Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan
Gallery at 937 Liberty Ave (second floor), January 27 – February 12, 2012.
We are very excited about helping to bring this exhibit to Pitts-burgh and hope many Meeting folks will attend one or more of the events. Please talk to any of us (Scilla, Elise, Marcy, Mary and Jo) about this project or check out the website. www.windowsandmirrors.org.
Windows and Mirrors is a stunning exhibit of 45 murals from artists across the U.S., shown alongside drawings collected from Afghan high school students about their daily lives. Each panel is a window into the realities of war in Afghanistan—the horror and despair, and the hope and resilience of the Afghan people. The art is also a mirror that reflects back to each viewer their own feelings about being a citizen of a nation at war. Sponsored by AFSC.
The Pittsburgh exhibit also showcases the War Dialogues Project, in which refugees and military veterans of the same wars collaborate through art and storytelling to promote healing and under-standing. This project represents a conversation between two local artists: Joyce Wagner, a US Iraq veteran, and Mina Al Doori, a high-school Iraqi refugee. Sponsored by the Sprout Fund.
Gallery hours:
Wed and Thurs 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday and Sat 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Schedule of Events
• January 27, 5:00-8:00 pm: Exhibit opens as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl
• January 29, 1:30 pm: Disarming Words. Gallery talk and Iraqi poems at the Out of Rubble exhibit at SPACE gallery, followed by a singing escort by the Raging Grannies to Windows and Mirrors and readings of translated Iraqi public poetry and poetry by war veterans, with gallery discussion.
• February 4, 6:00-9:00 pm: Women and War: Women and Peace presents testimonies by women of the impact of war and their search for peace. The evening concludes with an improvisational performance by Pittsburgh Playback Theatre and a chance for the audience to reflect on the exhibit and the stories through the creativity of the Playback actors.
• February 11, 3:00 pm: Lessons Learned From Iraq. Peter Lems, American Friends Service Committee Program Director for Iraq and Afghanistan, discusses the impact of the troop withdrawal from Iraq, our responsibilities, and lessons learned for the peace movement. How can we use these lessons to speed up the re-moval of US troops and bases from Afghanistan?
by Elise Yoder
See our web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/
