Make Art Not War

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Monday December 05, 2005 20:36 by Nessa - NCAD Students' Union ncadsu at gmail dot com 100 Thomas Street Dublin 8

An exhibition. A protest. A reminder.

NCAD students will host an anti-war art exhibition night in the college, with guest story-teller Coilin OhAiseadha.

The students of the National College of Art and Design would like to invite you to their protest exhibition "Art Not War" on Wednesday 7th December. The event will include works of every shape, size and medium, expressing the views of artists from inside and outside the college who object to the use of violent conflict as a solution to the world's problems.

The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate thought, discussion and hopefully action, by reminding people of the realities of war and why so many are opposed to it. It is intended as an alternative to the marches and rallies which have become repetitive and go unnoticed by a population desensitised by never-ending media coverage of war.

As part of the protest we will be running a postcard campaign against the ongoing war in Iraq. Blank postcards are available before and during the exhibition, and we encourage visitors, or those who can't make it to the exhibition, to draw, paint or write on these, expressing their thoughts on war. These will be posted to the Political Section of the US Embassy after the exhibition. As part of this project we are inviting all visitors to donate the price of a stamp (48c) at the door.

Contributions of any sort - art works, completed postcards, postage stamps, opinions and especially your presence at the exhibition - will be most gratefully accepted. The main event will take place from 18.30 to 20.30 on Wednesday 7th December, in the college campus on Thomas Street, but much of the work will still be on exhibition on Thursday 8th December from 9.30 to 15.30. It promises to be an exciting evening, with painting, print, film, photography, sculpture, music, performance, interactive art, and story-telling by Coilin OhAiseadha!