Contact: Carolyn
Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
What
More than 8,000 soldiers and
veterans lives are lost to suicide each year – a fact that is brought into
sharp focus through The 8030 Project currently on exhibit at the Hennepin
Gallery.
In conjunction with exhibit and
Veterans’ Voices Month, two events open to the public will take place in
October.
When and where
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Thursday, October 8, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., a special screening of “Surviving the Peace,” a film by The 8030 Project artist and curator Mara Pelecis will be held in the Hennepin County Government Employee Development Classroom, A110, on the southwest street level.
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Thursday, October 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 22 among us, a panel discussion about returning veterans and mental health services will be held in the Hennepin County Government Center Auditorium, A-level.
Submit your photos
People are invited to
submit their own images via 8030project.com. Images will be continually
added to the gallery online and images submitted in September will also be
added to the Hennepin Gallery in October.
About The 8030 Project
The 8030 Project art
installation will continue to be on view in the Hennepin Gallery until October
27. Images featured in the installation are curated from The 8030
Project's open call to create individual memorials for these lost lives. The
memorials use everyday objects in everyday spaces; 22 items represent the
22 solders and veteran lives lost each day to suicide. The exhibit
is a selection of the submissions with the stories that
accompany them as curated by Ms. Pelecis.
The project is sponsored by the
Hennepin County Multicultural Arts Committee, in partnership with Forecast
Public Art.
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the Hennepin County website at www.hennepin.us/news.
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