The Book by Ron Kelsey


NEW YORK, NY (March 4, 2010) - International Arts Movement announces the release of Reflections of Generosity, a new book by Ron V. Kelsey, an artist and soldier. This collection of wartime epistles, many written during Sgt. Kelsey's tour in Iraq, is filled with color images of original artwork from a traveling exhibition dedicated to the military community.

Sgt. Kelsey joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1999 and continued to study art and religion at Wabash College. After transferring to active duty in 2006, he began studying at Liberty University to become a military chaplain. His artwork has been shown in Canada and throughout the United States.

Ron Kelsey received a nonprofit military commission in 2009 for a lithograph to benefit thirty Soldiers coming home from Iraq. At this time, he also became International Arts Movement’s Military Liaison
for the Arts. After returning from Iraq in May of 2009, he organized IAM’s first military art exhibit called Reflections of Generosity at Fort
Drum, New York.

The Reflections of Generosity exhibit then traveled from New York to Illesheim, Germany to be installed in a military base there, with future exhibitions in development. Ron Kelsey is currently working on a nonprofit military artwork commission to support various soldiers of Illesheim, who will return from Iraq in September of 2010.

Reflections of Generosity features artwork by various artists from all over the world, including Makoto Fujimura, Jay Walker, Charles A. Westfall, Sandra Ceas, Alison Stigora, Gerda Liebmann, Joyce Y. Lee, and others. The book will officially launch at Encounter 10, March 4-6, in New York City. To register, please visit the Encounter 10 web site.

Following Encounter 10, Reflections of Generosity will be available from IAM's online store.

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