It Feels Good to Help Darfur!

These images were done by photography students at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, in a course called “Re-presenting Ideas”. In this class we focus on the ways photographs can be constructed to portray specific emotions or ideas.

Marc Gionet came to talk to us about Darfur and our possible involvement with all the efforts to increase awareness about this horrific tragedy. The photo students were then asked to make images that conveyed what they thought and felt about this situation.

We worked on this project over almost 3 weeks. Students brought increasingly refined “draft” versions of their photographs to class where they were extensively critiqued. In some cases the artists did 3 different versions of the work, each time pushing for greater clarity and impact for their messages.

This was a great learning experience.

We also hope this work will contribute to efforts to provide safety and ongoing security to our brothers and sisters in Darfur.

Peter Gross
Photo Teacher
NBCCD

Feels Good to Paint for Darfur

Local artists and FeelsGood.ca members are invited to donate their talent and interpretation of what’s going on in Darfur and how local communities are organizing to influence positive social change.

Paints and supplies have been donated by the AHRC and the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.

The painting session will take place at the NB College of Craft and Design February 24, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. & March 3rd, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Feels Good to Help Darfur Art Exhibit

Donated pieces from Feels Good to Paint for Darfur will be displayed at the Garrison District Ale House on March 16, 2009. Following the event, selected pieces will be exhibited in local businesses, Gallery 78 and in a virtual gallery on FeelsGood.ca

Feels Good to Help Darfur

Join your community in speaking out against the genocide in Darfur on March 16, 2009, at the Garrison District Ale House where you can get informed, inspired and entertained.

Local artists, NB College of Craft and Design students and FeelsGood.ca members will be exhibiting their personal interpretations of the Darfurian crisis and community efforts to produce effective social change through original artistic contributions. These pieces will also be exhibited by local businesses throughout the month of March in an effort to raise awareness.

Omer Ismail, Darfur native, spokesperson for The Darfur Union and the co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development in Washington D.C. will speak on current developments in Darfur and the impact of grassroots movements on the crisis.

Multimedia and informational packages supplied by Save Darfur Canada will be available in addition to merchandise.

FeelsGood.ca musicians will provide the night’s entertainment.

The 2009 Dr. Abdul Lodhi Memorial Lecture Series in Human Rights

The 2009 Dr. Abdul Lodhi Memorial Lecture Series Lecture in Human Rights will be held on Tuesday, March 17 at 4:00 pm in the McCain Auditorium at St. Thomas University.

The lecture will be delivered by Omer Ismail who was born in El Fashir, Western Sudan.

After graduating from Khartoum University, Omer worked as a research assistant to Dr. Mansour Khalid, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sudan. His worked with international relief and development organizations until 1988 when he became the Operations Manager for the United Nations Operation Life Line Sudan, the largest relief operation in the world at the time.

Omer fled Sudan after the NIF (National Islamic Front) took power in 1989 and since has lived as a refugee in the United States. He returned to the United Nations to serve in Somalia from 1992-1994. In Washington, he helped found the Sudan Democratic Forum, a think tank of Sudanese intellectuals working for advancement of democracy in Sudan. He is currently the spokesperson for The Darfur Union, an advocacy group, and the co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development.

Event Sponsors

The Atlantic Human Rights Centre, the St. Thomas University Human Rights Society, FeelsGood.ca, the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Save Darfur Canada and the Garrison District Ale House