On last Friday’s (March 8) Up Close Show, host Gary Daigneault sat down to discuss the Hi Desert art scene with local artist Anna Stump. Here is reporter Adeline J. Wells with information about a new movie project premiering next month.
Some may know Anna Stump as Chair of the Twentynine Palms’ Public Arts Advisory Committee (PAAC), or as creator of the city’s eccentric Mojaveland miniature golf course. The local artist is also now working on a film about veterans and the scars that they carry. Stump serves as producer for the project, collaborating with partner Ted Meyer and musician Pat Kearns.
“We’ve got four subjects right now, and they are all veterans who have scars – physical scars, either from accidents, wounds, or illness that were related to their military service. We have three Marines and One Navy Seal.”
The film highlights the effect that art can have on scars not visible to the eye.
“It’s about art therapy, it’s about healing, and making these scars visible. Veterans suffer just like everybody else, but probably at a higher level from depression because of possibly their service. It should be very uplifting.”
The film will premiere on April 10 during a free event at Copper Mountain College.
You can listen to Gary’s full conversation with Anna Stump by downloading the Up Close Show as a podcast.
