UU Santa Fe hosts various art installations by local artists; these change tri-monthly. You will find on this page our featured artist(s). Art on Barcelona is facilitated and curated by Virginia Asman.

Art on Barcelona

HONORING OUR VETERANS
JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2023
Honoring Our Veterans features work by artists who are veterans and artists who are honoring family members who have served! This exhibit was envisioned by artist, psychologist, and art therapist Patricia Keeler* as a way to inform people of the existence of vets after serving in war and the artistic talent that reflects their experience and concerns. 
ARTISTS WHO ARE VETERANS
Charles J Cox “Jim”
I served in the United States Marine Corps, from 1966 to 1969. I am a Vietnam Era Veteran, 1st Marine Air Wing based out of El Toro Marine Air Station.
Brad Kirby
My love for photography started while I was in the U.S Army from 1974-1977 and being the battalion photographer the last three months of my Army career.
Misty Kobeissi
I served in the us army from 1987-1991 in the Persian gulf war era. I was in Washington DC and southern Germany.
Louis Million
Louis was a Marine from 1976-1980. He did not see a war. He served at Camp Pendleton, CA, Camp LeJune, NC and in Okinawa Japan.
Rob Zimmerman
I was in the US Navy from November 1965 to Feb 1971. I was a veteran of Vietnam and also in the Submarine service.
ARTISTS HONORING VETERANS
Sheigla Hartman
My father, Lt. Cecil A. Hartman, joined the Army Air Force after D Day because he felt something ought to be done about Hitler.  He desired to be a pilot but his eye exam showed his eyes to be too weak. As a Quaker he signed up as a conscientious objector and was assigned to teach ammunitions.  He had the G.I.’s take their weapons apart and reassemble them blindfolded.
Patricia Keeler
My Father John Dwight Keeler, was an airline pilot in World War 2.  He was a pilot stationed in countries in Europe, primarily Italy.  My father was very private about his time in the war, and did not talk much about it. He did have his metals which he and his brothers talked about and shared.  He put the war behind him, and began tasks of going to college, becoming an engineer, and raising a family with my mother.
Heidi Thorleifson
My cousin, Lieutenant Erik Thorleifson of the United States Marine Corps, served in the Iraq War as Platoon Commander of ground combat operations starting in 2003.  Thankfully, he made it home and continues to serve today by conducting offensive and defensive training in different locations with various terrains.
*Patricia Keeler, in response to a movement across our country of veterans benefiting from art and art therapy, started and designed her own program called  Art 4 Vets Blueprint 4 Healing. She is now quite involved with Not Forgotten Outreach for veterans in Taos New Mexico.