WHO: (from 7-8 pm)   The U.S. Premiere of a short film on TIANANMEN made a month after the massacre from 400 slides smuggled out of China, a Q&A with filmmaker François Bernadi & 3 persons who were there:  Tang Biaqiao, a student leader during the 1989 democracy movement, a graduate of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and the Chair of China Peace and Democracy Federation; Dayong Li, co-founder and Executive Director of Global Service Center for Quitting Chinese Communist Party; Susan Xia Yang, a poet and currently a host of Barnes & Noble Open Mic Poetry Reading.

WHEN: Thurs, Nov. 5, Reception 6-9 pm, Tiananmen Screening & Panel 7-8 pm. Admission free

WHERE: Gallery H, 222 East 34th Street (bt. 2nd & 3rd Aves.) New York City, 2^nd floor

Enter through Club H Fitness.

WHAT: The Visual Artists Guild is sponsoring the ART & DEMOCRACY IV Exhibition to highlight the 20 Year Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the Fall of the Berlin Wall with the work of 35 acclaimed artists highlighting the political and social struggles of our world and the human desire for civil liberties.

WHO: (FROM 6-9PM)   MEET THE ARTISTS, many of whom will be attending: Karin Lisa Atkinson, Melissa Atkinson, Guillermo Bert, Ramona Candy, Long-Bin Chen, Gabriel Ching, Scott Jeffrey Cousins, Wojciech Cwiertniewicz, Lois E. Dickson, Valentina DuBasky,  Diane Grazette-Collins, Guy Grimm, LeRoy Henderson, Hui Wai (Adam) Keung, Polly King, Lap Lam, Shaomin Li, Jacob Livshultz, Jeanne Miles, Gregory Montreuil,  Celeste JB Morton, Philip Nadelman, Kathryn Nobbe, Mike Quon, Christine Randolph, Louise Reiner, William Rock, Lisa Ross, Rose Sacktor, Jacqueline Shatz, Tess Steinkolk, Jude Papaloko Thegenius, Hai Wong, Huang Xiang & William Rock, Association of Overseas Hong Kong Chinese for Democracy & Human Rights.  The Consulting Curator for the show is art critic Cynthia Nadelman.

Meet the artists, and enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, door prizes, and raffle. The Art & Democracy exhibit runs through Dec. 31, 2009 and includes a 3-month series of special events.  Upcoming on 12/3/09 is the US Premiere Screening of: THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES-STORIES FROM CHINA .  Following three successful shows in Los Angeles, this is the Visual Artists Guild's first New York exhibition.

RSVP to: visual.artists.guild.nyc@gmail.com

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