Artists for Human Rights Trust sponsors YAP

The Centre for Fine Art Animation and Design thanks the Artists for Human Rights Trust for the part sponsorship of the 2010 Young Artist Programme. Their kind gesture has enabled 10 youngsters who were unable to afford the costs to participate in this unique art programme. The programme began on the 12th of June and will conclude on the 24th June. The public exhibition will be opened on the 3rd July.
 
Artists for Human Rights Trust History


The first seed for what was to become the Artists for Human Rights Trust germinated in an innovative collaborative project involving artists and human rights activists in KwaZulu/Natal. The prime movers behind the project were Coral Vinsen then a member of the Black Sash and the Durban Detainees Support Committee, and Lorna Ferguson, also of the Black Sash and then curator of the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg. Their aim was to mark the 40th anniversary (on the 10th December 1988) of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly. To this end, a meeting was held early in 1988 to plan an art project to celebrate this special anniversary. As a result, the "Artists for Human Rights" committee was formed, and two events planned to take place on the 10th December 1988 (International Human Rights Day) at the Durban Exhibition Centre. The first of the two events was an interactive art and human rights workshop for 400 teenagers of all race groups held on the morning of the 10th December. Read more...