About the Exhibition
Opening reception: Saturday, May 15, 5 - 7 pm
Ni Una Mas (Not One More): The Juarez Murders is
a powerful two-month long exhibition featuring more than 70
works of art by 20 international artists, including works
or participation by Yoko Ono, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, Irish
activist painter Brian Maguire and local artists Arlene Love
and Jen Blazina organized by Drexel University through a collaboration
of academic, student and institutional departments. The goal
of Ni Una Mas is to raise awareness about gender violence
and, in particular, crimes against women in the Mexican border
town of Juarez.
During the exhibition, Ni Una Mas will hold multiple
events including lectures, concerts, film screenings and ARTMARCH,
a public rally/performance arts piece designed to raise awareness
against these crimes. Work of noted forensic artist and Philadelphia
native Frank Bender will also be included in the exhibition.
Ni Una Mas will demonstrate to students and the Philadelphia
region that art can be a force for social change.
Ni Una Mas will kick off with ARTMARCH beginning at 2 p.m.
on Saturday, May 15 at the 33rd Street Armory. ARTMARCH is
a mass demonstration/performance art piece that will include
more than 700 young women from Drexel University on Saturday,
May 15 dressed in the iconic pink color of the victims’
memorial crosses in Juarez. Participants will march for social
awareness and justice through the streets surrounding Drexel
to a rally outside the gallery. Organized by Drexel University
and Amnesty International and featuring noted El Paso Times
reporter and activist Diana Washington Valdez, Maricela Ortiz
founder of Mothers of Juarez-- now called Nuestras Hijas de
Regreso a Casa, forensic artist Frank Bender and Larry Cox
executive director of Amnesty International, ARTMARCH will
provide a forum to speak out against these crimes, which have
been going on for over 17 years. No individuals have yet been
tried or brought to justice.
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