Art Exposing Hate Crimes Against Muslims Vandalized
CAIR-Chicago announced today that vandals defaced an exhibit by Muslim graduate student Anida Yoeu Ali at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The exhibit, which addressed racial...
View ArticleArtist: Racism behind Damage to Piece on Hate Crimes
Ironically, the piece by Anida Yeou Ali is about hate crimes against Muslims. She took excerpts from FBI files on hate crimes against people perceived to be Arab or Muslim. ALI: There were three large...
View ArticleExhibit defaced at School of the Art Institute: Grad student's project...
The exhibit by Muslim graduate student Anida Yoeu Ali is part of a larger series of work at the school titled ""1700% Project,"" which uses art as a form of response to hate crimes, the statement from...
View ArticleMuslim Exhibit DEFACED At School Of The Art Institute
"This is not just an assault on me as an artist, this is an attack on multiple communities to which the work speaks for," Ali said in a statement from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)....
View ArticleArt exhibit on post-9/11 racial violence defaced in Chicago
"Acts like these promote censorship and are an attack on anyone who believes in freedom of expression and freedom of speech," Civil Rights Director at the Chicago chapter of Council on American-Islamic...
View ArticleDisplay meant to stop crimes against Muslims defaced Hateful attack on...
The work, titled "1700 Percent: Otherance," features racist statements written across a white wall. Ali said the piece seeks to bring attention to hate crimes against Muslims and Arabs in the wake of...
View ArticleMuslim art exhibit defaced at the School of the Art Institute
The art work by graduate student, Anida Yoeu Ali, is just one part of a series of work at the school entitled, "1700% Project." That series displays responses to hate crimes in the form of artistic...
View ArticlePolice investigate Loop art vandalism
The artist is a Muslim graduate student at the School of the Art Institute. Anida Yoeu Ali said she was shocked to find someone painted caricatures and the words "kill all Arabs" on her work at 33 S....
View ArticleArt Exposing Hate Crimes Against Muslims Defaced
The exhibit addressed racial profiling and the rise of violence and hate directed at Muslims in the post-9/11 era, according to a release from Chicago's chapter of the Council on American-Islamic...
View ArticleMEDIA DIGEST: Muslim Art Exhibit About Hate Crimes, Defaced at the School of...
Vandals defaced an exhibit by Muslim graduate student Anida Yoeu Ali at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) on Tuesday. The exhibit, which addressed racial profiling and the rise of...
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