Participate in our Citizens of the World Exhibit

Food for thought

 

We are excited to open our Citizens of the World Exhibit. Today’s artists are working to examine our preconceived ideas of citizenship and our responsibility to one another.  Through images of culture, portraits, customs and ideas that celebrate our diversity.

  

A citizen of the world respects and values the diverse interdependent communities who have a right to exist in a just, equal, and healthy world. Everyone can be a World Citizen. These individuals are defined by a sense of empathy and compassion for their fellow human beings, a respect for diversity and a willingness to share in the cultures of others, an awareness of the realities of others, and a desire to create positive change in the world by contributing within their capacity.  Being a Global Citizen means one world, where everyone has an equal chance to thrive.

At no time in the history of the world has our world been smaller, more accessible.  We are more connected through phones and the internet.  We can hop on a plane and be halfway around the world in a matter of hours.  People today work to navigate increasingly global networks to understand and embrace changing ideas of citizenship, national identity and self. We all live in more than one community. Our immediate communities, like our family, friendship circles, schools, universities, and places of work or worship. Broader communities, like our neighborhood or town. Global communities like our countries, and our planet.  Each one is getting broader and more diverse.

Rolina Carter

Gallery Manager