John Fenton's poem "Torment" and photos of memorial stone and events marking his son's death of injuries as a Marine in Iraq

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Costs of War program cover, artwork by Walter Nygard (photo by Jan Barry)

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John Fenton's poem "Torment" and photos of memorial stone and events marking his son's death of injuries as a Marine in Iraq (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Why?" collage by Leanna and Sam Halbrecht (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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Costs of War in Iraq panel by Frank Wagner from data collected by Ken Dalton (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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Costs of War in Afghanistan panel by Frank Wagner from data collected by Ken Dalton (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Costs of War" poem by Jan Barry, calligraphy by Drew Cameron, poster on paper made from shredded military uniforms (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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Costs of War exhibition poster by Ann Dowling (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Open Wound" by Eli Wright, pulp painting on Combat Paper made from military uniforms (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"I.E.D." by Drew Cameron, Jon Turner, Drew Matott, military uniform embedded in Combat Paper wall hanging (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"My Outrage of War," by Ruth Bauer Neustadter, mixed media painting (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Veil I, Rest in Peace," by Madeline Giotta, mixed media (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Indoctrination," "Baghdad," "Healing," by Robynn Murray, breastplates made with military manuals (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Valentine for the Fallen," by Bascha Mon, encaustic collage (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"How Many," by Jon Turner, Combat Paper wall hanging made with military uniforms (photo by Jan Barry)

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Jon Turner describing his Combat Paper wall hanging to NY1 TV reporter Lisa McDivitt (photo by Jan Barry)

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Veterans For Peace members Steve Palmino and Jan Barry (photo by Frank Wagner)

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Lottie Porch singing with Reggie Pittman and Loren Daniels (photo by Jan Barry)

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Alexandra Stavrou dancing "They Danced Alone," about civilians killed in Chile after military coup (photo by Jan Barry)

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"Warranted Against Ravage," a dance about the Rwanda genocide by members of the Center for Modern Dance Education (photo by Jan Barry)

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Father Bill O'Malley singing "Danny Boy" (photo by Jan Barry)

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Jon Turner, of the Combat Paper Project, reading poem about his experiences as a Marine veteran of the Iraq War (photo by Jan Barry)

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Jo Ann Drozd reading her poems "Routines" and "Stop Lossed," about her experiences as a mother of soldier who served in Afghanistan (photo by Jan Barry)

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Ann Dowling reading her poem "Nunca Mas," about the El Mozote Massacre in El Salvador (photo by Jan Barry)

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Georgette Delinois reads her poem "Konbyen lage sa a koute" in Haitian (photo by Jan Barry)

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Diane Danielle, Laura Munzer and Shirley London singing "Johnny I Hardly Knew You" (photo by Jan Barry)

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Nancy Nygard, of Military Families Speak Out, reads from letters from her son who served in Afghanistan and Iraq (photo by Jan Barry)

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Harriet Rosen, of Bergen County Green Party, reads her poem "Memories Unmade" (photo by Jan Barry)

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Paula Rogovin, of Military Families Speak Out, reads a poem, "Yellow Ribbons," by Anne Sadowski-Cassidy (photo by Jan Barry)

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Dayl Wise, of Post Traumatic Press, reads his poems "Ode to Boots" and "Road Kill" (photo by Jan Barry)

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Walt Nygard, of Veterans For Peace, reads a poem on wars' destruction of civil liberties (photo by Jan Barry)

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Cliff Arrington, of People's Organization for Progress, reading "Resolution: End the Wars, Bring Our Troops and Military Funding Home" (photo by Jan Barry)

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Jon Turner, of Combat Paper Project, wraps up the program accompanied by his service dog, Sadie (photo by Jan Barry)

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Audience members viewing artworks by Iraq War veteran Robynn Murray (photo by Jan Barry)

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A wall of artworks in the main gallery (photo by Jan Barry)

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"Conflict," by Roberta Millman-Ida, painting (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Will Wheat Fields Ever Replace the Opium Poppy?" by Bascha Mon, encaustic collage (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Costs of War," by Jake Jacobs, painting (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"End War," by George Weber, photograph taken at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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Two walls of artwork in the main gallery (photo by Jan Barry)

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A selection of artworks including (right) "Peace," a painting by Randen Siegel (photo by Jan Barry)

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"Warrior," by Catherine Schmitt, bronze sculpture (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Holocaust," by Joan Strier, bronze sculpture (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Vietnam," by Father Bill O'Malley, metal sculpture (photo by Jan Barry)

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"The Raid at Night," by Lazlo Kubinyi, pen and ink drawing and water color painting (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Vietnam, Vietnam!" by Florence Siegel, pen and ink drawing incorporating poems from "Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans" (photo by Jan Barry)

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Mixed media by Ruth Bauer Neustadter (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Some mother's son: 1918," by Walter Nygard, oil pastel painting (photo by Jan Barry)

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"My Eldest Son," by Pauline Chernichaw, photograph (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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Selection of artwork by Vietnam veteran Frank Wagner (center and left) with display of "Prosthetic Leg of World War II Veteran" lent by Bob Levine and "War Amputation Facts" poster by Amy Baker (photo by Jan Barry)

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"Afghan Civilians Suffer the Costs of War," photographs by Madelyn Hoffman (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Nunca Mas," by Anne Dowling, poem and poster about the role of the School of the Americas and the El Mozote Massacre in El Salvador (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Scotland's for Peace" posters by Janet Fenton (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Collage - Costs of War," by Nancy Nygard (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Collage - Community," by Nancy Nygard (photo by Paula Rogovin)

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"Oreo Cookies and the Military Budget," diorama by Patrick Meany (after Ben Cohen), and "The Million Dollar Soldier," diorama by Nancy and Walt Nygard (photo by Jan Barry)

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"The Million Dollar Soldier," diorama by Nancy and Walt Nygard (photo by Jan Barry)

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A viewer contemplating a wall of Costs of War artwork (photo by Jan Barry)

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Costs of War program back cover, artwork by Eli Wright, layout and printing by Dayl Wise, Post Traumatic Press (photo by Jan Barry)