July 14-30: Art exhibit: Through My Eyes: Children's Drawings from Conflict Zones

Uganda

Exhibition
July 14 - 30
Tuesday - Saturday: Noon - 6 p.m.;
Thursdays Until 8 p.m.
Chelsea Art Museum
212.255.0719
556 W. 22 St.
(at 11th Avenue)
New York, NY 10011

THROUGH MY EYES: Children's Drawings from Conflict Zones

Chelsea Art Museum in association with Amnesty International USA presents an exhibition of drawings made by children from Darfur, Uganda, Chechnya, Kosovo, Sudan and Iraq.
Also featuring photos from Liberia and Sierra Leone by Teun Voeten and a video by young refugees from Burma/Myanmar.

Opening Event/Panel:
Thursday, July 14, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Panelists will include:
Oliver Bercault (Human Rights Watch)
Kristin McHugh (Stanley Foundation)
Dr. Kate Porterfield (Bellevue/NYU Program Survivors of Torture)
Nishkala Suntharalingam (United Nations, Peacekeeping Operations)

With the support of:
AJA Project, Human Rights Watch, Kitgum's Children's Voices for Peace, Stanley Foundation, War Child Netherlands, and the Puffin Foundation.
Organized by: Amnesty International USA / Group 280 Manhattan

(graphic:Courtesy of Kitgum's Children's Voices for Peace)