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Friday, September 22, 2023 at 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art - Cornell University, Wing Lecture Room, Floor 2L 114 Central Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853
Artistic freedom is a fundamental democratic right.
Creative expression, from poetry to street art, theater, and literature, is often at the vanguard of political resistance and change, and so artists are some of the first to be silenced. In this panel, speakers discuss their own experiences as artists in authoritarian contexts where their ability to produce art was violently suppressed.
These artists have all found haven at Cornell. Their art speaks to the trauma of authoritarianism and the hope for change.
Speakers:
Sharifa “Elja” Sharifi, Afghan visiting scholar and 2022–23 Artist Protection Fund Fellow at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Pedro X. Molina, Nicaraguan political cartoonist and visiting critic with the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Khadija Monis '24, Afghan student, poet and artist
Rachel Beatty Riedl (moderator), director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and John S. Knight Professor of International Studies
The event is sponsored by the Johnson Museum and Global Cornell as part of the university’s theme this year on The Indispensable Condition: Freedom of Expression at Cornell. The event will be held in person and livestreamed.
Streaming site:
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/94223603515?pwd=NHo1MjFGVjBmK2dqN3NJWERjbnQ0UT09
Johnson Museum of Art, Art, Global Cornell, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Comparative Muslim Societies Program, East Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Institute for African Development, Institute for European Studies, South Asia Program, English, Alumni
Please call 607-254-4292 if you need accommodations to participate.
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