Operation Valor Arts

Light Up Night - Monday, November 10th, 2025

Operation Valor Arts

In partnership with ACTION-Housing, Inc

and

The Forest Hills Veteran Design Team

Invite you to join us as we turn on the lights for

In the Shade of Service

Join us in an appreciation event for

Ben Peoples, Ben Peoples Industries

Sargent Electric Company

And all those who helped bring public art to Forest Hills

Date: Monday, November 10, 2025 - Time: 6:30pm

Location: 1844 Ardmore Blvd, Forest Hills

For additional information: www.ovarts.org or info@ovarts.org

Veteran designed public art

The mission of Operation Valor Arts, a 501c3 non-profit organization, is to provide Veterans with training and resources to enable them to design interpretive public art.

Forest Hills Veteran Housing Public Art

Later in 2024, In the Shade of Service, an 18ft high Corten steel and stainless steel Veteran- designed sculpture will be installed at 1844 Ardmore Boulevard in Forest Hills, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Lawrenceville Doughboy Status, a larger-than-life size bronze statue depicting a WWI soldier. Location: Pittsburgh PA — Paradigm Shift - Veteran Artist vs Civilian Artist?

As history demonstrates, it is civilian artists who are usually commissioned to create military- related public art. Operation Valor Arts believes when Veteran artists use their own experiences to inform their creative process, public art can take on added depth.

A Special Thanks To All Those Who Support OVArts

& The Work We Do For Our Veterans

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