VA Salt Lake City Health Care System seeks Veteran Artists

We are calling for Veterans to submit their pieces by Aug. 7.

Visual arts will be on display Aug. 19 in the Multi-Purpose Center in Building 8 and performing arts and creative writing will take place Aug. 20 in the auditorium in building 9.

2025 Festival Rules

• Submissions due Aug. 7, 2025
• Entries can be submitted via email or in-person
• To qualify for entry the artist must be an enrolled patient of the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
• All work must have been created/filmed after October 1, 2024 (except for Visual Art: Military Combat Experience entries)
• The VA facility reserves the right to withhold entries from public viewing if needed
• ALL VISUAL ART entries must be framed and ready to hang
• A Veteran can enter up to 3 categories in EACH Division but ONLY 1 entry per category · In addition to digital submissions, Veterans must complete registration and photo consent forms
• Divisions Include:
  Art, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, and Music
  Please contact Melissa for categories in each division

To register or for more information contact Melissa Larsen, TRS, CTRS.

Call: 801-582-1565 ext. 2691
Text: 801-712-8956
Email:Melissa.Larsen@va.gov

Please contact Melissa for categories in each division.

VA Salt Lake City Health Care System consists of the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City and 10 community clinics across Utah, Idaho and Nevada. We provide health care to more than 80,000 eligible Veterans across 125,000 square miles of the intermountain west.

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