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“She Served Too”

Title: “She Served Too”
Artist: Elizabeth Flanders
Size of Work: 15.5”x 9”
Medium of work: ceramic
Artist Statement: My ceramic artwork aspires to bring awareness and visibility to female experiences and contributions to all branches of the United States Armed Forces. I make artwork based on my personal experiences as a female serving in the United States Air Force and now as a Retired Disabled Veteran. “She Served Too” incorporates three ceramic vessels symbolic of my service.
The red vessel represents my personal story and includes three military bases in which I served. The symbols are important patches, badges, and a medic armband that I wore during mass casualties, major events, and military training exercises.

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