Arts of Building Peace (exhibition)
Date: 2006-present [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Racial/Ethnic [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Painting [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Lior Halperin, a 27-year old Israeli, fomer Tsahal officer, student in art at Brandeis.
Confronting Bodies: Brandeis University
Dates of Action: May 2006
Location: Brandeis University
Description of Artwork: Drawings by Palestinian refugee 12-year old children
The Incident: As part of an art project for a class entitled "The Arts of Building Peace", Ms Halperin presented these drawings. Jewish activists on the campus asked that the exhibit be cancelled, and the University canceleld the exhibit after four days.
Results of Incident: The MIT Palestinian student association is now hosting the show.
Source: http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/05/03/brandeis_pulls_artwork_by_palestinian_youths/ [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
