Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate

The Montana Human Rights Network acquired 4,000 volumes of white supremacist propaganda from a defecting official of the World Church of the Creator. The Network decided to use the books as part of an art exhibit to stimulate public discussion about bigotry, anti-Semitism, and intolerance.  The Network approached The Holter Museum of Art with the idea to use the books to create art for an exhibition. Opening in January 2008, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate features over 60 pieces contributed by artists from around the country.

We hope the dialogue fostered by the Speaking Volumes exhibit will promote discussions of the problems that communities face. Only when the roots of bigotry and intolerance are dealt with can we declare victory and view the Speaking Volumes exhibit as representative of our collective past

The exhibit will travel through 2010 to ten other Montana cities and sites around the country. MHRN hopes to host a lecture series at each location that explores how hate groups exploit and amplify the racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of bigotry already present in communities.

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Montana Venues

Holter Museum of Art, Helena	Jan 25 to April 15, 2008
Copper Village Museum and Art Center, Anaconda	Sept 1 to Oct, 2008
University of Montana-Western, Dillon	Nov 3 to Dec 5, 2008
Carbon County Arts Guild and Depot Gallery, Red Lodge	Jan 2 to Feb 10, 2009
Custer County Art and Heritage Center, Miles City	Mar 15 to May 1, 2009
Paris Gibson Square Art Museum, Great Falls	May 22 to Aug 1, 2009
Mondak Heritage Center, Sidney	Aug 21 to Sept 26, 2009
The Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Helen E Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman	Oct 15 to Dec 15, 2009
Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, Missoula	Jan 7 to Mar 7, 2010
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings	Mar 25 to June 27, 2010

Special Report

Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate                            
                              
Media on the Exhibit

Ugliness Into Art

Exhibit an Artist Look At Hate

Shedding Light on Hate