First ever Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival

The path to peace takes many roads -- but, as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA recently opined: "No human expression reaches into the soul, as does art." The first ever Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival uses this as a jumping off point -- and features more than 400 artists from 50 nations, all using their art to spur positive and specific social transformation. The Festival takes place April 23-25, 2010, just outside of Washington D.C. in Silver Spring, MD.
Included are a film festival, theater festival, dance festival, music festival, digital art festival, art installations, dozens of workshops, book readings, art exhibits, performance art and other activities, plus a dozen advocacy groups running art programming as “Festivals within the Festival.”
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Norman Lear (All in the Family etc., founder of People For the American Way) has signed on as Executive Producer of the Festival. In joining the endeavor, he sent along a note to Art Festival Producer Thomas Block that said: "I couldn't admire more your idea and plan for the Human Rights Art Festival."
For complete information about this unique avenue toward peace please visit: www.humanrightsartfestival.com