Note to Correspondents

EXHIBITION OF INDIGENOUS ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAPHS OPENS

 

ON 19 MAY AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

 

An art and photographic exhibition created by indigenous people from around the world will open with a formal ceremony and reception on Tuesday, 19 May, at 6:15 p.m. in the Main Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby.  It will remain on display until 30 June.

The joint exhibit, “Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Cultures”, presented in conjunction with the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, consists of artworks, tapestries, paintings, photographs and handicrafts created by contemporary indigenous artists, with a focus on the Arctic region.

The exhibit will be opened by Jean-Pierre Gonnot, Acting Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development in the Department of Social and Economic Affairs, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.  This will be followed by a cultural event featuring performances by indigenous artists from Australia, Canada, Russian Federation and the United States.

Also on display are winning photographs in the National Geographic All Roads Film and Photography Festival, which this year features the work of photographers from Afghanistan, Argentina, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh.

The joint exhibition is organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information in cooperation with the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Tribal Link Foundation and the NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

For more information on United Nations exhibitions, call Jan Arnesen at tel: +1 212 963 8531, or Liza Wichmann at tel: +1 212 963 0089.

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