Millions of Pieces:
Only One Puzzle
World Environment Day,
Kigali, Rwanda, June, 2010

At the invitation of the United Nations Environment Programme, Art Works For Change participated in World Environment Day (WED) 2010, hosted in Kigali, Rwanda. The theme for WED 2010, Many Species. One Planet. One Future, is to underscore the significance of biodiversity and the urgent need for conservation action.

Art Works for Change sent the Venezuelan artist, Antonio Briceno, to Rwanda to photograph its many environmental challenges, from overcoming poverty to developing sustainable energy resources to solving land degradation. The exhibition, titled "Millions of Pieces: Only One Puzzle," addresses the importance of our diverse species and ecosystems, and how they contribute to human well-being through their impact upon medicine, climate, food production, energy, design, and culture.

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Off the Beaten Path/AFRICA
Launch date 2012

The relevancy and urgency of the issue of violence against women and girls, combined with the power of exhibition's artwork, is attracting strong interest in Africa for Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art. As a result, Art Works for Change has created an Off the Beaten Path: West Africa adaptation based on the original exhibition, focused on the unique artistic visions, voices, and communities of Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria.

With our in-country partners — Réseau Africain d'Education pour la Santé (RAES), UNESCO Breda, Ministry of Families, Population Media Center, PLAN International, and others — AWFC is serving as a catalyst within the community to facilitate programming and cohesion.

French Cultural Center, Dakar Senegal
July 12- August 31, 2011

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Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art
An International Contemporary Art Exhibition

Thirty-two contemporary artists from 25 countries address violence against women and girls globally and their basic human rights to a safe and secure life.  The beauty of this project is that it combines the highest integrity of art with important social messaging and storytelling to help create awareness, inspiration, and address systems for positive social change and action.

The exhibition, curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg, opened on June, 20, 2009 at the Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Norway and will tour globally through 2014.

The Nature of Cities
United Nations Pavilion, Shanghai Expo, China, July, 2010

Art Works For Change produced a multi-video art installation for the Shanghai Expo. Sixteen video artists, architects and animators created short videos addressing the theme of urban biodiversity.

The renowned Zoetrope Aubry Productions provided the design and technical editing for the project. The visually compelling and entertaining exhibition, combines with effective storytelling, to inform and inspire viewers to respect nature and her ecosystems. The United Nations estimated that installation was seen by 40,000 visitors a day.