Drawing Oslo Freedom Forum
The first day of inspiring activists and journalists
There are many places in the world where citizens aren’t free, and every year when I come to the Oslo Freedom Forum, I learn about more of them. It’s upsetting and worrisome, the rise in authoritarian regimes. But at this gathering, in this community, you also learn about the activists who are risking thier lives to make changes in their countries. It’s inspiring and humanizing. And gives one hope.
OFF invites me every year to live-draw their speakers, and also do sketches of the attendees from time to time. Today we learned about Uganda, Iran, Palestine, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cambodia. It was day one of three, and here are my drawings.
And then some of the public and the staff:
Thanks for reading. If you want to learn more about these activist and journalists, go to this page on Oslo Freedom Forum.
See you tomorrow!
Outstanding. All of this. My hope is that this is more widely disseminated.
I do believe the Arts (capitalized to serve for me as an umbrella term for everything that encompasses) are the implacable enemy of suppression in all its forms, everywhere. Your work exemplifies this.
Thank you for sharing these. It's very moving to see how many people around the world do not have the freedoms that we take for granted.