2012 EVENTS
Voice of Witness: Testimonies and Images from Burma – Chicago, IL
ART WORKS Projects collaborates with with Soyini Madison and the Northwestern Oral History and Performance as Social Action Institute to present a dramatic reading of testimonies from Nowhere to Be Home: Narratives from Survivor’s of Burma’s Military Regime accompanied by music and Christian Holst’s photographs from the exhibit BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies.
3-5 PM
June 10
Chicago Cultural Center
Claudia Cassidy Theater
78 East Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
PRESENTED by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and ART WORKS Projects.
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The Importance of Bearing Witness: Testimony, Justice, and the Global Fight to End Sexual Violence – Chicago, IL
Join us for a performance of collected testimonies of Congolese women and a presentation by Panzi Hospital’s Therese Kulungu and a moderated panel discussion of global sexual violence and the challenges of bearing witness.
5-7 PM
May 24
Northwestern University
Annie May Swift Hall
1920 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
PRESENTED by the Center for Forced Migration Studies and featuring a performance by the Northwestern Oral History and Performance as Social Action Institute and panelists Anne Ream, The Voices and Faces Project, and Leslie Thomas, ART WORKS Projects.
BLOOD/STONES Burmese Rubies – Chicago, IL
Journey through the long-closed country of Burma with photographer Christian Holst, and discover how the global trade for the region’s historically prized rubies, jade, and other natural resources affects the lives of Burma’s citizens.
January 13 – Now EXTENDED through June 10, 2012
The Field Museum
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
FREE WITH BASIC ADMISSION
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Global Activism Expo – Chicago, IL
Join ART WORKS Projects and hundreds of other Chicago-area global activists to learn about the work we’re doing, attend presentations, network with other Chicagoans interested in this work, shop for art, fair-trade jewelry and apparel, and enjoy delicious food and great music.
Noon – 6:00 PM
April 28, 2012
UIC Forum
725 W Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60607
FREE- Reservations Recommended
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Workshop to Change the World: Northwestern University – Evanston, IL
ART WORKS Projects partnered with the Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights (NUCHR) to host a Workshop to Change the World with students from Northwestern University.
April 21 & 22, 2012
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Students partnered with issue advisers and creative facilitators to develop artistic responses to human rights issues that they felt passionately about.
For more information and pictures, visit the Workshop Facebook page.
GOOD WORK – Chicago, IL
A roundtable discussion about design and multi-media work for social causes. A group of participants from a range of fields gathered for a casual conversation about projects and experiences in the realm of GOOD WORK.
February 26, 2012
Landon Bone Baker
734 North Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60642
PRESENTED BY the Thirst and ART WORKS Projects.
Blood Rubies: A Lens Into Burma – Chicago, IL
Learn how Burma’s ruby trade has affected the country’s evolving political landscape with BLOOD/STONES photographer Christian Holst, Leber Jeweler, Inc. President Brian Leber, and Senior Researcher, Asian Division, Human Rights Watch, David Mathieson.
5:30 PM
February 27, 2012
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
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PRESENTED BY the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Human Rights Watch and ART WORKS Projects.
BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies Programming – Chicago, IL
An evening of conversation with Christian Holst
Holst previewed and discussed images from BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies. Distinguished guest Dave Mathieson shared information about the recent changes in the country.
Human Rights in Burma
Chicago Bar Association screening and panel featuring Christian Holst
Worldview
Christian Holst and Dave Mathieson appeared on WBEZ’s Worldview with Jerome McDonnell to discuss BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies and the current political climate in Burma.
BLOOD/STONES Student Tour
Tour and Q&A with Christian Holst at the BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies exhibit at the Field Museum.
Center for Forced Migration Studies
Christian Holst spoke with students at Northwestern University .
Partners for Chicago programming include:
Center for Forced Migration Studies, Buffet Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University
Chicago Bar Association
Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Human Rights Watch
For photos and to learn more, please visit our Facebook page
Workshop to Change the World: Burma – Chicago, IL
A collaboration with Christian Holst, Chicago Public Schools, and other community arts and education organizations hosting programming events throughout Chicago. Partners include:
Walter Payton College Prep
Advanced Arts Education Program at Gallery 37
South Chicago Art Center
To learn more about arts programs around human rights, please visit Workshop to Change the World
Slovenia Press Photo Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia
AT WHAT COST_Human Trafficking/Forced Labor/Child Labor
BLOOD/STONES Burmese Rubies
Congo/Women, Co-produced with the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago
DARFUR/DARFUR
Horn of Africa
Women Between Peace and War: Afghanistan
ART WORKS Projects is partnering with the Slovenia Press Photo Festival to present the full arc of work with which we have been engaged since our founding in 2006. Projections, print installations, and discussions mark the launch of a year-long exchange looking at photojournalism and its ability to impact human rights with a focus on the Balkan region.
February 21 – March 31, 2012
Cankarjev Dom
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Can Photography Change the World? - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Panel and discussion presented by the Ekvilib Institute, the Slovenia Press Photo Festival, and ART WORKS Projects
February 22, 8:00 PM
Cankarjev Dom
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011 EVENTS
Horn of Africa – Washington, D.C.
The premiere of a multi-media sound and photographic projection installation created to focus attention on the current humanitarian crisis in eastern Africa and to create opportunities for dialogue around the prevention of future food insecurity.
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Panel discussion with Halima Barqadle, RN, BSN, Volunteer nurse with the American Refugee Committee, John Prendergast, Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project , and Ambassador David Shinn, George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs
Funger Hall, Room 108
6:45 – 7:45
Live concert featuring a new musical composition by Geoffrey Bradfield and Ryan Cohan and photographic projections in collaboration with a team of international photojournalists.
Presented in conjunction with the George Washington University Department of Music
Kogan Hall
FREE
November 8, 2011
George Washington University
21st & H St.
Washington DC
PRESENTED in conjunction with FotoWeek DC , The Program Board of George Washington University, and the George Washington University Department of Music.
Can a Photo Change the World? Darfur, Congo, Burma and the Globe – Washington, D.C.
A discussion with ART WORKS Projects’ founder Leslie Thomas and collaborator James Whitlow Delano about their ongoing initiative, AT WHAT COST_Human Trafficking/Forced Labor/Child Labor and other international exhibitions. Including a preview of BLOOD/STONES Burmese Rubies featuring work by Christian Holst.
4:00 – 5:00 PM
November 6, 2011
FotoDC Headquarters
18th & L Streets NW
Washington DC
PRESENTED BY FOTOWEEKDC
Workshop to Change the World: HIV/AIDS – Chicago, IL
A collaboration with the Chicago Public Schools’
Advanced Arts Education Program at Gallery 37
in honor of World AIDS Day
October 27, 2011
With speakers Justin Hayford, Jeffrey Janson, and Pete Subkoviak
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, Illinois 60602
To learn more, please go to Workshop to Change the World
Sweatshops in the Fields – Chicago, IL
Opening event October 27, 2011
Exhibition from October 27 – November 4, 2011
PRESENTED BY CHICAGO FAIR FOOD
ART WORKS Projects is pleased to invite you to join Chicago Fair Food in welcoming the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to Casa Aztlan. Join us to learn about CIW’s groundbreaking work in ending slavery and sweatshop conditions in the United States and see images of the work that CIW is doing in Florida while listening to music by by Las Cafeteras and Son Jarocho.
The evening marks the opening of a preview of AT WHAT COST_Human Trafficking/Forced Labor/Child Labor, a work-in-progress collaboration with photographer James Whitlow Delano.
Casa Aztlan – Chicago, IL
CIW Event: Thursday, October 27
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Exhibition October 27 – November 4
M – F 11:00 – 6:00 PM
1831 South Racine Avenue
Chicago IL
Free
Vocal Impact – Chicago, IL
September 23, 2011
ART Works Projects and The Voices and Faces Project invite you to an evening of music in support of and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking. Preview images from the multi-media exhibition AT WHAT COST_Human Trafficking/Forced Labor/Child Labor and learn about The Stories We Tell, a testimonial writing workshop for survivors of sexual violence.
1821 W. Hubbard St.
Chicago, Illinois
To learn more, please go to Vocal Impact
DARFUR/DARFUR – Nashville, TN
October 2, 2011
Jen Marlowe, a human rights advocate, filmmaker and writer will discuss the current situation in Darfur
Sarratt Cinema
Vanderbilt University
PRESENTED BY THE HOLOCAUST LECTURE SERIES
Workshop to Change the World – Chicago, IL
June 20 – 2, 2011
Marwen
833 North Orleans St.
Chicago, Illinois 60610
To learn more, please go to Workshop to Change the World
Women Between Peace & War: Afghanistan Projections – Estoril, Lisbon
May 4 – 6, 2011
Estoril Conference Center
PRESENTED BY CONFERENCIAS DO ESTORIL
Congo/Women Projections – Stanford, California
February 15, 16, 17, 2011
Educational Reception 6:00 PM
Photo Screening 6:30 PM
The Vagina Monologues 7:00 PM
Cubberly Auditorium, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
PRESENTED BY STAND at STANFORD
DARFUR/DARFUR Fabric Prints – Chicago, Illinois
January 22 – March 20, 2011
In conjunction with Winter Miller’s play In Darfur at the Timeline Theater Company
Special programming includes the Sunday Scholars Panel Discussion featuring
Ryan Spencer Reed and African historian Charlotte M. Walker in a FREE one-hour discussion after the play
Sunday, February 13, 2011, starting at approximately 3:40 p.m.
615 W. Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
Tel : +1.773.281.1134
PRESENTED BY TIMELINE THEATER COMPANY
Women Between Peace and War: Afghanistan – Ottawa, Canada
February 15, 2011
4:30 PM
A preview of images in conjunction the launch of
A Woman’s Place, Perspectives of Afghanistan’s Evolving Legal Framework
Produced by Rights and Democracy
Museum of Fine Arts of Canada
Sketches Hall
380 Sussex, Ottawa, Canada
PRESENTED BY RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
Congo/Women – Oslo, Norway
A Special Projection on February 10
Nobel Peace Center
Henrik Ibsens gate 51
0255 OSLO
Tel : +47.22.12.93.00
PRESENTED BY UNFPA, Sex og Politikk, and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Congo/Women – Paris, France
March 9 – 13, 2011
Photography Gallery BETC Euro RSCG
85-87 rue du faubourg Saint-Martin
75 010 Paris
Tel : +1.56.41.36.04
PRESENTED BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Congo/Women – Mesa, AZ
February 17 – March 13, 2011
Paul A. Elsner Library, Room LB145
Mesa Community College
Southern and Dobson Campus
PRESENTED BY MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Additional presentations will be held in the Southwest Reading Room as follows:
Opening Reception – February 23, 6 p.m.
Women in the Congo: Crisis and Change – February 24, 12:00 – 1:15 PM
The Role of Faith Based Organizations in Areas of Conflict & War – February 28, 11:00 – 11:50 AM
Women’s Trauma, Healing, and Health – March 8, 9:00 – 10:15 AM
The Power of Story – March 9, 10:00 – 10:50 AM
2010 EVENTS
Women Between Peace and War: Afghanistan – Chicago, IL
November 17, 2010
THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, COLUMBIA COLLEGE
PRESENTED WITH THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Congo/Women – London, England
October 18 – October 22, 2010
HOUSE OF COMMONS, PARLIAMENT
Congo/Women – London, England
October 16 – October 28, 2010
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS – ATRIUM GALLERY
Congo/Women – Pittsburgh, PA
June 4 – July 25, 2010
PITTSBURGH SPACE
DARFUR/DARFUR Print on Fabric – Middletown, CT
May 3-14, 2010
Open Daily
Zelnick Pavilion, Middletown, CT
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
DARFUR/DARFUR Projections and Print on Fabric – St. Petersburg, FL
April 1-30, 2010
Projections outside the FHM from April 1-7, 2010
FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Congo/Women – Richmond, VA
April 9-30, 2010
VIRGINIA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Congo/Women – Geneva, Switzerland
March 4-26, 2010
United Nations
Hall de Pas Perdus
Launch of exhibition on March 4, 2010 at 18:30
Congo/Women – St. Petersburg, FL
Congo/Women at The Poynter Institute (in cooperation with Eckerd College)
Where: 801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida
When: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:30 pm until
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 11:30 pm
2009 EVENTS
Congo/Women
Yale University
New Haven, CT
November 9 – 19, 2009
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY
October 1-November 3, 2009
Russell Senate Office Building, Russell Rotunda
Washington D.C.
May 11-15,2009
James Cohan Gallery
New York, NY
March 16, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Rayburn Foyer
Washington D.C.
March 5, 2009
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
February 5-14, 2009
Darfur/Darfur
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
November 1-15, 2009
MIT Stata Center
Cambridge, MA
October 15, 2009
International Center of Photography
New York, NY
September 22-23, 2009
La Casa Encendida
Madrid, Spain
February 25-March 1, 2009
2008 EVENTS
Darfur/Darfur
Spertus Institute
Chicago, IL
November 12, 2008
Felipe Science Museum
Valencia, Spain
June 17, 2008
Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Canada
March 14-21, 2008
City Museum of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
February 20-26, 2008
2007 EVENTS
Darfur/Darfur
Gare do Oriente
Lisbon, Portugal
December 5-10, 2007
Scandinavian Human Rights Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
November 19-20, 2007
Schouwburg Cultural Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands
November 9, 2007
New York Historical Society
New York, NY
October 18-24, 2007
Field Museum and Chicago Partner Locations
Chicago, IL
October 2007
The Origins Center, WITS University
Johannesburg, South Africa
August 1-25, 2007
Detroit Public Library
Detroit, MI
October 22-November 19, 2007
Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA
September 7, 2007
Musee de Beaux-Arts de Montreal
Montreal, Canada
September 2007
The Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
September 8-17, 2007
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA
July 2007
Ortakoy Square
Istanbul, Turkey
June 22-24, 2007
Centro Internazionale de Fotografia
Milan, Italy
July 3-6, 2007
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
May 15-22, 2007
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Scottsdale, AZ
May 21, 2007
University of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
April 24-30, 2007
The Jewish Museum
Berlin, Germany
March 15-21, 2007
2006 EVENTS
Darfur/Darfur
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington D.C.
November 2006
The Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, CA
October 14, 2006
The James Cohan Gallery
New York, NY
September, 2006