Artist seeks a special kind of help

Kirsty Chapman, an intuitive artist based in West Sussex, has been painting and drawing ever since she was three years old. Her artwork follows a military and remembrance theme, with her most unique painting...

Paperchains award-winning entries

Following the Paperchains Project, a lockdown initiative which created a spotlight for young people, including armed forces families, to express their feelings through art, poetry or writing, Army&You is de...

The Paperchains Project

The idea for Paperchains came from author A.G. Smith, whose ground-breaking work in prisons has been highlighted by Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire and BBC Radio 4’s PM. It was created following the Prime Minist...

Creating rainbows in the community

Ellie Hutton was a serving soldier for over eight years and has also been an army spouse for ten years. AFF’s Kenya co-ordinator Dawn Fitzsimmons spoke to Ellie to find out more about her latest creative art pr...

Art exhibition captures military life

THE Army Arts Society (AAS) will be hosting its annual exhibition at The Young Galleries, Salisbury Library, from Friday 21 October – Saturday 5 November 2016. The artwork on display will reflect AAS' varie...

Make Your Own Zoo

When her husband was posted to Afghanistan for a year in 2011, Tracey Radford started writing a blog. It quickly became a place to share new craft ideas and led to her first book, Make Your Own Zoo. It features...

Army art attack

THE Army Arts Society is holding an exhibition from 7-21 November at the Young Galleries, Salisbury Library, Salisbury, to showcase members’ work. Picture by Richard Salter People and places at home and ...

War veterans model for body cast sculptor

TOP sculptor Louise Giblin is soon to reveal sculptures based on hand casts of ten serving and retired members of the British military who each served in different wars from 1941-2009 to support the British Leg...

Live artwork honouring WW1 heading to IWM North

THOUSANDS of red and blue soldiers will sprawl across the walls inside IWM North this August as part of a constantly-evolving live artwork marking the First World War Centenary. RedBlueRedBlue, by artist Mar...

A t-shirt fit for heroes

THE winning design for a t-shirt worn by injured soldiers and veterans at a Help for Heroes Recovery Centre has been revealed as that of Yorkshire school pupil Lily Nicholson-Hume. Chosen from more than 50 e...