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Amizade shows off in gallery

Pictures adorned the walls of The Conney M. Kimbo Art Gallery in the William Pitt Union… Pictures adorned the walls of The Conney M. Kimbo Art Gallery in the William Pitt Union Monday night, celebrating the second annual Amizade photography contest.

The Amizade Global Service-Learning Center, the Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center and Global Connections Pittsburgh partnered to bring this event to the Pittsburgh community.

Global Connections Pittsburgh is “an organization that seeks to link other Pittsburgh organizations concerned with the international community together,” said Eileen Kraus-Dobratz, a director of Global Connections Pittsburgh.

Amizade, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center and Amnesty International are three of the groups on Pitt’s campus that are linked by this mother organization.

The art gallery displays photographs, journal entries and cultural artifacts from some of the countries visited by students who have participated in Amizade courses in the past. The pictures illustrate the services done by students as well as the environments and the communities of Brazil, Jamaica, Northern Ireland and Tanzania.

The art gallery also features pictures taken by local professional photographer Holly Leeds on her trip to Jamaica last year with Amizade.

The exhibit will remain in the gallery through the end of this week.

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