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Silver Spring, Maryland, April 23-25, 2010
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Produced by Thomas Block
 The first ever Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival will be held in Silver Spring, MD (just outside of Washington D.C.) from April 23-25, 2010. This multi-venue, multi-media event will bring together artists, local businesses and politicians to use socially transformative art to raise awareness of human rights and justice issues, as well as the important work of Amnesty International... read more

Click here for a video about the producer of the festival.

 

Norman Lear joins the Art Festival Executive Committee:

Norman Lear (American television writer and producer who produced such sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude, as well as founding People For the American Way) has signed on as Executive Producer of the first ever Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival. In officially 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 Arts Festival."

 

 

Official Partners

casa logo downtown silver spring logo UNESCO center for peace logo
empowered women international pyramid atlantic logo PAVE logo
artwhino plaza art logo jackie's
88 productions logo Arthritis Foundation kefa cafe mural
docs in progress logo Asian American Literary Review Symposium The Meditation Museum
Very Special Arts International Domestic Violence Memorial Conflict Resolution Center
greg staley photography fenton street market logo silver spring regional center logo
  quarry house tavern city place

 

 

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Honorary Committee
Honorable John Kerry
U.S. Senator
Massachusetts

Honorable Richard G. Lugar
U.S. Senator
Indiana

Honorable Bernard Sanders
U.S. Senator
Vermont

Honorable Olympia Snowe
U.S. Senator
Maine

Honorable Ben Cardin
U.S. Senator
Maryland

Honorable Barbara Mikulski
U.S. Senator
Maryland

Honorable John Lewis
U.S. Congressman
Georgia

Honorable Donna F. Edwards
U.S. Congresswoman
4th Congressional District Maryland

Honorable Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Congressman
Maryland

Honorable Isiah (Ike) Leggett
County Executive
Montgomery County, MD

Honorable Marc Elrich
Montgomery County Councilman
Montgomery County, MD

Honorable Valerie Ervin
Montgomery County Councilwoman
Montgomery County, MD

Honorable Sheila Hixson
State Delegate
Maryland State House

Honorable Tom Hucker
State Delegate
Maryland State House

Honorable Heather Mizeur
State Delegate
Maryland State House

Honorable Jamie Raskin
State Senator
Maryland State Senate

Honorable Duchy Trachtenberg
Montgomery County Councilwoman
Montgomery County, MD