Art and craft

Our Art and Craft department gives veterans an outlet for their creativity.

Our Art and Craft department gives veterans an outlet for their creativity. Whether it's a skill someone thinks they may have lost or something they've never tried before, we help our members develop their creativity.

We're proud to have many links with our local communities and national art and craft organisations. As part of this, our members exhibit in various galleries and museums, as well as Artists Open Houses in Brighton and a permanent installation at Newhaven Fort.

We enjoy:

  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Ceramics
  • Mosaics
  • Woodturning
  • Sculpture
  • Photography

 

These skills really help our members build their sense of independence and job satisfaction, and can even give a little extra income.

The work of our art and craft department in Brighton was featured on BBC Online in May 2011.

 

Sheffield photography holiday

We recently ran a photography holiday at our Sheffield training centre.

Photography may be a challenge for visually impaired people, but it's not impossible. Our members discovered how blind photographers can enjoy photography, despite the obvious challenges.


It's about more than the camera - we looked at ways of capturing shots, getting to the right place to take them and how to review work.

See our photography gallery with a selection of pictures from the week below:

 

Exhibition at the Grange

Our Brighton centre art and craft workshop held a successful exhibition at The Grange in Rottingdean on 3 - 15 November 2011. Their curator invited us after seeing our work at the Artist Open Houses event last December.
It was a great chance to show the wonderful art we produce to a wider audience, and also raise the Blind Veterans UK profile. We've had fantastic feedback and have been asked to show again next year.

Brilliant exhibition - inspiring and very diverse. Well done, the standard is so high!  - Jan Munch

 

How to apply to Blind Veterans UK

For someone to join Blind Veterans UK they need to have done National Service or served in the Armed Forces, and have significant sight loss. It doesn't matter to us why someone's vision is impaired or when they lost their sight. Many of our members have lost their sight years after their service, due to age or illness.

We believe that no one who has served their country should have to battle blindness alone.

 

 

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