The Montana Human Rights Network acquired 4,000 volumes of white supremacist propaganda from a defecting official of the World Church of the Creator. They approached the Holter Museum with the idea to use the books to create art for an exhibition.
More than 100 artists from coast to coast responded to the museum’s open invitation to reflect upon or transform white supremacist propaganda. The astonishing and moving result – in sculpture, video, painting, photography, collage, printmaking, book arts, beadwork, fiber and performance – is thought-provoking, insightful, and opens the way for turning dark to light.
More than 60 pieces were selected and will be on exhibition at the Holter Museum of Art from Jan. 25 to April 15.
This thought-provoking exhibition seeks to challenge and expand us by bringing us face-to-face with different perspectives, breaking through the limits of our comfort, and taking us beyond familiar ground to new territory.
Community Collaboration
Speaking Volumes has been an amazing opportunity to collaborate with many other organizations.
Project Partners
The Montana Human Rights Network
Helena Public Schools
Lewis and Clark Library
Other Collaborating Organizations
Montana PBS
Museum and Art Gallery Directors’ Association of Montana (MAGDA)
Montana Art Education Association
Montana Association of Churches
Montana Arts Council
Montana Center for the Book
Montana Governor’s Office (Lt. Governor John Bohlinger)
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