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Seeing Peace
Artists Collaborate with the United Nations
Talks/Lectures, March 28, 2006
8:00pm to 9:30pm
8:00pm to 9:30pm
Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate with the United Nations
Richard Kamler, Artist/Director of Seeing Peace will give a presentation on the status of the Seeing Peace project.Location: Payne Presentation Room
Tuesday, March 28, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Link: Seeing Peace Website
What if Picasso had painted Guernica, possibly modern art's most powerful antiwar statement, before the bombs fell on the town of Guernica? Might the outcome have been different? Can art and the creative imagination have the force to effect change? These are some of the questions that inform the most recent work of artist Richard Kamler.
Long time artist/activist/curator Richard Kamler will speak about his newest project, Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate with the United Nations at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. Seeing Peace seeks to bring the artist to the table of the General Assembly, seated along side their respective ambassador from each of the 191 member nations of the United Nations. They will enter the General Assembly, pair by pair together, declaring the presence of the imagination as a crucial element in international dialogue.
Kamler’s work, including public installations, sound pieces, actions, events, drawings, sculptures and public presentations have dealt with many important social issues and environmental considerations. They have been exhibited nationally and internationally in venues ranging from Art Space in New York to the Experimental Video Festival in the Netherlands to Alcatraz Island. Kamler is currently the Chair of the Visual Arts Department of the University of San Francisco, where he also directs the art outreach program, “Artist as Citizen in Contemporary Society.” He has been in residence at Blue Mountain Center for the Arts in New York, Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, and Millay Colony for the Arts in New York. Kamler has received many awards and grants for his work, including a Visual Arts Fellowship in New Genres from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Richard Kamler’s talk is free and open to the public, and begins at 8:00pm.
For more information, contact Susi Kerr at 518-580-5532
Long time artist/activist/curator Richard Kamler will speak about his newest project, Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate with the United Nations at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. Seeing Peace seeks to bring the artist to the table of the General Assembly, seated along side their respective ambassador from each of the 191 member nations of the United Nations. They will enter the General Assembly, pair by pair together, declaring the presence of the imagination as a crucial element in international dialogue.
Kamler’s work, including public installations, sound pieces, actions, events, drawings, sculptures and public presentations have dealt with many important social issues and environmental considerations. They have been exhibited nationally and internationally in venues ranging from Art Space in New York to the Experimental Video Festival in the Netherlands to Alcatraz Island. Kamler is currently the Chair of the Visual Arts Department of the University of San Francisco, where he also directs the art outreach program, “Artist as Citizen in Contemporary Society.” He has been in residence at Blue Mountain Center for the Arts in New York, Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, and Millay Colony for the Arts in New York. Kamler has received many awards and grants for his work, including a Visual Arts Fellowship in New Genres from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Richard Kamler’s talk is free and open to the public, and begins at 8:00pm.
For more information, contact Susi Kerr at 518-580-5532
Press Release 
PDF: Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate with the United Nations Seeing_Peace_PR.pdf 