The Legend of 1000 Combat Paper Cranes

Dear Friends and Family:

The Legend of 1000 Combat Paper Cranes

Continues after Artown 2018 in Reno.

And Your Help is Needed!

Want to join a community wide art project? DJD Foundation and City of Sparks need your help folding and decorating origami cranes! The Legend of 1000 Combat Paper Cranes now has completed 367 cranes, thanks to July volunteers! Our goal is to complete 1000 before September 2018 ends! Join us for one or more of the following venues:

39 North, Sparks Farmers Market,Thursday Evening, August 16, Victorian Avenue, 4-7PM

Potentialist Workshop, 836 E. 2nd Street, Reno, Tuesdays and Saturdays between 1-4 PM

(the following Saturdays Only:  8/11, 8/18, 8/25,9/15, and 9/22).

Sparks Library, 2-5:30 PM, August 20, 1125 12th St, Sparks, NV 89431

Do you have an upcoming meeting or party that you would like to include the activity of decorating and folding cranes? Contact Tina Drakulich for scheduling.

Don’t know how to fold an origami crane? Don’t worry, we will teach you!

For more information, visit: http://www.arthealswarwounds.com and https://www.combatpaper.org/

What is the Legend of 1000 Combat Paper Cranes?

The Legend of 1000 Combat Paper Cranes is a community art project that will be installed in the City of Sparks, through a series of workshops designed to bring the community together through the arts. Derived from the Japanese legend of the origami cranes which eludes that the folding of 1000 cranes will result in good fortune and answers to prayers.These workshops explore a tactile experience and enlightening dialogue, culminating in artwork that honors our local veterans and their community through the creation and placement of cranes, folded of paper made from decommissioned military uniforms, known as Combat Paper. DJD Foundation joins City of Sparks and is grateful for financial assistance from Nevada Humanities, National Endowment for Humanities, Dog Tag Brewing, and our community of private donors.

DJD Foundation has been making Combat Paper since 2011. Combat Paper is paper made through the process of deconstructing military uniforms, beating the parts to a pulp with a hollander beater, then forming sheets from the resulting slurry. Since then, 1000 Combat Paper has been enjoyed at Reno Little Theater and Northwest Reno Library, along with many other unique and innovative art forms made with Combat Paper.

About DJD Foundation

David J. Drakulich Foundation for Freedom of Expression’s mission is to provide art programming to the military connected community, aiding reintegration, assisting with wellness and informing the civilian community of military service and related issues through the arts. DJD Foundation knows that the arts enrich communities and raise quality of life.

We empower and showcase the wellness of veterans. We create art, recreation and social resources that support individuals as they improve and develop the quality of their own lives, one veteran at a time, one community at a time because ART HEALS WAR WOUNDS!