Celebrate World Refugee Day
June 19th, 2008
IRIS - Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services - and PIER / MacMillan Center at Yale University invite you to a special evening filled with live music, dance, sculpture, photography, painting, and African masks by refugees from Afghanistan, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Haiti and Iraq.
Silent auction of refugee portraits by sculptor Susan Clinard.
5:30 pm, African Dance
6:00 pm, Talk with former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Representative Saihou Saidy
6:45 pm, Refreshments and Concert
8:00 pm, Fine art exhibition and silent auction
The Art of Survival
Experience for yourself why the "art of survival" rings so true for the refugees participating in this year's celebration. Why the essence of self expression, the desire to share, teach and tell stories through all art forms is so crucial to the human spirit. It is sometimes the only thing that refugees bring with them to this country. It is the first brick to build on. We have a lot to learn from their stories, their sculptures, their songs, and their dances.
Location:The MacMillan Center
Henry R. Luce Hall
Yale University
34 Hillhouse Ave.
New Haven, CT
$15 Suggested Donation
http://www.irisct.org/pdf/wrd_art_of_survival_06_19_08.pdf
Sponsored by Puffin Foundation Ltd. and PIER, MacMillan Center
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