The Veterans at Texas State have a tent set up in the quad to show students how to create their own paper from scratch using personal garments. The idea was inspired by the Peace Paper Project.The Honors College hosted an exhibit on Tuesday displaying some of the completed work. Academic Development Director Diann McCabe says the Honors College has worked with the Peace Paper team before.
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The project works with people who have been through traumatic experiences. The participants seek to heal through art with the hope that the creation process encourages positive thinking.Co-founder of the Peace Paper Project Margaret Mahan sayscreating art on homemade paper is a way for people to tell their stories.
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The Peace Paper Project was founded in 2011 and operates worldwide to build connections between participants and their communities. For Bobcat Update, I'm Haley Parmer.
Bobcat Update, a student-produced newscast recapping events at Texas State University, and is available for viewing on YouTube.
4/17/13
Haley Parmer
A Global Odyssey is the university's Common Experience theme this year, and a Texas State group has found a unique way to express that theme, creating paper. Haley Parmer has more in this Bobcat Update.
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