Publication – James Mellick Artwork https://jamesmellick.com Columbus Ohio Artwork Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:59:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://jamesmellick.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-favicon-100x100.jpg Publication – James Mellick Artwork https://jamesmellick.com 32 32 Wounded Warrior Dogs Project Returns to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2020 https://jamesmellick.com/2020/02/15/gerald-r-ford-museum/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://jamesmellick.com/?p=8030

Wounded Warrior Dogs Project will be on view with James Mellick’s new series, K9 War Stories, at the Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan from February 15 through May 10, 2020.

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Retired Army Dog Handler Patrick Tutko Visits Jajo R620

On July 30th, Jim Mellick joined retired Army Dog Handler Patrick Tutko at the War Dogs Exhibition at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Patrick and his wife Aubrey flew in from Parker, Colorado to see the sculpture of Jajo 620 for the first time. Jajo crossed over the Rainbow Bridge a few weeks earlier.
The story of the sacrifice of Cpl. Tutko and Jajo are told in the book “Giving Form to Honor and Sacrifice” by James Mellick. Serving in Afghanistan in 2012, Patrick and Jajo were targeted by an IED that was set off remotely. Both survived with extensive injuries. Patrick continues on the path to recovery.

]]> Sculptor James Mellick and retired Marine Dog Handler Chris Willingham https://jamesmellick.com/2019/01/12/sculptor-james-mellick-and-retired-marine-dog-handler-chris-willingham/ Sat, 12 Jan 2019 02:43:33 +0000 http://demo.ovathemes.com/muzze/?p=48

Chris Willingham, Marine dog handler of “Top Dog” Lucca K458 in Iraq in 2007, attends the opening of the War Dog exhibit at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.  Artist James Mellick meets Chris Willingham in front of the installation “Over the Rainbow Bridge”, the story of the friendship of two dogs, Lucca K458 and Cooper K154 that traveled up their leashes to their handlers Army Handler, Kory D. Wiens and Marine Handler Chris Willingham.  Cpl. Kory D. Wiens and Cooper K154 were the first K9 team killed in the Global War on Terror.

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