16 years
advocating for
human rights
Image: A CITY IN LIMBO by Brittany Greeson
You’re invited to:
Terroir Territory
December 12, 2024, 6:00–9:00pm
625 N Kingsbury Street, Chicago, IL
Join AWP for our year-end fundraiser featuring a special evening of wine tasting and an exhibition highlighting 10 years of the Emerging Lens Fellowship. This event will feature the work of 2023-24 Fellows Astrig Agopian and Natalia Favre, whose projects reflect the deep connection between land, identity, and cultural resilience. Just as wine is shaped by the terroir that nourishes it, Astrig’s Like There’s No Tomorrow and Natalia’s Maloneras: Seeds of Resistance explore how soil and territory preserve heritage and memory amidst adversity.
If you are unable to attend, or do not reside in Chicago, you can still participate by purchasing sets of digital raffle tickets for one of the many giveaways that will be raffled off on the evening of December 12.
Purchase a ticket here! Student and young professional pricing is available.
ON VIEW:
Borders Cruzadas:
A WELCOMING PLACE
September 20, 2024 – November 1, 2024
Location: Marquette Park
AWP is pleased to debut Borders Cruzadas: A Welcoming Place as part of diversión, a curatorial intervention at Marquette Park.
This outdoor installation kicks-off our public engagement campaign leveraging the universal power of photography and storytelling to foster a more inclusive discourse on immigration. Through a series of photographs by Oscar B. Castillo and Wil Sands, the installations demonstrate how small acts of welcome can turn urban spaces into refuges of hope and belonging. Thanks to support from the Walder Foundation, the campaign aspires to create a tool for understanding and a reminder that cities are shaped by their inhabitants.
Additional installations will launch this fall on October 11 at Humboldt Park and Ping Tom Park.
Borders Cruzadas: A Welcoming Place on view at Marquette Park
Astrig Agopian, 2023 Emerging Lens Fellow
PROJECT LAUNCH:
"LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW"
AWP Presents:
Eight Years of Emerging Lens at 2024 Photoville FESTIVAL
Emmanuel Guillén Lozano, 2016 Emerging Lens Fellow
Jean Chung for Women between Peace and War: Afghanistan
18 Years, 35 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 15 years ago, we’ve supported 35 projects documenting stories around the world.
our timeline
Congo/Women at the Russell Senate building
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All of our exhibitions are designed to tour and can be adapted to a broad spectrum of venue types and sizes.
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Since we launched as a human rights arts advocacy organization in Chicago eighteen 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.