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No Matter What The story of Khosrow, a green grocer who paints masterpieces at his store at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486638720097-QA84ND2HR1WLBYY9H3CA/demolition.png Documentary Films & Animations Art of Demolition 4 artists in Tehran pay an homage to their decaying city by turning a building about to be demolished into an art exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486663869308-OQM58VCPKF9Z6HAQE7HT/sadr.jpg Documentary Films & Animations Welcome to Sadr City A rare insight into one of Iraq’s most dangerous areas where very few foreigner have dared to visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486643944146-87C00HMKK4L454ESBBRY/Tolightacandle.png Documentary Films & Animations To Light a Candle The little-known story of the underground university of Iranian Baha’is who are persecuted and killed by the government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486638812887-W80R1VB8XDDVVAX0W1CZ/machmaker.png Documentary Films & Animations Mohammad and the Matchmaker A fly on the wall of look at AIDS in Iran, and how a doctor is determined to find a wife for his HIV+ patient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486997041956-99Q4RM9IKVA3M9VP2UNL/hameh-dan.jpg Documentary Films & Animations Hemeh Danha (The Know It All People) The most difficult words to utter for many Iranians are: I don’t know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486639969548-ZADYSVJ2NH0GLZWXMLQW/ayatolah.png Documentary Films & Animations Online Ayatollah Maziar Bahari is the only filmmaker who has ever filmed inside the house of a grand ayatollah. The resulting is a riveting documentary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486997403840-8TH8CLUZ0DEQFLS0V3TE/odyssey.jpg Documentary Films & Animations An Iranian Odyssey The definitive film about 1953 CIA engineered a coup to overthrow the prime minister of Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487242731475-30QH9XQTRTDVH5TN4D4X/film-banner-02.jpg Documentary Films & Animations https://www.off-centre.productions/paint-the-change daily 0.75 2017-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487087042685-Q25U79QEPF5S4YJF6PL5/5+small.jpg Paint the Change - Ricky Lee Gordon - Cape Town Ricky Lee Gordon is a self-taught artist born in Johannesburg and now living in Cape Town. He is renowned for his large murals which focus on bringing to light relevant social issues, exploring the nature of human beings in present society, in history and in nature. His achievements in public art have made it onto CNN, the Mail & Guardian’s ‘200 young people in SA who make a difference’ and National Geographic’s list of ‘11 street art greats’ alongside the likes of Banksy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487087043248-80KJH5I2DF5BCTSER8CL/12240933_910552039000327_589926597118089725_o.jpg Paint the Change - Andrew Whispa and Wesley Pepper - Johannesburg  Re-imaginers Andrew Whispa and Wesley Pepper say that 'art has the strength to make reality say what it would not have been able to say by itself or what it might have left unsaid'. Active in the public art and social activism scene in South Africa, they joined Education Is Not A Crime to support the universal need for education equality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487087046353-7WDUAPM2W6ODY1W2EBRZ/IMG_0498.JPG Paint the Change - Andrew Whispa and Wesley Pepper Whispa Pepper explained their street-side intervention to promote the Education Is Not A Crime campaign in Johannesburg: "We drew a line across the street vendors and mainstream Johannesburg culture. The first stage of our campaign was to place ourselves at a busy road intersection at the epicentre of the media and film hub in Johannesburg. We strategically stood there with artworks almost forcing the public to pay attention. ..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487087112721-SO1G1YR15I69MTVJAWVD/IMG_1841.jpg Paint the Change - Dave the Chimp Dave the Chimp’s work mixes cute and childlike styling with political messages. He began painting at least ten years ago and is influenced by skateboard culture and the urban landscape. His work can be identified by his positive messages and has appeared on the streets, in galleries and in publication across Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487087123618-Z3ZAVHC5LMI28B12EG2A/wall-progress-stills-00394.png Paint the Change - kennardphillipps  Artists kennardphillipps are renowned for addressing social and political issues in their work and are known for the acclaimed image of Tony Blair’s ‘selfie’ Photo Op. In a statement released by the duo they explain: 'The repression of Baha’is in Iran has come to our attention through this project. Highlighting injustices around the world is central to what we do in our work. We hope this huge image in London will encourage people to look at this issue of persecution.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487087119487-IDZ5SEUWB0WDRW6QNGFS/Zbiok+London.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085854732-VLSLEUYQVPS60ZDD9PFB/brazil-americana-mural.jpg Paint the Change - Leonardo Smania Donanzan - Americana Leonardo Smania Donanzan from Americana (State of São Paulo) created a lucid depiction of a young Baha'i student. He hopes that this work will serve as a constant warning against the prohibition of rights and any form of religious intolerance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085855283-GVFZ8XBHLDGYMMPFHH1J/IMG_8193.jpg Paint the Change - Apolo Torres - São Paulo Apolo Torres's mural has the distinction of being the largest of the Education Is Not A Crime campaign – rising more than a dozen storeys in the heart of São Paulo. His depiction of a schoolgirl with a serpent winding round her ankle but reaching to a sky of books is iconic of the campaign and a standout image of education equality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085859033-ZEGUJUJOMGQUHY7B3H4O/Londrina06.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085860339-G9KEJ73FYPX7DXCX4DPY/rio-mural-street-facebook-effect.jpg Paint the Change - Marcelo Melo and Gustavo Amaral Artists Marcelo Melo and Gustavo Amaral created this epic street painting on the pavement of the Atlantica, one of the busiest avenues in the city of Rio, Brazil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652077155-PLWO3I59FIS2T6PNTRK9/_1RL2436.jpg Paint the Change - Elle's Let Get Some Ladies Up Here The beautiful Not A Crime mural at 126th Street, off Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, on the back of PS154, shows two women who are actually collages of different women to symbolise the oneness of humanity. And Elle's mural has the distinction of being emblazoned with the largest rendering of the campaign name – Education Is Not A Crime – across Harlem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652079542-J2LG2OBM01JR9L6G449A/_1RL9336.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652085211-U7Z03ERYO3KF4PU72P3C/_J7A7995.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652090826-RM0D1HJBF777QHU5ZO2M/_J7A8367.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652097818-UQBUMI5GO2QQJ48N2NCM/_J7A8509.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652097671-3OMZV3P1A0V2XYK3ZMW1/_J7A8524.jpg Paint the Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652099802-SPPX9P9HISVTKMFVDYZU/Alexendre-Keto.jpeg Paint the Change - ALEXANDRE KETO For Brazilian artist Alexandre Keto, the marginalised Brazilians of African descent, are a key part of his art. He has always wanted to transform the lives of under-represented people and to try to create a community through his art. Alexandre has painted a wall on Frederick Douglass Blvd, depicting two women and a child under a baobab tree which symbolises knowledge and wisdom. The tree has the image of the Tehran University gates carved into its trunk resembling the barring of education for Bahai’s in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652107240-ER28YHW5LUFWKROL0P35/ASVP.jpg Paint the Change - ASVP Brooklyn based duo, ASVP began working together in 2007. Their art is a combination of multi-layered graphics with a mix of Eastern and Western imagery and bright, bold colours. They also use comic and pop culture graphics to satirise the advertising industry. For #NotACrime, the duo are creating a mural of a pencil with spikes along the shaft to depict the restriction of access to education for Baha’is in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652110181-1VMSO0YNVUQMGTCDOOCM/BustArt-1591.jpg Paint the Change - Bustart's Little Girl and Not-Hobbes Swiss artist Bustart joined the Not A Crime campaign with his monumental – four storeys tall – mural at the ABC school in Harlem. His picture of a schoolgirl with her toy tiger shows a series of drawings falling away. The drawings are copies of actual drawings by the children of the ABC school. And the fact that they're falling away represents the stolen dreams of young Iranian Baha'is denied their right to go to university by their own government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652111348-TS4T9UF79FWLV44PXBZA/Cyrcle.jpg Paint the Change - CYRCLE American artist David Torres also known as “Rabi,” is part of an art duo called “Cyrcle”. His artwork focuses on life and the human condition. His piece for #NotACrime is of a ruler broken in half with the words “Made In Iran,” to depict a shattered education system. His piece is in the Nelson Mandela memorial garden and is in support of access to education for Baha’is in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652111350-K1TYGGSAWOOTOY9VSOQA/Faith-47.jpg Paint the Change - FAITH47 Faith47 is a South African street artist whose career spans more than 15 years. Through her art, she explores global political aims and advance the expression of personal truth. Her work has been exhibited and installed all over the world. For #NotACrime, Faith47 painted a mural on Colombia and Woodhull Streets in Brooklyn depicting Atena Farghadani in a headscarf without a mouth. Farghadani, an Iranian artist and political activist is sentenced to 12 years in prison for drawing a politically motivated cartoon. Faith47 paints in support of freedom of journalists in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652124400-PSSNMPNRW8F01RWHATDM/FullSizeRender.jpg Paint the Change - Alexandre Keto at PS7 "Everybody should be free to go to school, to learn, to understand ... We need to take care of each other!" Alexandre Keto's Afro-fabulist mural at the PS7 school in East Harlem depicts a powerful mother figure watching over and educating her children in a lake. The fantastical setting is Keto's way of evoking many themes – education equality, care for the planet, and bridging communities of color and of suffering from around the world – in one piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652114110-MK7HXBMSRJXVXOQAMVQ3/icy-sot.jpg Paint the Change - ICY & SOT Icy and Sot, sibling duo, are originally from Tabriz, Iran. They are famous in the Iranian urban art culture for their artistic accomplishments. They now live and work in Brooklyn, NY and continue to dismantle pre-conceived notions of Iranian tradition through their street art. Their work encompasses themes of human rights, justice, social and political causes. For #NotACrime, the artists have used their signature black and white stencils to depict imprisoned Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani with a backdrop of protesters, to show their support for freedom of expression in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652140979-XU1PDOHF90PYW610D778/IMG_6087.jpeg Paint the Change - Franco the Great's Knowledge is Power Franco "the Great" Gaskin is a Harlem legend. He has painted murals and roll-down gates across the neighbourhood – especially on 125th Street – for 30 or 40 years. His piece for the Not A Crime campaign, a message of education equality for people of all backgrounds, was a landmark for the project; a local celebrity helping raise awareness about the persecution of the Baha'is in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652133346-XPZAKQDRL8ATNA1N2W26/IMG_6240.jpg Paint the Change - Education Is Your Shield and Trophy Erik Burke – aka OverUnder – painted a mural of flowers surrounding a mother with her child. And arcing over the piece is his slogan "Education Is Your Shield and Trophy" – already a hit in the neighborhood. Burke's piece is on the back of PS154, at 126th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, in the heart of Harlem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652138915-TIHOYCUTD6ECQA73WQCS/IMG_6340.jpeg Paint the Change - El Cekis meets Mahvash Sabet Chilean artist El Cekis painted this African American boy’s face, in profile, housing blocks blended into his skin, poised between a tangle of bars behind him and greenery ahead. The boy is reading a book. The lines on the page – visible to anyone who walks by – are from a poem by the jailed Iranian Baha’i and educator Mahvash Sabet. “I began to wonder whether these confines really defined the limits of my self,” Sabet’s poem says, “And then I saw in the heart of the tower / In the middle of the road / From the dry earth’s blistered core / … A few leaves sprouting / Green and neat.” Sabet’s words were written inside Evin Prison in Iran. But when paired with the face of an African American boy on a mural in Harlem they ceased to be one person’s prison poem and became a symbol of the Not A Crime campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652148316-2V6BL2JJE1EREWTCGL3D/IMG_7738.jpeg Paint the Change - Astro's Gate Modelled after the famous gates of Tehran University in Iran, as well-known in that country as the dome of Columbia's library in the US, or the spires of Oxford in Europe, Astro's trompe l'oeil mural in central Harlem has inspired passersby as a symbol of a path to light and hope amidst adversity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652145698-S121HI3I1TQ6DMOCIK9A/IMG_8012.jpg Paint the Change - Nasim by Rone Nasim is a 29-year-old Iranian woman, an art student and photographer, and a Baha’i. The Australian artist Rone painted this portrait of her on the side of the Storefront Academy at Park Avenue and 129th Street in Harlem. Nasim was a student in the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education – the “underground university” that Baha’is created in Iran, because they’re banned from higher education – when, in 2009, Iran erupted into days of protests over the rigged reelection of then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Nasim was out taking photos when she was arrested and briefly detained by the authorities. She was held for a few days and government agents tried to force her to falsely confess that she and other Baha'is were responsible for the protests – she refused. Nasim was released but she decided to leave Iran. Today she is completing her art studies at UC San Diego. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652164992-NVEBO24B4V58HHJSH3GN/IMG_8149.jpeg Paint the Change - Patch Whisky's Reading Daisy Carolina-born street artist Patch Whisky has a signature creature – he calls her Daisy. Patch created a special Reading Daisy – at 120th Street and 3rd Avenue – for the Not A Crime campaign. Daisy is reading a forbidden book of knowledge – notice the lock, which she was able to unlock thanks to finding the key – and so she's a perfect icon for striving to gain an education despite whatever obstacles or injustices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652155594-X9GWZ6FK8SKYN9AUZ98B/jason-woodside.jpg Paint the Change - JASON WOODSIDE Jason Woodside is an American artist and native to New York City. He attended the School of Visual Arts and has collaborated with Adidas, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Obey Clothing amongst others. His piece is painted on Frederick Douglass Blvd with his signature colours that mark his work. His piece is in support of access to education for Baha’is in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652173505-M2W80KW64XSLNO4INOJV/Jennifer.jpg Paint the Change - CAKE American artist Jennifer Caviola, also known as "Cake" is from New York. She is a fine artist who loves to work in public places to show her solidarity with women in the form of portraiture. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post and Vogue, amongst others. Cake’s piece for #NotACrime can be seen in Jersey City. For this piece she has painted imprisoned Mahvash Sabet, an Iranian poetess and teacher. She paints to show her support for the freedom of education for Baha’is in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652167290-C8XCY50EFVHBA6VI0FAM/Marina-Zumi.jpeg Paint the Change - MARINA ZUMI Argentinian artist Marina Zumi now lives in Brazil where she is one of the most prominent female street artists. She came to street art from a background in fashion design, which influences her colourful, unique style. Zumi has painted a wall on Frederick Douglass Blvd, depicting a gazelle whose eyes have been censored by a red line. The words "No Truth No Light" stand in striking white underneath an image of the gates of Tehran University. This work is painted in support of the freedom of education for the Baha’is in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652178431-LIZA0GN16M75RCUT7CVP/never2501.jpg Paint the Change - 2501 Italian artist Jacopo Ceccarelli, known as "2501", began graffiti at the age of 14. He went to the South American school of street art in Brazil where he formulated his artistic style – depicting nature through the abstract. His works have been exhibited all over the world including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. For #NotACrime, 2501 painted a public mural on the corner of Lexington Avenue, depicting birds breaking free from a cage. His piece is in support of freedom for journalists in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652177985-3AZF76VUUW1VL71U5NAL/Nicky-Nodjumi.jpg Paint the Change - NICKY NODJOUMI Iranian-American artist Nicky Nodjoumi was exiled from Iran in 1979, for creating artwork that criticised the Shah’s regime. He currently lives in New York and has had his art exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum in London, amongst other prominent venues. His piece for #NotACrime depicts a pair of handcuffed hands with the words “Journalism Is Not A Crime”. His piece is located in Long Island City and is in support of the freedom of journalists in Iran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652201944-HKD7CWRKLA2HSKULUGQY/RLG%2Bmural%2Bfinal%2B2.jpg Paint the Change - Gentle Hearts by Ricky Lee Gordon "How can we let such a human rights violation exist in today's world? How can we have not realised that the suffering of one is the suffering of all?" Ricky Lee Gordon's piece – his second for the Not A Crime campaign, after his mural in Cape Town, South Africa – launched the campaign's 2016 series of murals across Harlem in New York City. His idea of "Gentle Hearts" – the young people whose rights have been violated, in Iran and anywhere – resonated with community members and with George Faison, owner of the Faison Firehouse Theatre, on which the mural was painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652198147-78XSTF7PU7AQBPPTCMRJ/Ron-English.jpg Paint the Change - RON ENGLISH American artist Ron English is known as ‘The Godfather of Street Art’. He coined the term ‘Popaganda’ to describe his work, which protests against society run by corporations, and also uncovers the truth behind the advertising of consumer products. English has done artwork for several famous musicians, has written seven books and created important pieces that reflect our society today such as the infamous ‘Abraham Obama’ painting for the 2008 Presidential Elections. For #NotACrime, English has painted his own version of the three wise monkeys with the message ‘see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1486652206689-O5URFM4JGL5IUJFKY0T2/TatsCru-2223.jpg Paint the Change - TatsCru from the Bronx says "Harlem" TatsCru is one of the legendary graffiti squads from the 1970s in New York. They began in the Bronx – and today they travel all over the world for their art. The week before they painted this mural for Not A Crime, they were in China. Their contribution to the campaign is this joyous and colourful celebration of not only education but the home of the Not A Crime campaign – Harlem itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487172789018-LBC6Z817S479PLUVUPPT/IMG_5650.jpeg Paint the Change - Fabian Williams Paragraphalizer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487172787604-U98BXS2BIR9QB2TPKJYX/IMG_5651.jpeg Paint the Change - Joe Dreher Educate, Elevate, Empower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487172801031-7N7TFGS7934TPVEXA2HP/IMG_5652.jpeg Paint the Change - Charmaine Minniefield Watch me Learn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085583032-13YLGKWA5EDVIZ3RXFAP/download.jpeg Paint the Change - Krimsone and Scott Nagy Krimsone and Scott Nagy teamed up to create this colourful piece for the #NotACrime campaign. Their mural depicts that of the Persian national bird, the nightingale, it takes flight aided with study tools to push its momentum upwards and away. The grey strings of the government trap its wings and try to prevent its take off, impeding the right of education the national bird, and the people are unable to fly and soar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085562122-A6P3JTCLSH7UU2O9V0TI/IMG_2690-01.jpg Paint the Change - Krimsone and Scott Nagy Krimsone is a Sydney based artist that practices in fine art as well as street art. Scott Nagy's style shines through with his attention to detail and more surreal scenes and is combined with Krimsone's love of animals and vivid colour schemes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5592c8c9e4b0cfb74f3b5b16/1487085599451-6LHOA9V12DMT62CABADR/IMG_3297-3.jpg Paint the Change - Camo Camo is a Sydney based street artist. 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