ArtForAmnesty

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin Art: James Baldwin (2012) by Rosemay Dahan #ArtForAmnesty 

"Art is the unapologetic celebration of culture through expression.” - @beyonce 

"I make art for Indians to have and that makes white people think." - Steven Paul Judd

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou

In Malawi people with albinism are killed for their body parts which are sold for use in witchcraft.  Ritual murders of people with albinism in Malawi must end. Art by Jerome Lagarrigue

“I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs.” - Gordon Parks

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily lives off our souls." - Pablo Picasso

“I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.” - Lady Gaga

Art For Social Justice, Sat Jan 30 from 12 - 5PM at Urban Zen, 711 Greenwich Street, NYC

"My job is to create a reflection of what I am, an individual who smooths their own contradictions.” - Zoulikha Bouabdellah

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” - Martin Luther King Art by The Love Unlimited

“Never forget what you’re fighting for!” - Muhammad Ali Art: Ali, Kinshasa, Zaïre, 1974 (painted in 2010) by William Klein

Race and ethnicity still have impacts on the extent to which a person is fully included in American society and provided the equal opportunity and equal protection promised to all Americans. Art: Towards a Walk in the Sun (2005) by Jamal Cyrus

Happy birthday Martin Luther King! Art: I Have A Dream (2013) by Jonas "Sun7" Bournat

“A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.” - Ai Weiwei

Fact: 78% of the world’s weapons are from six countries: China, France, Germany, Russia, UK and USA. Art: TOY by Nacer #GunViolence