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Artist & Activist Talk: Sue Coe & Karen Davis
Thursday, October 15th, 7 pm
Tucker Theater, College of William & Mary
Sue Coe
Sue Coe is an internationally renowned artist, specializing in illustration and printmaking. She is represented by Galerie St. Etienne in New York, and has had work displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the United Nations Headquarters. Her talk, Animal Farm, will focus on the role art plays in raising awareness of the plight of farmed animals.
Karen Davis
Karen Davis, PhD is the Founder and President of United Poultry Concerns, a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl including a sanctuary for chickens in Virginia. She is the author of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry; More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality; The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale: a Case for Comparing Atrocities; A Home for Henny; and Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey: A Poultryless “Poultry” Potpourri. In 2002 Karen Davis was inducted into the National Animal Rights Hall of Fame for Outstanding Contributions to Animal Liberation.