Creative arts first place winners at the butler va | va butler health care | veterans affairs

2 local Veterans have been named first-place winners in the 2024 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition, Art Division. Lori Ceder, Marine Corps Veteran took first place for two of her

submissions, and second place for a third submission. Her submissions “Reminiscing My Childhood” (Fiber Arts Kit) and “Haunted House” (Stained or Painted Figurines) won first place. Krystal

Anspach, Army Veteran took first place for her submission “A Bushel of Fairies” (Diorama).  Additional national winners included, for second place: Joseph Gluz, Army Veteran for his oil

painting; Lindsey Anderson, Army Veteran for her mosaic; Shawnee Young, Navy Veteran for her fiber arts pattern; and Trudy Neumann, Navy Veteran for her stained/painted figurine. Timothy

Sutton, Marine Corps Veteran took third place nationally for his transfer/engraving art kit.  Co-presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Legion Auxiliary, the

National Veterans Creative Arts Festival is the culmination of VA facility competitions in art, creative writing, dance, drama, and music for Veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans

Affairs national health care system. Veterans exhibit their artwork and original writings or perform musical, dance or dramatic selections in a live stage show performance. All Veterans

invited to participate are selected winners of a national creative arts competition in which thousands of Veterans enter from VA medical facilities across the nation. VA medical facilities

incorporate creative arts into their therapy programs to further the rehabilitation goals for both inpatients and outpatients. This annual competition recognizes the progress and recovery

made through that therapy and raises the visibility of the creative achievements of our nation’s Veterans. The first-place winners are invited to attend the national festival hosted in

Indianapolis, Indiana, May 11-18, 2025. Please join us in congratulating these fine artists, writers, and performers for their amazing talents and accomplishments!  For more information on

the Veterans Creative Arts visit: www.creativeartsfestival.va.gov