North Dakota Human Rights Arts Exhibition

January 7, 2022 - January 27, 2022

Third Floor

Returning for its fifth year, and again demonstrating power in quality, diversity, and strength, Plains Art Museum welcomes back the 2022 North Dakota Human Rights Art Exhibition. This exhibition displays artwork that celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its standard of achievements for all peoples and nations. Artists, activists, and everyday individuals who have stories to share about social justice or civil rights issues participate with artwork created within a variety of disciplines to educate, engage and facilitate discussion around local and global human rights topics. This thoughtful exhibition includes painting, drawing, sculpture, experimental film, video, writing, and installation pieces and will travel to select venues around the state of North Dakota throughout the year. The North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival is managed and facilitated by the non-profit organization The Human Family based in Fargo, North Dakota. For more information on its 2022 exhibition travel schedule, please visit human-family.org.

This project is supported by the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the North Dakota state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, and in part by the Arts Partnership, with support from the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo.
  • Brett Lysne, Flowers for 2020, Screenprint, 19 x 25 in.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Flight Without Fear

Ongoing
Flight Without Fear

Using acrylic paint on pasted paper, the mural Flight Without Fear explores the dangers of city windows, which kill over a billion birds each year in the U.S. alone. This window painting serves a dual purpose, both saving birds by disrupting the deadly reflections in the window and educating the public on the importance of bird-safe glass.

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Convergence:

Ongoing
Convergence:
Hope, Love, Resilience, Rest, Community

This installation was created specifically for the atrium at Plains Art Museum as part of the exhibition Convergence: Health & Creativity. Inspired by Labovitz’s research on the psychological benefits of art, this piece celebrates the connection between art and well-being.

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S.P.A.C.E. 2024-2026

Ongoing
S.P.A.C.E. 2024-2026

The S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpture Pad Art Collaborative Experiment) project is a public art initiative led by Plains Art Museum in collaboration with NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia College. Sculptures are displayed for two years.

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No Time For Despair

Ongoing
No Time For Despair

To say that right now is the ideal time to make art that speaks directly to the people about social justice is an understatement. Because the very nature of art is to undertake or assume the role of a healer by shading light on the human condition.

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Bee in Flight

Ongoing
Bee in Flight

Community artist and school art teacher MeLissa Kossick, who guides youth classes at the Museum on art, gardens, and pollinators, has created an enchanting mosaic design in the Creativity Pathway in the Serkland Gallery called Bee in Flight.

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