CENSORSHIP: AN EXHIBITION BENEFITING ARTISTS IN DISTRESS

Please come out and support this event. It benefits the struggle of artistic freedoms.

November 8 – December 6, 2007 / opening reception: Thursday, November 8th; 6 - 9pm* / closing reception: Friday, December 6th; 7 - 10pm*
CENSORSHIP: AN EXHIBITION BENEFITING ARTISTS IN DISTRESS

freeDimensional and L2EL ARTS Host Multi-Media Gala with Local and Global Artists Who Fight Back

New York, NY – From November 8 through December 6, 2007, freeDimensional and L2EL
ARTS will bring together twenty-seven local and global artists who create art that rejects the complex systems that presently dominate humanity and prevent free expression. The exhibition is located at the Brecht Forum on 451 West Street, New York between Bank Street and Bethune Street.
Visit www.brechtforum.org for directions.

Artists including Issa Nyaphaha, a Cameroonian artist who was imprisoned and tortured for his journalistic drawings, and Pierre Mumbere Mujomba, an award-winning Congolese playwright, will exhibit along side artists such as Mike Diana, the first artist ever to be convicted of obscenity in the United States, and Natasha Mayers, Commondreams.org's first resident artist.

The Opening reception on November 8, 2007, 6:00pm-9:00pm, will feature over forty works by twenty-seven visual and performance artists and global activists, interactive sessions, multi-genre musical performances, and multi-media displays. There will be a suggested donation of ten dollars at the door to help raise money for the freeDimensional network. Sponsors for the opening reception include Peripheral Media, Pearl Vodka, and Rogue Ale with catering by Little Giant, Lime, KUMA Inn, Tiapol and Stinky Bklyn. For further details on the event please visit www.L2ELARTS.org and www.freedimensional.org.

freeDimensional is a global platform that organizes community art space and local resources for the support and protection of individuals who create dialogue on global issues and inequalities through their art and media. freeDimensional has over thirty sites across the globe and has assisted dozens of artists in distress. For more information please visit www.freedimensional.org.

L2EL ARTS From Brooklyn to Philadelphia, L2EL ARTS curates, promotes and organizes
artistic events for emerging artists. With an emphasis on social, political and environmental concerns, it is our goal to bring artists working within these realms and their work into the public's awareness. L2EL ARTS was formed in the summer of 2007 by artists, Thomas Bell and Jennifer Harris. For more information please visit www.L2ELARTS.org.

November 8 – December 6, 2007
opening reception: Thursday, November 8th; 6 - 9pm*
closing reception: Friday, December 6th; 7 - 10pm*