Freedom Oppression
1997
December
Gallery X
Organizers
Kathy Steichen, SUGS Director and SAIC Amnesty International
Contributing Artists
Phil Davis, K. Kiyota, Sean Lester, Aida Musanovic, Victoria Spaulding, Elisa Strauss, and Dannielle Tegeder
Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:
The Amesty International group and The Student Union Gallery Program at the Art Institute is commemorating International Human Right Day with a week of presentations by human rights activists from the Chicago area and the opening of the Freedom and Oppression Show.
Programs
December 10 4:00-6:00 PM
Gallery X
Brad Simpson, East Timorse Action Network, huma rights in Indonesia
December 9, 12:00-1:00 PM
Lounge Gallery
Michael Helfn, Deputy Director Amnesty International Midwest Regional Area, and Rick Garcia, Director of the Illinois Federation for Human Rights. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Human Rights Isuues.
December 9, 4:30-5:30 PM
Lounge Gallery
Kathy Kelly, Voices in Darkness, Human Rights in Iraq and the U.S. embargo
December 10, 12:00-1:00 PM
Lounge Gallery
Introduction to Amnesty International; Allie, Midwest Regional Student coordinator
December 11, 12:00-1:00 PM
Lounge Gallery
Jim O’Brien, Amnesty International State Death Penalty Coordinator, Earnest James, Murder Victim Family’s for Reconciliation, The Death Penalty in the U.S. and the world.
December 12, 12:00-1:00 PM
Lounge Gallery
John Shay, Human Rights in Burma
December 12, 4:30-5:30 PM
Lounge Gallery
