On Sunday, December 6th, fifty-six of Ms. Held's 2014-2015 Clay students exhibited ceramic monuments/memorials at the 5th annual AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS Art Exhibit at Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange in Middletown. In addition to the visual works of art, forty-four seniors from Mrs. Lynch's Creative Writing classes submitted literary works and eight students from Mrs. Wurster's Human Rights class submitted Human Rights scrapbooks.
This exhibit is in honor of the 67th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. This document, "is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected."
The Orange County Human Rights Commission in
collaboration with SUNY Orange and the Orange County Arts Council sponsor this wonderful exhibit, which invites high school juniors and seniors to create visual and literary works of art inspired by one or more of the thirty articles outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The exhibit can be viewed from December 2nd–16th at the Orange Hall Gallery,
SUNY Orange Middletown campus (corners of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues).
I would personally like to thank Fred Cook, the Orange County Human Rights Commission Chair, his Commission colleagues and all the staff and volunteers from SUNY Orange and the Orange County Arts Council who make this exhibit possible. Thank you to the students for their hard work and to the parents for their support.
I would personally like to thank Fred Cook, the Orange County Human Rights Commission Chair, his Commission colleagues and all the staff and volunteers from SUNY Orange and the Orange County Arts Council who make this exhibit possible. Thank you to the students for their hard work and to the parents for their support.
SUNY Orange
Orange County Arts Council
Orange County Human Rights Commission
Click here for brief article in the December 2015 issue of CANVAS (page 8) highlighting the work of one of our students.
Great pictures Lara! Thanks to you and your students for being part of the Human Rights Commission Art Exhibit and thanks for sharing these pictures. Your students created some really amazing and inspiring pieces!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn for all your support!
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