Playhouse Gallery Exhibit, Prelude Performance To Honor Veterans

Overture Center for the Arts is proud to partner with In Good Company in honoring Veterans Day 2019 with a special Playhouse Gallery exhibit, "Veteran Print Project: The Transience of Narrative," and performance of "Ajax," which is supported by the center's Prelude program.

"Being a part of this project has been incredible. It exemplifies collaborative storytelling by joining veterans with printmakers to exhibit work that reflects the profundity of the veteran experience," said Yvette Pino, coordinator of the exhibition. "We created a living record of veteran experiences and perspectives through historical narrative and artistic interpretation. Veteran participants were matched with local printmakers whose tasks were to artistically interpret the veteran experiences and perspectives. Through this work we attempt to create a better and more honest understanding of our world, to expose contradictions, to awaken our communities and to pursue a body of work that is not solely viewed as therapy."

Veteran Print Project: The Transience of Narrative | Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 - Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 | Free

• The Veteran Print Project matches veterans with printmakers who artistically interpret their experiences and perspectives. The exhibit seeks to encourage reconnection between veterans and civilians and to grow a more honest understanding of the shared human experience.

Additional events - open to the public:

Gallery Reception | Monday, Nov. 12, 5:30-7 p.m. | Free

Ajax by Carthage College Theatre | Monday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. | Promenade Hall | $20-$25

This new translation of Sophocles' timeless tragedy follows the story of Ajax, hero warrior of the Trojan War. Join Director Martin McClendon and the cast for a post-performance discussion.

The Veteran Print Project: Transience of Narrative and Ajax are featured programs of In Good Company, a month-long exposition of emerging veteran artists and civilian collaborations.

Overture Playhouse Gallery is sponsored by Norman Berven & Barbara Mittelstaedt Berven, The Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.

In Good Company: An Exposition of Contemporary Veteran Art

In November 2018, veteran and civilian artists will merge together in Madison, Wisconsin to exhibit new works that reflect the profundity of the veteran experience. Aligned with an amplified voice examining the veteran identity, these artists discover themselves as political beings embodying a comprehensive and inclusive human experience. Multiple exhibition venues will host these artistic talents that range from two and three dimensional visual-art to theater/performance art, music and writing. igcexpo.com

Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis., features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and five galleries where national and international touring artists, ten resident companies and hundreds of local artists engage people in nearly 600,000 educational and artistic experiences each year. Overture.org

Prelude is an education and engagement program designed to mentor local artists, companies and organizations in producing performance-based productions in Promenade Hall. Through the program, Overture subsidizes equipment and space rental and provides guidance in production areas such as event management, ticketing, marketing, education and technical production. overture.org/programs/prelude

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