Entry deadline for Milwaukee VA's 2025 Creative Arts Festival
Enter before August 1, 2025.
When:
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Where:
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5000 West National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
Cost:
Free
Registration:
Required
Rules and entry forms
Click on the links below to download the rules and entry forms for the 2024 Creative Arts Competition:
Visual Art
2025 Creative Arts Competition — Visual Art Division Rules, Entry and Consent Forms.
Submit Art Division artwork and entry forms to:
Angie Thatcher
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
5000 W. National Ave. Bldg. 43, Room A219
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 41858
Application deadline: Aug. 1, 2025
Artwork drop-off dates and location:
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 24-25, 2025
Building 70, Room 70-C-14
Creative Writing
Submit Creative Writing Division content and entry forms to:
Courtney Zeller
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
5000 W. National Ave., Bldg. 43, Rm. A219
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 45981
Application deadline: Aug. 1, 2025
Music
2025 Creative Arts Competition - Music Division Rules, Categories, Entry and Consent Forms
Submit Performing Arts Music Division content and entry forms to:
Caitlin Armson
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
5000 W. National Ave., Building 111, Room 10227
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 41988
Application deadline: Aug. 1, 2025
Dance
2025 Creative Arts Competition - Dance Division Rules, Categories, Entry and Consent Forms
Submit Performing Arts Dance Division content and entry forms to:
Caitlin Armson
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
5000 W. National Ave., Building 111, Room 10227
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 41988
Application deadline: Aug. 1, 2025
Drama
2025 Creative Arts Competition - Drama Division Rules, Categories, Entry and Consent Forms
Submit Performing Arts Drama Division content and entry forms to:
Caitlin Armson
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
5000 W. National Ave., Building 111, Room 10227
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 41988
Application deadline: Aug. 1, 2025
Consent forms
Click here for Form 3203: Consent for Production and Use of Verbal or Written Statements, Photographs, Digital Images, and/or Video or Audio Recordings by VA
The 2025 local Creative Arts Festival is accepting entries in music, drama, dance, visual arts and creative writing. The deadline to enter is Aug. 1, 2025.
All Veterans who receive care through the Zablocki VA Health Care System at Milwaukee VA and the surrounding Community Based Outpatient Clinics are eligible and encouraged to enter the competition.
• For music, drama and dance, contact Caitlin Armson, 414-384-2000, ext. 41988.
• For creative writing, contact Courtney Zeller, 414-384-2000, ext. 45981.
• For visual art, contact Angie Thatcher, 414-384-2000, ext. 41858.
Click here to learn more about the Creative Arts Festival and the requirements for entering the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition : https://www.va.gov/milwaukee-health-care/programs/creative-arts-festival-writing-winners/
Fri. Jul 18, 2025, 12:01 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. CT
Sat. Jul 19, 2025, 12:01 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. CT
Sun. Jul 20, 2025, 12:01 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. CT
Mon. Jul 21, 2025, 12:01 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. CT
Tue. Jul 22, 2025, 12:01 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. CT