"Love (and compassion) are the only engines for survival." ~ Leonard Cohen

Detail of “Peace and Struggle” Mural 
by Anas "Andy" Shallal 

@ Busboys & Poets, Washington DC

This mural takes the viewer on a journey through the civil rights movement. Some of the faces and events you see on the wall represent the struggles and triumphs of that period. The word “PEACE” at the center of the mural held by women suffragists and peace activists from the Women’s Peace Party provides a focal point for the room. At the top of the mural are the words of Langston Hughes’s poem, “Let America Be America Again.” This poem represents the hopes and aspirations of a true democracy.

Revisiting "Metta" on Friday, November 9, 2016

Detail of "Metta" 
© Mary Becker Weiss

Metta evokes within a warm-hearted feeling of fellowship, sympathy and love which grows boundless with practice and overcomes all social, religious, racial, political and economic barriers. Metta is a universal, unselfish, all embracing love.

New Banners for Women's March on Washington by UMVA's Artists Rapid Response Team

 

Learn more about Union of Maine Visual Artists

and ARRT! (Artists Rapid Response Team)

Check out some incredible banners 

created by UMVA's ARRT! (Artists Rapid Response Team)