VetArt and the 1st Annual Veterans Art Day in Sonoma County

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On September 23, VetArt had a Pop-Up Arts Arts Cafe in Petaluma in Sonoma County. VetArt and the Life On Earth Art Studio collaborated to present the 1st Veteran Art Day in Petaluma in Sonoma County.

We filmed in association with the Life on Earth Art Studio in Petaluma, CA.


Sheryl Shaffer, Tasha Nesbitt and Logan Emerson.


Sandy Dee films interviews on the set with Life On Earth Art Producers Tasha Nesbitt and Logan Emerson.


Everyone had a great time at the VetArt Pop-Up Cafe in Petaluma in Sonoma County and
some of the Veteran Artists speak about how creating Art is helping them heal from military trauma.

VetArt Sonoma Veteran Interviews

Our first interview is with Dustin Bonivert, U.S. Army Combat Veteran and Artist

The second interview is with Dave Fernandes, a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran and Photogrrapher

The third interview is with Sarah Reith, a U.S. Army Veteran and Oil Painter

Our first VetArt documentary is “The Storytellers of VetArt”

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Sheryl Shaffer served in the Women's Army Corps from 1968 to 1971. She is retired from the CA Employment Development Department as a VetRep. She produces Veterans Helping Veterans TV at the MidPen Media Center in Palo Alto, CA. She completed the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Veterans Make Movies program and now does virtual interviews using video conferencing, i movie and i phone . Since October 2022, Sheryl travels with VetArt as a Documentarian and does interviews with Veteran Artists and uses her new iPhone 15 Pro to film.


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