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Welcome to

WoundedNotWorthless.com LLC

An Online Art Gallery Collective

Showcasing Female Military, Veteran and Wounded Warrior Artists


My name is Christina Helferich-Polosky.  

I was 100% disabled and medically retired by the US Army in 2009 after 11+ years of successful active duty service for illnesses and injuries-most later attributable to unknown airborne chemical, environmental and burn pit exposures-that occurred during my combat deployments to Kuwait/Iraq (OIF-2003) and Afghanistan (OEF-2008). For years after, I let my "invisible wounds" define who I was and how I saw myself: worthless. Out of those dark moments, I turned to art as a way to express what I could barely say out loud: 

"I may be wounded, but I'm NOT worthless!"

So I created this site to specifically showcase current female military, veteran and wounded warrior artists, like myself, from all branches of the US Military to give us all the voice I thought I had lost for all those years. 

Please join me in helping to support, promote, and empower these artists. 

We may be wounded, but we refuse to consider ourselves worthless any longer. 


And now is the time!


Can we please sit down and have an honest conversation without being marginalized again by being labeled just another group of angry females? Our experiences matter and they are all worth sharing! From the wonderful to the awful. We matter, our art matters and we are not alone. There are other female military members, veterans and wounded warriors using art in similar ways to me and it is time we shine a light on us all; so: 


CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE OUR AMAZING ARTISTS' GALLERIES





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We Are Actively Recruiting Female Military / Veteran / Wounded Warrior Artists! 

Contact us TODAY!

Chris Helferich-Polosky

CTO

Art helps me create a new narrative by which my invisible wounds inspire, instead of impede me. 

Veronika Rose

CEO

Visionary Artist, Healer, Veteran.

Muralist, Painter, Scenic Artist, Curator.

https://linktr.ee/VeronikaRose


Paula Sato

Artist

Fine Art Photographer who transforms war memories into visions of peace and truth.

https://fluidography.weebly.com/

Yvonne Renee Neal

Artist

I believe that everyone is creative and it only takes one spark to lead a person to their passion.

[email protected]

Mandy Patlan

Artist

Amazing spray paint artist who began using art as a form of therapy.

Bernie Donato

Artist

Art is my my space for solitude where I can tune out, unwind, and 

create.

bdonatoart.com

Alicia Thompson

Artist

My inspiration is usually things I find calming and peaceful.

Maiya M. Lonesome

Artist

Creating is something that has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

https://www.mellingtonart.com/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoniqueEllingtonArt

AnnMarie Halterman

Artist

Inspired to focus on nonprofit and inclusive arts initiatives,  AnnMarie founded UnitingUs.org in 2020 for veteran artists in her community.

Lisa Carrington Firmin

Artist

Her poetry is deeply personal, an intimate reflection into the invisible wounds of MST, PTSD, trauma, hardship, and combat. 

https://www.lisacarringtonfirmin.com/

https://www.lisacarringtonfirmin.com/speaking-request-consulting

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Are you a Female  Current Military Member Veteran/Wounded Warrior Artist? Contact us today!

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Contact me NOW! I'd love to get you signed up on the site and have your art displayed for all the world to see! I can personally help you draft your first or fortieth artist statement and help you submit whatever type of art you do into whatever type of exhibition you are hoping to get into - or if you just want me to link your art to your own, already established, online store and promote your brand and your wares, I can do that too! We do it all here - BLUF: I am here to support, promote and empower you to achieve your artistic and personal goals. Period. Whatever they may be and however they may change over time.

Just send me a quick email message here and I will respond to you as quickly as possible; this is a one woman show, but I will get back to you. You are important, your art is important and what you have to say is important and needs to be heard. I want to help you create and achieve and we can do it together. This is also the time to let me know what type of assistance you may need as well. I will share whatever information and connections I have and sit down with you and see what exhibitions I have coming up that we can collaborate on and what would fit in with your schedule and pass on knowledge of other exhibitions happening with other veteran organizations across the nation that you may be interested in as well! Networking is key and we all can help each other a lot more than we know more times than not. Whether you are just starting out or a fully established artist, there is a place for you here at Wounded Not Worthless.


Thank you for taking the time to look through this online art gallery - hopefully you can visualize your space here too; and remember, while this is not a non-profit, it is a general public benefit business created for female veteran artists like you and me, so I will never charge or take any commission from you to help you on this site or with your projects. I also strive to help you monetarily, when I can, with your costs related to exhibitions and projects associated with our WoundedNotWorthless.com, LLC collaborations. The only profits I make off this site are from the sale of my own art, and that is what I use to directly fund supporting, empowering, and promoting artists like us!


The most important takeaway here is that it would be my honor to become a value-added member to your own network of female artist friends and a fellow collaborator in the trade with the goal to support and succeed alongside each other - because when you succeed, we all succeed:)