• Gallery will show Gaza children’s art after complaints - New Brunswick - CBC News
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/04/24/nb-gaza-childrens-art.html

    Fredericton’s Charlotte Street Art Centre has decided that it will show an art exhibit featuring drawings created by Palestinian children despite its decision to postpone the display last week.

    The art centre was getting ready to display “A Child’s View of Gaza” last Friday until the project was put on hold.

    National organizers of the art exhibit only heard about the postponement at the last minute and were only told that the Charlotte Street Centre had received complaints.

    The art work depicts what the children remember about Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, a two-month-long military assault that killed 1,400 Palestinians, including 300 children.

    Nora Kelly, the president of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, issued a statement on Tuesday evening, saying the board has voted to show the art exhibit starting on April 26.

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    The exhibit in question has already been shown in 30 towns and cities across Canada, including Moncton and Riverview. It showcases works of art, 26 in all, drawn by children in Gaza.

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    Thomas Woodley, the president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, the group that organized the art display, said the art centre’s original decision is a “form of censorship.”

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