Amnesty International media awards

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BY MICHAEL LITHGOW.............................Photo: Tiziana Savinelli
The winners of Amnesty International’s 17th annual Media Awards have been announced. The awards were created to recognize excellence in human rights reporting and to acknowledge journalism’s contribution to raising awareness and understanding about human rights issues. It’s not exactly art in the traditional sense, but there is the ‘art of fact’, so to speak,

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Let Art Talk

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Let Art Talk was launched in 2007 as an innovative and unique way to address important issues facing Uganda and the global community. Communicating social, cultural, economic, and environmental challenges becomes less intimidating through the medium of art.

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sketch (sk-eh-t-ch) – a way of thinking

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sketch (sk-eh-t-ch) – a way of thinking, being and trusting, a way of healing and hoping, a way of seeing beauty and adventure, in ourselves, in each other and in the world

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Art Cause NYC

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Art Cause NYC was founded by artists as a way to renew hope for people in need, as a ray of light to inspire artists around the world to think of new possibilities for the ways in which they can use their art.
It began as a collaboration between artists and supporters in the business and philanthropic world as a way to bring attention to the pressing need around the world of millions of people living in poverty, war and need.

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The US Declines to Sign the Ban of Cluster Bombs

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More than 100 nations, including the UK, have signed a treaty to ban current designs of cluster bombs. The United States declines to endorse the ban.

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About this Site

The Motive Art web site promotes art that has a social conscience. It is not a style, but a belief. A belief that artists can play a much bigger role in helping to make the world a better place. Motive is about how art can make a difference in our world. Artists don't just make a statement through their work, they make an active commitment to change by donating their time and their work to charitiy. Want to know more about it?

There is a thread on our forum that talks in more detail about Motive Art and what it is all about, you can find it here

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How can you help?

Start with Art!

You can get involved by finding a social issue that is close to your heart, then the question that you would need to ask your self is how can my art address this issue? Or if you are not an artist perhaps you know artists that you can ask to become involved.  MotiveArt would like to be a part of raising awareness of the issue as well as the art.
We invite you to create your own idea and then go to our Forum and see if we can get together to help one another.

But you don't have to be an artist, you just have to care.

It's art for life's sake.

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