Australian National Veterans Arts Museum in South Melbourne, Victoria | Community organisation

Australian National Veterans Arts Museum

Locality: South Melbourne, Victoria

Address: 312 St Kilda Rd VIC 3006 South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.anvam.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Arts Mentor & #veteranartist Robert Milton sharing his creative skills & "is now volunteering to teach art as a therapy for veterans & their families dealing with physical & psychological trauma." Wonderful testimonial for the broader community of the power of arts engagement & also as a therapeutic tool for the wellbeing of our veteran community Shared via link Darren Chester MP #veteranarts #artshealthwellbeing ... Governor-General of Australia Australian National Veterans Arts Museum Bendigo Soldiers Memorial Institute Military Museum See more

20.01.2022 The team continues to make NEW & exciting DISCOVERIES, growing connections throughout the veterans arts community - history, heritage, culture, identity . Recently we discovered a great ANVAM & 310 St Kilda Road (310SKR) connection to the family of a well known Aussie arts & entertainment icon . We look forward to sharing more news of veteran & family connections to #310SKR & how the veteran arts community has both shaped & contributed to our Australian social & cultural lan...dscape . #veteranartist #arts #veteransarts #history #heritage #service #artshealthwellbeing #veteranartsfamily #veteranartscommunity #arts #repatriationhistory Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs City of Melbourne Victorian Collections See more

15.01.2022 Launching tomorrow is Arts & Culture for SOCIAL CONNECTION - ‘Arts for Health & Healing’ with Richmond RSL, Yarra Council & Richmond Burnley Historical Society for Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans Health Week 2020 . . ANVAM, 2020 (detail) ‘Silencing War’ - WW1 Field Gun - veteran arts & Yarra community restoration project 1919 - Oct 2019 in Barkly Gardens, VICTORIA .... . . . #veteransarts #veteranart #collabs #krupps #howitzer #teamwork #veteranshealthweek #310skr #johnmonash #spanners #Victoriaremembers #together #veteranartscommunity #virtual See more

14.01.2022 Veteran artist Robert (Bob) J. K. Semple B.E.M. O.A.M. (1920 2020) joined the Hawthorn Pipe Band in 1945 after returning from six years of service in World War Two. Shared via Victoria Remembers & Hawthorn Pipe Band

14.01.2022 Virtual veterans health week LAUNCHED TODAY - Please join Richmond RSL Victoria 3121, ANVAM, Richmond and Burnley Historical Society, Yarra City Council & friends in a virtual experience of Arts & Culture for Social Connection - ‘Art in the Park’ for Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans Health Week #vhw2020 . . . ANVAM et al, 2020... . #veteranshealthweek2020 #veteranarts #heritage #history #socialconnection #yarralife #culture #artofliving #community #richmond #WW1 #WW2 #barklygardens #collabs #victoriaremembers #communityarts #veteranartsnetwork #artshealthwellbeing #veteranartscommunity See more

09.01.2022 Throughout Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans Health Week - there have been new examples of opportunities to engage in veterans arts & culture. Sharing the link to the first Point & Shoot Exhibition - opening today 30Oct -31Oct in Tasmania. Details via Point Assist

09.01.2022 FYI - sharing a post from the Brisbane-based VeteransArt team who have put a ‘call out’ to the veteran arts community - thrilled you see the growing support for #veteransarts - in shaping & developing our own creative voices & the many, diverse ways this is being achieved across Australia! RSL Deception Bay Sub-Branch Inc

08.01.2022 ‘Civilian to Soldier in 15 minutes’ Post shared via Senator Marise Payne #VPDay #OneInAMillion #VPDay75

07.01.2022 ART is the ultimate way to stay CONNECTED . 3 months ago today, we planned to gather as a community in Melbs to open ANVAM’s annual exhibition MARCH TO ART (original 14 April evening launch) at No Vacancy Gallery No Vacancy Gallery City of Melbourne Victorian Government News . CoVID has temporarily postponed #M2A20 but has not lessened our growing community connections or resolve to exhibit March to Art: Place curated by Bruce Copland, when safely & practically possible. St...ay tuned, stay safe & keep on making well. M2A20’s purpose, among other things is to showcase, elevate & celebrate our rich lived/living experience voices & facilitate discussions on the benefits of Arts engagement to health & wellbeing. #veteranartscommunity #createconnect ANVAM Community - Touring Exhibition 2019-2021 collaboration with Shrine of Remembrance image supplied

02.01.2022 Sharing the recent street art mural works by veteran artist Sean Burton via our good friends at the Bravery Trust - a few familiar faces in this great virtual art gallery. Enjoy! . #veternartscommunity #streetart #veteransart #braveytrust #artshealthwellbeing #veteranartist

01.01.2022 May be if interest to & rural & regional NSW and VIC ADF veterans & family members (*Covid-19 restrictions permitting*)2020-2021 link via our friends at Tharwa Valley Forge Cuppacumbalong Foundation #AsadoFest2020 #murrumbidgeeriver

01.01.2022 'It’s important for people who are struggling to defocus from the sources of their anxiety & distress & focus on constructive coping activities... There’s that sense of mastery, achievement & control from engaging in creativity which is important for those struggling.' Prof Michael Berk - Deakin University School of Medicine... https://disruptr.deakin.edu.au/health/8656/

01.01.2022 Veteran artist Arthur Stace served in the 1st AIF 19th Battalion in France Australia as a stretcher bearer . Best known for his iconic, poetic script ‘Eternity’ written in chalk across Sydney, country NSW & Melbourne & later emblazoned on the Sydney Harbour Bridge & highlighted at the opening the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . ‘Unmasked in 1956’, a reluctant folk hero, Arthur enlisted as a side drummer. His story is documented in Julien Temple’s 2007 operatic film, ...‘Eternity Man’ & in ‘Mr Eternity: The Story of Arthur Stace’ authored by Roy Williams with Elizabeth Meyers 2017, Acorn Press (pictured below) . #veteranartist #veteransarts #veteranartscommunity #artshealthwellbeing #eternity #sydney2000 #community #history #heritage #sydneyaustralia #sydneyolympicpark #AIF #sydneyolympics #gold #yourADF #cathyfreeman #arthurstace #iconicsydney #eternityman #narrative #arttherapy #arthurstaceeternity See more