In 2016, I had the honor of working as a staff member for the National Veterans Art Museum on the "Above and Beyond" Vietnam War Memorial. The installation consists of over 58,000 dog tags suspended together in remembrance of the Vietnam War fatalities.
My contributions to the project included: photography; fundraising; social media promotion; design of lightbox signs, posters, and other print materials; documentation of the installation and opening; as well as cleaning and inventorying the individual dog tags.
The memorial opened on February 20, 2016 at the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Al Lynch was among the speakers at the unveiling ceremony.
Publicity photo for "Above and Beyond," 2016
Publicity photo for "Above and Beyond," 2016
Publicity photo for "Above and Beyond," 2016
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Al Lynch at the unveiling ceremony. Harold Washington Library Center (HWLC) in Chicago, 2016.
Documentation photo for PR purposes.
Documentation photo for PR purposes.
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Al Lynch at the unveiling ceremony. Harold Washington Library Center (HWLC) in Chicago, 2016.
Documentation photo for PR purposes.
“Above and Beyond” history poster for the National Veterans Art Museum, 2016
"Above and Beyond" lightbox poster for the National Veterans Art Museum, 2016
NVAM staff volunteered to clean and sort all individual dog tags – a process in which I was involved. Documentation photo for PR purposes.
"Above and Beyond" photo prints designed for the NVAM Store, 2016
