{"id":52502,"date":"2014-06-23T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=52502"},"modified":"2014-10-15T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T16:07:54","slug":"59-days-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/59-days-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 59 Days of Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Celebrating Independence through Art and Activism<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2014, people around the world will celebrate the Independence Days of 59 countries through a series of simply executed celebrations that convey a great appreciation for cultures other than their own. It is part of a community based project created by artists and activists Heather Layton and Brian Bailey \u201809W (PhD).<\/p>\n

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In February, Megan Brown \u201812 and her students in Malawi learned about Kuwait and the country\u2019s journey to liberation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Layton, an artist and senior lecturer in Art and Art History at the University of Rochester, and Bailey, associate professor of Adolescence Education at Nazareth College, have a long history of creating socially engaging art that benefits the community.<\/p>\n