The International Print Portfolio: Artists' Expressions of Universal Human Rights

SCHEDULE FOR 2007-08:

Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, Michigan
October 7, 2007 - August 17, 2008

African American Cultural Center Gallery
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
November 10-December 5, 2008

This exhibition has been shown at the following site: African American, Performing Arts Center, Albuquerque, NM

On December 19, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a list of human rights it believed all countries in the world should respect. Many countries in the world have based their own Bills of Rights on the UDHR. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UDHR and to raise awareness of human rights issues, the Artists for Human Rights Trust (Durban, South Africa) published the International Print Portfolio that is featured in this exhibition.

The Portfolio is made up of monochrome wood/linocut prints illustrating various articles of the UDHR. Artists from 25 countries that participated in the project, including Iran, Cuba, South Africa, India, Mozambique and Tibet. The works are striking in the variety of artistic styles they portray, as well as in their emotional and sometimes disturbing subject matter. Each artist brings a unique national and political perspective to issues of human rights that are still being faced globally today.

Click here to see images of the prints in the exhibit.
Click here for a list of participants in the exhibit.


This exhibition is eligible for funding through the Michigan Humanities Council's Arts and Humanities Touring Program. For more information, click here.

Rental fee (4-week period):	$1,500, plus shipping
Number of pieces:	32
Running feet required:	150 - 200 ft.
Insurance Value:	$13,600
Security requirement:	Lockable, limited access display area; trained guards or comparable protection system; provisions to prevent public from touching objects; object handling by museum professionals; temperature and light controls; fire protection according to local ordinances
Additional materials available:	Press materials. Exhibition catalogue available for resale.

Funding for planning the U.S. tour of this exhibition has been provided by Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts with in-kind support from the Michigan State University Museum.

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