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DJD Foundation hopes you will join us for this fun evening.   We are grateful to our sponsors who helped us present this event. 
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June 6-29 2017 Reception June 11, 2-5 PMWreck Ignition and From a Soldier's Boots: Gone, All In For The Red White and BlueWreck Ignition is an inspiring display of sculptural works by artist Rob Garrett. From a Soldier's Boots is a collaboration designed by Tom Drakulich using Combat Paper, with participation from local veterans.  Rob Garrett Artist Statement I earned a BA in Fine Arts at UNR, but never applied it. Life happened, and now I’m in the twilight years of my military career. I work in an environment of defined rules and regulations, rank and file for everything, and I want to get back to my initial passion. A few years ago, I made some trophies out of car parts for a hot rod show. As I was gathering the parts from my garage, I realized how fun it was to create the designs, to see how the metal moved, to feel the intricacies of the gears, to smell the old, burn oil. I picture what the part did in the car, and how it feels being outside of its designated environment. I couldn’t stop taking old engines apart, learning how they worked, then recreating and morphing them into other uses. To repurpose something old and tired and mutate it into an expressive new energy is where I am too.  A look at Rob's interactive sculptures!
 May: Grit N Grace Show and Art Sale, Assemblages utilizing found objects by local veteran and artist, Susie Deese. May 5 through 24.
 April: Veterans Creative Arts Gallery Show and Sale, running through the end of April. Closing Celebration: April 30, 2017 – 12pm – 5pm, light refreshments, the public is welcome. Join DJD Foundation to see and purchase wonderful artwork of a variety of disciplines from photography, woodwork, leather-work, jewelry, paintings and more, all by local veterans. Your purchase is a wonderful way to support the artists and DJD foundation.
Northern Nevada Veterans Writing Project is looking forward to Veterans Day 2016. We will be reading our literary works with Caleb Cage and Michael Archer at Sundance Book and Music. We are so thankful for the opportunity to enjoy Sundance. Our veterans will have some very important messages for our community. Please join us! We will get started at 6:30 p.m.
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David J. Drakulich Foundation is a Nevada corporation, a 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID: 26-1893051, whose mission is to improve healing and reintegration outcomes of the military and the military connected community through the arts, humanities and recreation.
DJD Foundation empowers and showcases the wellness of veterans. We create art, recreation and social resources that support individuals as they improve and develop the quality of their own lives, one veteran at a time, one community at a time because ART HEALS WAR WOUNDS!