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The Legend of 1000 Combat Paper Cranes DJD Foundation and City of Sparks, with sponsorship from Nevada Humanities, National Endowment for Humanities and Dog Tag Brewing present The Legend of 1000 Cranes, a series of workshops designed to bring the community together through the arts. Derived from the Japanese legend of the origami cranes which says that whosoever folds 1000 cranes will experience good fortune and answer to prayer, this workshop explores a tactile experience and enlightening dialogue, culminating in artwork that honors our local veterans and their community through the creation and placement of cranes, folded of paper made from decommissioned military uniforms. Learn to make paper and fold origami cranes while participating in the making of public art. Volunteers are needed for these events!
7/2/20182:00-6:00 PM Victorian Square 900 Victorian Ave, Sparks 7/18/2018 2:00-6:00 PM Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. Second St. Reno 7/28/2018 12:30-4:00 PM at Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave. Sparks
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Thank you! Your overwhelming support of DJD Foundation is deeply appreciated. We did not win, but thank you, we know you are there for us. Your votes inspire us to fortify our programs and projects designed to honor, assist and empower and showcase the wellness of veterans and the military connected community through the arts and recreation.
Congratulations to Veterans Guest House, Assistance League Reno-Sparks, and TMCC Veterans Resource Center, we know you will continue to serve our community with excellence. Our hats are off to all of our competitors, who serve our shared military connected community. DJD Foundation is appreciative of the Truckee Meadows Community and its commitment to the veteran and military connected community. Vote for David J. Drakulich Foundation in NV Energy's Power of the Good Cash Giveaway. Vote Daily starting March 12 and ending March 16, 2018. Thank you for your important vote!  DJD Foundation hopes you will join us for this fun evening.   We are grateful to our sponsors who helped us present this event.  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.
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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!