Happy Cosmonautics day!

I’m so proud that we will be able give all kids, regardless of their socioeconomic status, access to the same quality of play. My humble thanks to so many for the support and faith in our work. Lots more news in the coming weeks… #wartoys #spielwarrenmesse

One more day to go, and lots more work to do before calling this done, but our approach is indeed proving just crazy enough to work. Relatively tiny investments in super affordable / accessible toys can (and will) make a massive impact.

With the world teetering on the edge, the work of @wartoys.org feels all the more timely. I’m so incredibly grateful to Spielwarenmesse for the invitation to share our toy industry program and for the opportunity to connect with so many likeminded peers.

Brian McCarty on Using War Toys as a Tool for Promoting Peace YouTube video by Fulbrighter Network

Flattered to be on the Fulbrighter podcast, talking about War Toys’ work and the toy industry program we developed off of Fulbright supported research! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tliz...

The potential impact of our approach is massive, and the costs are tiny. We’ve spent less than a Cybertruck to develop socially-impactful toys that are incredibly cheap to manufacture and distribute in 41 languages! Thanks to our partners in China, they are now available to retailers worldwide.

Spielwarenmesse is expanding its program and highlighting the cultural, educational and economic facets of toys through the Value of Play Conference. War Toys founder @brianmccarty.com is honored to be giving the keynote address. He’ll be sharing not just this product, but also what it represents.

After years of development and more than a few setbacks, our first fostered products are finally hitting the market! These are the first production samples of our standalone boardgame, prepared for Spielwarenmesse - the toy industry’s largest trade event.
#wartoys #armymen

Needed a small sanity break from the news, so threw on some headphones and zen’ed out editing underwater test shots from the summer. Excited to play more and keep learning the gear and specialized techniques. It’s just different enough. #photography #toyphotography #underwater #scuba #gijoe #pool

Detail of our Dickey Chapelle pewter figure, showing her #Nikonos underwater camera used for the @natgeo assignment “The Water War in Vietnam.” Support our programs by give someone (or yourself) a unique gift this holiday season! wartoys.org
#photojournalist #photojournalism #photographer

War Toys: News & Events, War Toys to Document Children's Accounts of Violence in the US After five wars and absorbing hundreds of children's stories, we are struck by just how similar they really are. Except for the occasional flag, you'd never know what "side" a kid is on. And really...

War Toys will be documenting children's stories from within the US. Although kids here aren't enduring missile strikes and tank brigades, many experience levels of violence that are comparable to what their peers face in recognized war zones. It's time to give these children more of a voice.

War Toys: Shop, Dickey Chapelle Pewter Army Man To honor Dickey Chapelle and her legacy, War Toys has partnered with two accomplished authors, both of whom have written remarkable books about her life and career – First to the Front (biography)...

We just added another 20 copies of Lorissa Rinehart’s brilliant biography on Dickey Chapelle to our shop. “First to the Front” chronicles Dickey’s amazing life and career and is a page turner! wartoys.org/shop/firstto... #wartoys #dickeychapelle #photojournalist #photography #photojournalism #bio

On Veterans Day, I remember the photojournalists who have given their lives while documenting the horrors of war: David Gilkey, Dickey Chapelle, Chris Hondros, Tim Hetherington, Yaser Murtaja, Gilles Caron, Kenji Nagai, Larry Burrows, Gerda Taro, Robert Capa… #photojournalism #photography

We are honored to be working with Dickey's estate. Her family provided amazing access to Dickey’s cameras, clothing, and gear – all of which was reproduced in incredible detail by sculptor David Lea in standard 1:32 scale. Your purchase directly supports our programs: wartoys.org/programs #wartoys

Dickey’s remarkable life ended in Vietnam on November 4th, 1965. While on patrol with US Marines, she was killed by a booby-trap. Dickey was the first female correspondent killed during the Vietnam War, and the first American female photojournalist ever to be killed in action. #photojournalism

Photo of Dickey Chapelle, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Dickey started her career as a combat photojournalist during the battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. Always wearing her trademark pearl earrings and harlequin glasses, she spent the next twenty years covering conflicts from Korea to the Hungarian Revolution. #photography #photojournalism #wartoys

Photo of Dickey Chapelle, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Born Georgette Louise Meyer, Dickey Chapelle (1919-1965) was a force of nature, beloved by the soldiers she photographed and revered as both an accomplished war correspondent and trailblazer for women working in photojournalism. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen

To support our toy industry program, War Toys® is releasing a special, pewter “army man” of legendary photojournalist Dickey Chapelle. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen

Subvert — The Collectively Owned Music Marketplace A music platform owned by us all. Join Subvert to sell your work, support artists, and shape our shared future. Sincerely Ours.

With Bandcamp sold twice within a couple of years and Spotify on the nose, Subvert.fm is tackling the idea of an artist owned internet, or rather, an artist run, collectively owned music marketplace. Interested? It's easy to become a supporter or artist/label founding member.

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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

My thanks to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and photographer Staci Vandagriff for covering the “War Toys: Ukraine” exhibition at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. (I’m not on the right 😉)

I’m grateful to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts for hosting a talk with Ben Grimes and I. Ben is the creator of a theater program for vets struggling with PTSD called The Breach. Coincidentally, we both were in Iraq in 2017. It was interesting for us each to get a different perspective of the war.

Dual Perspectives on Art and Healing - Event Calendar | AMFA Join artists Ben Grimes and Brian McCarty for a conversation exploring artmaking as a form of healing from trauma.

Apologies for the short notice, but I’m participating in a discussion at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock on Thursday (9/18 at 6pm). Come and hear about what’s been keeping me so busy! events.arkmfa.org/event/dual-p...

Still have lots of cleanup to do, but just finished two very long years of work and pushed all 40 translations of @wartoys.org’s educational board game live!!

Warms my heart seeing this, knowing how much its loss was felt by Iraqi kids displaced from Mosul during the war against ISIS.

AP: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction apnews.com/article/iraq... #wartoys #photography #alnurimosque

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Forgive O Lord my little jokes on Thee…

#toyphotography #devo #art #boojiboy #photography #qee #deevolution #mask #desert #arttoys #designertoys

“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday

“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #arttherapy #childreninwar #wartoys #worldrefugeeday

Shooting something I think folks are gonna like a lot…

#photography #wartoys #behindthescenes #bts