International Human Rights Art Festival

The International Human Rights Art Festival, co-sponsored by and housed at the Wild Project, November 12-18, 2018. HONORARY CO-SPONSORS: National Medal of the Arts winner Norman Lear Actor/Singer Barbra Streisand Actor Kathleen Turner Actor Amy Poehler Chinese Democracy Activist Wei Jingsheng Senator Charles E. Schumer (NY) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) Senator Ben Cardin (MD) Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) Senator Susan Collins (ME) Congressman and Civil Rights Hero John Lewis (GA) Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY) Congressman Keith Ellison (MN) Congressman James P. McGovern (MA) Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD) Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL) Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA) Congressman Ted Lieu (CA) New York State Assemblywoman Deborah Glick New York City Councilman and Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer International Human Rights Art Festival @ the Wild Project 195 E. 3rd Street New York, NY 10002 The International Human Rights Art Festival was founded by artist/activist Tom Block on the belief that art can open hearts and minds, and heal the wounds that are evident in our society. Through beauty, sincerity, and passion, we dissolve the boundaries between us. As artists, we engage in open-hearted creativity and discourse with politicians, social leaders, and others. The next International Human Rights Art Festival will take place from December 10-16, 2018 at the Wild Project in New York’s East Village neighborhood. That event will bring together nearly 200 artists producing more than 50 events over the course of the week. In the meantime, the International Human Rights Art Festival will be producing a series of art/activist events around New York City, which will be advertised on this Facebook page, as well as through other means. The Festival was produced last year at Dixon Place (NY) March 3-5, 2017 with more than 150 artists producing 50 human rights oriented events over the weekend. Other past iterations include the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival (Silver Spring, MD, 2010) and the Iraq History Art Project (DePaul University, October 2010), also produced by Tom Block. Television Producer Norman Lear has been a major supporter of the project, through providing grants, advice and artistic connections. Tom is a New York-based artist and writer, best known for the development of his activist art model “Prophetic Activist Art.” He is joined on the production committee by Associate Producer Julia Levine, a theatre artist, writer and activist living in New York City.