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Veteran/Writer: A reading by Jackie Munn

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A reading by VCCA Fellow Jackie Munn
Riverviews Artspace
901 Jefferson St, Studio 109, Lynchburg, VA 24504

Jackie Munn is a West Point graduate and former Army officer who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The War Horse, National Geographic’s blog for Chain of Command, and A Common Bond II: An ASAP Anthology. She was also featured on The Today Show for International Women’s Day for speaking out against sexism in the military. She was selected to attend the Yale Writer’s Workshop as a creative non-fiction writer and was also chosen for the Armed Services Arts Partnership creative writing seminar.

Munn is the recipient of a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of “Collateral Reparations,” a program supporting VCCA residencies for military veteran artists.

Earlier Event: December 10
Figure Drawing at Riverviews Artspace
Later Event: December 14
Riverviews Monster Drawing Rally