Biloxi VA hosts Veterans Art Competition

The VA is hosting its annual Veterans Creative Arts Competition.

Veterans can submit art in multiple different categories, such as crocheting, painting, drawing, and even wood-working.

Some pieces include aspects of the military and others are beautiful works of the Gulf Coast. The competition also includes performing arts.

Grady Byrd served in the Marine Corps, but found a love for art long before joining the military. For him, it continues to be a creative outlet. “When you’re doing art everything else is kind of blacked out, you know, and time just passes and you’re concentrated on this and nothing else. I’ve heard so many stories about the therapeutics results in art that you do. It’s just really beneficial. And after you do it, the outcoming of support and everything and enthusiasm about it really helps you.”

Byrd’s colored pencil drawings features a mule turning around to pick up a fallen rose off Decatur Street in New Orleans.

He was awarded first place and is hoping to make it to nationals. You can still see the art tomorrow from 1 to 3 p.m. in building 17.