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| Lycoming College art professor creates Web site of veteran art and writing |
8-11-09 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lynn Estomin, a Lycoming College associate professor of art and local digital media artist, recently launched her latest interactive Web project, www.warriorwriters.org. She says the Warrior Writers Project provides a creative and supportive community for artistic expression, healing and transformation for veterans, using art as a way to process and make sense of military experiences. The group has held a series of writing workshops around the country, sponsored public readings and art exhibitions.
“About a year ago, I read ‘Re-Making Sense,’ a moving book of creative writing and poetry by young veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Estomin said. “My immediate reaction was ‘This work needs to reach a broader audience.’ For the past seven months, I have been working with the Warrior Writers Project to create the Web site, which showcases the words, voices and art of 33 young vets.” The Warrior Writers Project was started by Lovella Calica in 2007 and was inspired by the Veterans Writing Group, begun by author and poet Maxine Hong Kingston for Vietnam War veterans 15 years ago. In June, while working on the project, Estomin attended a retreat with Kingston and the Veteran Writers Group in California. |
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