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Soldier's Heart model used used in US Army training

April 24, 2012 - Ed Tick begins 6 months providing US Army's Chaplaincy Annual Sustainment Training (CAST) in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Read Ed's letter [pdf] for details.

First Soldier's Heart Summer Institute - June 21-24

Special presentations will include:

  • Paul Henderson – Shamanic Breathe Work for Healing War Wounds
  • Phil Metres – Solidarity With Our Vets: Psychological, Spiritual, and Physical Self Care
  • Brian Delate – Play Performance: “Memorial Day” & Talk Back Christal
  • Presley (and possibly Leila Levinson) - Children of Veterans and Transgenerational Trauma
  • Erik Field - Tarot reading, training and more
  • Ed Tick and Kate Dahlstedt - Sharing recent experiences in Viet Nam

Music and Entertainment: Jim Gartner

Massage Therapist: Tonya Mayes

There will also be plenty of free time to enjoy Pumpkin Hollow, a beautiful 200 acre organic farm and retreat center complete with hiking trails, labyrinth, waterfall and swimming creek in Columbia County, NY, about an hour south of Albany.

Cost: $495 ($330 room and board + $165 tuition)

Registration: 3 PM June, 21 - closing 1 PM June 24

To register, contact info@soldiersheart.net or 518-274-0501

If you will be flying into the area use the Albany International Airport.

Download a flyer [pdf]

Vietnamese Children's Art Exhibit

Child's drawing of hands and peace dovePairing Vietnamese children’s paintings of peace and war with American voices.

See the Speak Peace website

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center and School of Art Galleries have collaborated with Soldier’s Heart to create the Vietnamese Children’s Art Exhibit. This exhibit features Vietnamese children’s drawings and paintings on themes of peace and war that have been collected by the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Paired with original poems written by American children, veterans, and established poets, this collaborative, international art exhibit encourages a creative dialogue between image and word, promoting cross-cultural understanding, reconciliation, and global citizenship.

Click here for a booklet with a sample of artwork and poetry submitted for the exhibit. [PDF 4.4 MB]

Visit the Wick Poetry Center website (www.kent.edu/wick) and click on “News” to view the artwork and read curriculum materials.

Book the exhibit

The exhibit will feature 40-60 paintings and drawings and 20-40 text panels composed of poems and prose reflections. The size of the exhibition can vary depending on the exhibition space. The anticipated exhibition fee will be $750, plus shipping.

For more information or to ask questions about booking this exhibit, please contact:

Participate in the project

We invite you to participate in this project by responding to the images of peace and war with your own poetry. Visit the Wick Poetry Center website (www.kent.edu/wick) and click on “News” for submission guidelines. Selected poems will tour as part of the traveling, international exhibit in 2011.