Bullets and Bandaids

We tear down barriers between veterans and civilians by celebrating our common human journey through storytelling and artwork.

We're the pioneers of a staggeringly effective program that creates positive dialogue across all demographics, generations, and geography through collaborations between veterans and civilians. This isn't something we're shooting for. We've done this four times already and are working on the 5th.

Here's what we do:

We interview veterans and those effected by them. They can say whatever they would care to about their experiences, however they would care to say them.

We then hand those interviews to writers that create an original work inspired by that interview, but conveyed through their own voice. They also have access to speak with the veteran directly.

We then hand the written work, as well as access to what's been collected, to civilian artists, who then create an original work inspired by that access.

After everything is collected, we begin our touring, where the art is accompanied by a QR code that sends you to a web page with the full story, the artist statement, and a voice over so that you can listen to the story while viewing the artwork.

We've shown to roughly 60,000 people to date.

Testimonials

As a Columbia- born entity, we are founded by the Midlands, and will therefore continue to support our local veterans and civilians toward a more firmly founded social cohesion.

To date we have had:

-Roughly 200 participants from Volumes 1-4

-Ranks from Private up to Two Star General

-Stories from every American conflict since the Civil War

-20 countries represented on 6 continents

-Artwork from across a large swath of media