Lectures and Screenings

“I Hacky Sacked in Iraq, Combat Papermaker Nathan Lewis”
Wednesday, March 10, 7 pm in VSW’s Auditorium

This event is free and open to the public

On March 10th Visual Studies Workshop will be hosting Combat Papermaker Nathan Lewis who will speaking about his experiences serving in the US military while deployed in Iraq, his struggles since he has returned home, and how he came to be involved with the Combat Paper Project. Nathan will be reading poetry from his book I Hacky Sacked in Iraq, published through Combat Paper Press this winter.

The Combat Paper Project, based out of Green Door Studio in Burlington Vermont, is an international collective that utilizes paper, book, and print workshops to work with people who have suffered trauma as the result of exposure to conflict. Through papermaking workshops veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art. The uniforms are cut up, beat, and formed into sheets of paper. Veterans use the transformative process of papermaking to reclaim their uniform as art, and begin to embrace their experiences as a soldier in war.

Nathan Lewis currently lives in Rochester, NY. His book, I Hacky Sacked in Iraq, is a collection of personal poems and essays, based upon his military experience, most written since his return from Iraq in 2003.

For more information call (585) 442-8676 or email info@vsw.org

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