Recognition of November 1st 2018 as Veterans In The Arts and Humanities Day in the City of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles City Council in LA Council Chambers.
Warner Bros. Valor Veterans Memorial Day Program
The Warner Bros. Valor Veterans Memorial Day Program featuring artwork honoring Memorial Day and Military Service with new artwork by USVAA Colleagues Jen LaVita (USA) and Roberto Carlos Zea (USMC). Memorial Day Weekend 2018.
Phi Beta Kappa Arts & Sciences City of Distinction Award
Phi Beta Kappa recognized the City of Los Angeles as an Arts & Sciences City of Distinction on October 17, 2017. The Society recognized the innovative efforts of the Department of Cultural Affairs, led by Danielle Brazell, which promotes arts and culture as a way to ignite powerful dialogue, engage residents and visitors, and ensure that LA’s varied cultures are recognized, … Read More
My First Episode: A Conversation with Jalysa Conway and Kevin McKidd
Co-hosted by the Writers Guild Foundation and United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance, Grey’s Anatomy staff writer and WGF Veterans Writing Project alumnus, USVAA Colleague Jalysa Conway (USAF) screened her Season 14 episode and shared her process for crafting it with one of the show’s stars and a central character in the episode, Kevin McKidd. With part of the episode set … Read More
USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop New Works Presentation 2018
The USVAA Veterans Writing Program New Works Presentation 2018 was presented in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Veterans Day and Armistice Day. The New Works Presentation 2018 line-up included seven extraordinary scenes selected by our Writers Guild mentors from novels, screenplays, pilots and plays written by our workshop participants. The 2018 presentation featured scenes from new works by the following military veterans: Katie … Read More
USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop New Works Presentation 2017
In honor of our nation’s veterans and Veterans Day 2016, the USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop New Works Presentation was staged at The Actor’s Gang 7 p.m., November 7th 2017. This USVAA New Works program was a staged presentation of six scenes and selected readings from television and movie scripts, novels and memoirs written by veterans participating in our monthly writers’ workshop. Each … Read More
Los Angeles County Military and Veterans Affairs Hispanic Heritage Month Veterans Recognition
Los Angeles County Military and Veterans Affairs Hispanic Heritage Month Veterans Recognition September 14th, 2018 featuring the artwork of Roberto Carlos Zea and remarks by Keith Jeffreys.
A 60’s Trilogy by Tommy Carter
The Premiere of A 60’s Trilogy by Tommy Carter, directed by David Fofi (USN). A Co-production by The Revenant Theatre and the USVAA Repertory at The New American Theatre in Hollywood.
USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop New Works Presentation 2016
In honor of our nation’s veterans and Veterans Day 2016, the USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop New Works Presentation was staged at the extraordinary Burt Lancaster Theater on the Sony Pictures Entertainment lot at 7 p.m., Wednesday, November 9th, 2016. The USVAA New Works program was a staged presentation of eight scenes and selected readings from television and movie scripts, novels and … Read More
NORMAN LEAR AT LACMA
Sunday, October 30, 2016 | 1 pm Celebrating the creative contributions of military veterans in observance of Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day in Los Angeles County. A showing of compelling short films created in the Veterans Make Movies program, a series of workshops designed by LACMA in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library that teaches veterans how … Read More