Posts tagged: Art

Call for Participants: Get Up! Stand Up for Human Rights! Project

Get Up! Stand Up for Human Rights!The Filipino Arts and Justice Forum is calling for all artists, human rights advocates, concerned groups, and individuals to participate in the Get Up! Stand Up for Human Rights! Project in commemoration of International Human Rights Day 2010. The project is a three-month series of art-making and educational workshops about human rights starting September – December 2010. Selected art works created from these workshops will be part of a large multi-media art exhibit at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock from January 14, 2011 – February 5, 2011.

The Filipino Arts and Justice Forum is a broad coalition that brings together Habi Arts (habi-arts.org), SiGAw! (sigawla.tumblr.com), and other affiliated organizations, individuals, and artists in Los Angeles who unite to address human rights through art.

Applications are due by October 15, 2010. Early applicants get priority for workshops. If you are interested, please continue reading by clicking here or by downloading the more detailed Project Description, Application, and Workshop Descriptions.

For questions please email: standup4humanrights@gmail.com.

Habi Arts Photo Project Exhibited in State Capitol Rotunda to Commemorate Labor Leader Miguel Contreras

“…Produced in the summer of 2008 by the UCLA Labor Center in collaboration with the Habi Arts Collective in Los Angeles, the installation of the collection of works recognizing the life and achievements of Miguel Contreras in the State Capitol Rotunda will be the first ever public display of the exhibit.”

Read complete press release of  California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass:
Click here

View photos of exhibit in the State Capitol Rotunda:
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