Date of Award ceremony: Friday 13 December 2024 10am. [Fire Fighters please try to arrive at 9am for the photographer].
Venue: Rural Metro Fire Station 837: 6120 N. Litchfield Road. Litchfield Park. Arizona AZ 85340
Focus Comics is proud to announce it will be hosting a free art exhibition and Sabers Awards Ceremony to Honor 30 local fire fighters within Maricopa on Friday December 13th, 10am.
The event is open to the general public. The event features portraits of the fire fighters by award winning artist Yvonne Wan. Yvonne Wan is a certified social cultural anthropologist and the creator of Focus comics, a humanitarian project that champions autistic and special needs kids and local heroes. Also showcasing their art at the event, are her autistic students.
Focus Comics will have the esteemed Luke Air Force Base Honor Guard attending the event. This dedicated group of individuals, represent the very best of the military, stands as a symbol of the nation’s respect, commitment to service, and unwavering tribute to those who bravely protect and serve our nation.
The Honor Guard will perform the presentation of colors during the National Anthem (USAF Airman Gabe Howell will perform live on stage), and Saber Ceremony. The fire fighters will walk under the Saber Arch whilst holding their portraits and certificates. We will have a broadcast film ethnographer and photographer at the event who will help our heroes capture their special day.
Our Heroes will be gifted the portraits on stage and will be presented with a Certificate of Honor signed by the Mayor of Litchfield Park. Three of the Fire Fighters will receive a prestigious Focus Comics Living Legends Trophy Award; and we will also be handing out 2 Focus Comics Public Service Trophy Award.
Heres one of the time lapse films by Yvonne Wan, working on a bonus painting (31st creative piece):
Please view the rest of the website to view other time lapse films of Yvonne Creating art work for this exhibit. She filmed herself painting all the water color paintings, mixed media, and one digital.
Here is a video of the Mayor signing the certificates of honors for the fire fighters. Please also check out the film to see the art work that will be exhibited at the event:
Fire Fighters from the following organizations will be present at the event:
| Luke Air Force Base | 6 |
| Rural Metro Fire | 11 |
| Tempe Fire Department | 1 |
| Sun City Fire Medical | 1 |
| Goodyear Fire Department | 11 |
The Following Fire Fighters will be honored at the event:
| Luke Air Force Base |
| Carlos Hernandez : Engineer |
| Rory Witt: Fire station Chief |
| Corson Scherer : Fire Fighter |
| Brandon Cunningham: Fire fighter and lead fire inspector |
| Aaron E. Duggins: Installation Fire Chief |
| Rebekah Langley: Lead Fire Fighter |
| Rural Metro Fire |
| Houston Greer: Battalion Chief |
| Jason Henry: Captain |
| Tim Soule: Captain |
| Morgan Keith: Fire Fighter |
| George Drum: Captain |
| Lane Klusovsky: Captain |
| Cliff Jacobs: Captain |
| Steve Tremonti: Engineer Paramedic |
| Garrett Holderman: Fire Chief |
| Charles Coleman: Fire Fighter |
| Bret Couture: Fire Fighter |
| Sun City Fire Medical |
| Jacob Willerford : Fire Fighter |
| Tempe Fire |
| Arthur Felix: Fire Fighter |
| Goodyear Fire Dept. |
| Mario Santos: Captain |
| Hugo Bedolla: Captain |
| Kevin Boyd: Captain |
| Meghan Golbach: Captain |
| Patrick Doyle: Captain |
| Oscar Navarro: Captain |
| Simeon Cheatham: Captain |
| Zack Renschler: Captain |
| Michael Gugel: Captain |
| Trevor Colter: Fire Fighter |
| Ryan Birchett: Fire Fighter and engineer |
Mediums:
Traditional Water Color paintings: 17
Digital art: 13 Paintings
Giant Canvas (Bonus) 29.5 x 39.5 inch. Acrylic Spray paints and markers.
Time spent on each painting: Approx 16-18 hours.
In addition to this, young Ezekiel Cook, one of our Focus comic and RAH special needs interns will be showcasing his Fire fighter tribute art at the event also. Fans of Ezekiels art may purchase his art on our coffee bags at the event in support of our local heroes and our free art camp for autistic and special needs kids. The product will be available to purchase at the event, or you may purchase the product online. We prefer if you purchase the product online and collect the item at the event so we will have more time to interact with everyone face to face: https://focuscomic.com/ezekiel-cook-exhibiting-artist-with-special-needs-at-the-living-legends-art-exhibit-saber-ceremony/
Autistic students show casing their fire fighter tribute art: Jade, Mia, Carson, Avalon, Caleb and Audrey.
We would like to invite the general public to attend this event to show their support towards our heroes and living legends.
Additional Special guest announcements will be made closer to the event.
We will also exhibit tribute art by our Focus comic students at the event. Please support them.
Date of Award ceremony: Friday 13 December 2024 10am.
Venue: Rural Metro Fire Station 837: 6120 N. Litchfield Road. Litchfield Park. Arizona AZ 85340
Fire Fighter Guests are expected to arrive an hour early for our photographer.
The event will be filmed so that everyone can remember their special day.
Please contact Yvonne Wan at 480 787 6729 or [email protected] should you have any questions.
Want to support us? Please purchase a copy of Focus comics, order merchandize featuring young autistic talent or send us a cash gift to help us continue our good works.
