Join Marine Corps Artist in Residence Kristopher Battles to learn about the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, managed by the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The collection of more than 9,000 works captures the lives of Marines serving at home and abroad. Battles graduated with a BFA in Painting from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) in 1991, and earned his MFA in Illustration from the University of Hartford in 2013.
Originally serving as a Marine Reservist from 1986 until 1996, Battles became a Marine combat artist after reenlisting in 2006, and deployed to Overseas Contingency Operations several times to create art for the United States Marine Corps, serving in that billet until 2014. From 2014 until 2019, he served as a civilian combat artist for the Naval History and Heritage Command at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC. Battles is currently the Marine Corps Artist in Residence, on staff at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va.
Free admission -- virtual event via Zoom. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tq6MRUC6QZO5Vzj47EkNgg
Phone: 630-260-8162
Email: lsears@fdmuseum.org
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/19
Online/Virtual Space