Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

A central piece of the exhibition that will set its tone and capture the imagination of the world through its immediate electronic dispersal is ARTMARCH for Juarez, a mass demonstration/performance art piece that will open the exhibition on the afternoon of May 15, 2010. ARTMARCH will begin at 3pm in the 33rd Street Armory for political rally featuring concerned political figures and celebrities. Hundreds of participants, including 700 young women from Drexel University dressed in the iconic pink color of the victims memorial crosses in Juarez, will move through the streets of Philadelphia, finally arriving at the the Ni Una Mas art exhibit at 3401 Filbert Street on Drexel¹s campus. NI UNA MAS intends to set a new standard for the effective convergence of aesthetic experience and political activism.

ARTMARCH Schedule and Itinerary announced:

• 2 PM assemble at the Drexel 33rd St. Armory.
• 3 PM speakers begin
• ARTMARCH begins immediately after final speaker.

To view a map of the ARTMARCH route click the image below. Participants will depart from point A and march through the streets to point B.

Speakers for the rally include Mayor Michael Nutter; Amnesty International executive director Larry Cox; activist and El Paso Times reporter Diana Valdez Washington, author of The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women, the most important book written about the crimes in Juarez; Marisela Ortiz founder of Mothers of Juarez, a Juarez community group dedicated to helping families cope with the pain and loss resulting from the femicides. Marisela’s daughter was a victim of the brutality; and famed forensic sculptor and author of the book Girl with the Crooked Nose, Philadelphia's own Frank Bender.

Travel Instructions

It is encouraged to use mass transit to travel to ARTMARCH. Septa's Blue subway line stops at 34th Street and 30th Street stations and all green subway-surface lines stop at 33rd Street. Upon exiting the subway station you arrive at, walk to the 33rd Street armory (25 N. 33rd St.). Should you drive, metered street parking is available in and around the 33rd Street armory. Parking is also available for a fee in the Drexel garage located in the general services building (34th and Market Streets), enter at the back of the building at 34th and Ludlow Streets. Please be attentive to either metered street parking or the Drexel garage parking fees. There are also several fee-based parking lots in the vicinity of Drexel University.