(top l)Teri McCan, Faith in Myself, Faith in My Leadership, Faith in the Oath I Swore for My Country, 2011; (bottom r) Tom Pullin, The Truth, 2013 
Jessica Putnam-Phillips, Reflections, 2014 
Michael Aschenbrenner, Damaged Bones Series, 1989 
Pam DeLuco, Paper Dolls – Stories from Women Who Served, 2013 
Judas Recendez, Large Vase, 2014 
Jeremiah Holland, Trajectory of the Human Condition, 2012 
Robin Shores, Queen Mary Crossing the Desert, 2010 
Thomas Orr, Marker with Stripes, 2012 
Combat Paper/Project (Drew Cameron), Beyond Zero: 1914-1918, 2014 
Matt Krousey, Crane Platter, 2014 
Jim Leedy, Untitled Stack, c. 1992