16 years
advocating for
human rights
Image: A CITY IN LIMBO by Brittany Greeson
Exhibition Opening:
Borders Cruzadas:
A Collaborative Exploration of Migration
Date: June 20, 2024, 5:30 – 8pm
Location: Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago (1104 S Wabash)
Join ART WORKS Projects for the launch of Wil Sands and Oscar B. Castillo’s exhibition, Borders Cruzadas: A Collaborative Exploration of Migration. This opening event marks the culmination of Castillo and Sand’s year-long residency through the 2023–2024 Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues, which furthered their work on their ongoing documentation of the migrant experience.
Borders Cruzadas compiles documentary photography, research, and conversations to present both the physical and the symbolic boundaries that form America’s borders. At this special event we will hear from Castillo and Sands in conversation with Steve Bynum, DEI Manager for WBEZ and AWP Board Member. The exhibition at Glass Curtain Gallery will run from June 20 – August 8, and will include a satellite exhibition at Pueblo Unido Gallery which launches on June 28.
Register here for the June 20 event.
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Oscar Castillo & Wil Sands for Borders Cruzadas: Collaborative Exploration of Migration
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Emmanuel Guillén Lozano, 2016 Emerging Lens Fellow
AWP Presents:
Eight Years of Emerging Lens at 2024 Photoville FESTIVAL
Featured Event
Storytelling that informs Policy
On June 7, AWP, in partnership with The Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI) at The Wilson Center hosted a symposium titled: Storytelling that Informs Policy: Addressing Refugees and Forced Displacement.
This event took place at The Hague Humanity Hub as part of The Hague’s Justice Week events across the city.
Guests at the event had a chance to view AWP’s exhibition, Stories Across Borders, which is on view at the Hague Humanity Hub through June 23.
You can watch a video recording of the event and learn more on our event page.
![Storytelling that Informs Policy: Addressing Refugees and Forced Displacement at The Hague Humanity Hub](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/THHH_Artworks-Event_20230607_HPM07353_HPM_Cristina_18.jpg)
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Jean Chung for Women between Peace and War: Afghanistan
16 Years, 30+ Projects
ART WORKS Projects leverages the power of photography and documentary film to raise awareness and educate the public about some of the most pervasive and grave human rights violations.
Since ART WORKS launched 16 years ago, we’ve supported more than 30 projects documenting stories around the world.
our timeline
![Congo Women show by Addario, Bleasdale, Haviv, Nachtwey at the Russell Senate building.](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Congo_Women-RussellRotunda-installation-rh0009congowomendc.jpg)
Congo/Women at the Russell Senate building
Bring an Exhibit to Your Community
All of our exhibitions are designed to tour and can be adapted to a broad spectrum of venue types and sizes.
We are happy to provide step-by-step support for hosting one of our exhibitions or other projects.
Contact us to learn more about bringing an ART WORKS Projects exhibit to your community.
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our funders include
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![Oak Foundation logo](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Oak-Foundation-logo-transparent.png)
![UN Women logo](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UN-Women.png)
![MacArthur Foundation logo with blue and green background](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MacArthur-Foundation-logo-with-blue-and-green-background.png)
![UNFPA logo in orange](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UNFPA-logo-in-orange.png)
![UNICEF logo on a blue background](https://www.artworksprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UNICEF-in-blue.png)
Support Our Work
Help ART WORKS unlock $50,000 in our year-end donor challenge. Any gift, at any amount will be matched dollar-per-dollar up to $50,000.
Since we launched as a human rights arts advocacy organization in Chicago sixteen years ago, we have made strides in establishing a significant global footprint. Using art to reach hundreds of thousands of viewers, AWP has inspired audience members on five continents to support an end to grave human rights abuses. While we are proud of our impact, we know more essential works needs to be done.