Artist Talk: Presence in Absence - Veterans, Memory, and the Work of Remembering

Creative Legion is housed in the former post to American Legion Post 184 — one of the earliest and oldest posts in the country. Today, the building continues to serve as a gathering space. Join Inbal Abergil and Lexa Walsh for a conversation exploring how contemporary art engages veterans, grief, and collective memory. Abergil’s decade-long body of work interlaces the stories of Gold Star Families with still lifes of personal effects and portraits of Casualty Notification Officers, revealing layered trauma and examining how memory endures through objects and those who bear witness.