
Bernstein International Human Rights Symposium: Art and Authority / Art as Advocacy
by Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
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The Symposium schedule is as follows:
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
4:10 PM Welcome and Introductory Remarks
James Silk, Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights, Yale Law School
4:30 PM Keynote: Transforming Political Rage into Activism
Nadya Tolokonnikova, Artist and Founder, Pussy Riot
Commenter: Kymberly Pinder, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean and
Professor of Art and History of Art, Yale School of Art
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
9:30-10:45 Art as Truth
Toto Kisaku, Playwright
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Poet/Musician
Marta Kuzma, Professor of Art, Yale School of Art
11-12:30 Art as Questioning
Minerva Cuevas, Conceptual Artist
Andrei Kureichik, Filmmaker and Playwright
Meleko Mokgosi, Painter and Associate Professor in Painting/Printmaking and Director of Graduate Studies in Painting/Printmaking, Yale School of Art
12:30-1:30 Lunch, Yale Dining Hall
1:30-3 Art as Activism
Threa Almontaser, Award-winning poet
Avram Finkelstein, Artist, Activist, and founder of the Flash Collective
Jasmine Rivera, Interim Executive Director, Pennsylvania Immigrant & Citizenship Coalition and curator, Queremos Justicia / We Want Justice
3-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-5 Art as Solidarity
Russell Craig, Artist, Muralist, and Co-Founder of Right of Return
Tenzin Dickie, Poet, Translator, and Editor
Ali Gali ’22, Writer, Artist, & Cultural Organizer
For more information about full symposium programming, please visit the Schell Center website: https://law.yale.edu/schell/events/bernstein-symposium
If you have any questions, please contact shannon.sommers@yale.edu
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