Veteran artists, performers invited to enter annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival
The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center will hold its annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival on Thursday, March 1, at the College of Lake County to highlight the artwork, creative writing and musical talents of area veterans.
Veterans enrolled for care at any of Lovell FHCC's facilities may enter in art, music, dance and writing categories. Art categories are painting; sculpture; drawing; photography; wood, leather and model kits, and pottery. Performance categories include dance (including wheelchair dance), drama (including comedy), solo and group vocal and instrumental acts, vocal original compositions, and special recognition.
Veterans also may submit creative writing entries to include essays, poetry and short stories.
Contestants may enter at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center and at the College of Lake County. CLC registration is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Feb. 5-9, B Wing Student Resource Center, Room B113, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake.
Lovell FHCC registration is from noon to 5 p.m., Feb. 5-9, Bldg. 131, Level 1-Recreation Activity Room, 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago.
The deadline to enter is Feb. 9. For information, contact Tricia Stewart, (224) 610-3617, tricia.stewart@va.gov; or Elizabeth La Combe, (224) 610-5886, Elizabeth.lacombe@va.gov.
All performers are encouraged to attend at least a portion of two rehearsals, held from 2-6 p.m., every Friday in February, in Building 131, Level 1-Recreation Activity Room, 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago.
Local artists, musicians and writers will judge the creative entries and determine places in each category. First-place finishers may be eligible to advance on to the national level, where they will compete against veterans from other Department of Veterans Affairs facilities around the country.
The festival provides veterans the opportunity to participate in creative self-expression in art and performance and to gain recognition.
The Lovell FHCC 2018 Veterans Creative Arts Festival will take place from 1-4 p.m., March 1, in the A Wing Conference Center and Auditorium, Lower Level, at the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake.
The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival will be Oct. 29 to Nov. 5 in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information on the national festival, go to www.va.gov/opa/speceven/caf/index.asp.
The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center is the nation's only fully integrated medical facility between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. It serves active duty military personnel, their families and veterans. Lovell FHCC, which is located in North Chicago, operates four Great Lakes Naval Station clinics and three community-based outpatient clinics in McHenry, Evanston, and Kenosha, Wisconsin.