Tom Block
Founding Producer of the International Human Rights Art Movement; author of six books; 20+ year artist; producing playwright of 40+ plays in NYC
- Role
- Visual Artist at Painter
- Location
- Queens County, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Block
The International Human Rights Art Festival is a growing 501c3 non-profit organization…
Experience
Visual Artist
Jun 1993 — Present
Tom Block is an artist, writer and activist best known for the development and implementation an activist art theory, “Prophetic Activist Art.” His activist artwork includes the Human Rights Painting Project in conjunction with Amnesty International; Shalom/Salaam Project (exhibiting and speaking throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Turkey, Egypt and other locales around the world); Response to Machiavelli Project and Cousins Public Art Project, with public art installations around the United States.His art has been exhibited more than 200 times in galleries, universities and museums throughout the United States, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. He has been awarded monetary grants and other support from the Norman Lear Family Foundation (CA), Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation (NY), Sugarman Foundation (CA), Nelson Talbott Foundation (MD), Puffin Foundation (NJ), New York Foundation for the Arts (NY), Maryland State Arts Council (MD), William and Mary Greve Foundation (NY), Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (MD) and Amnesty International (NY). He was a 2013 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, at the highest level, and the 2015 Shetterly Prize for a painting of a hero (Sojourner Truth).He has spoken about his theories of using art as an activist tool at conferences and universities, including: Al-Azhar University (Cairo), Irish Centre for Human Rights (Galway, Ireland), Depaul University (IL), Villanova University (PA), Xavier University (OH), University of Arkansas (AR), Ohio University (OH), Fetzer Institute (MI), Manhattan College (NY), Vanderbilt University (TN), University of Calgary (Canada), Institute of Art (Birmingham, England), Emory University (GA), Grand Valley State University (MI), American Popular Culture Association, Mid Atlantic Popular Culture Association, International Peace Research Association and at many other universities and conferences around the world.
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