Michael Lucas Monterey: Creative Evolutionary

Artist Launches Gandhi Day Initiative, Reclaims 9/11 for Creative Peacemaking & Restoring Justice

A month-long art exhibit will feature portraits Mahatma Gandhi and Rebels With A Cause ~ Beyond Death. The aim is reclaiming September 11^th for creative nonviolence and restoration. The exhibit revives Michael Lucas Monterey’s first Gandhi Day 911! initiative. It honored the 2006 centennial of Gandhi’s first nonviolent protest campaign – to stop the start of Apartheid in South Africa – September 11, 1906.

“Too many of us don’t know that 95 years before our 9-11 disaster, Gandhi inspired the first mass-protest campaign against mass-injustice in South Africa.” Monterey continues the connection, “Gandhi and only 3,000 other Indian South Africans pledged to resist genocidal racism with nonviolent means, or die trying. His first campaign, then others that followed, defeated the British Empire, and inspired Human Rights leaders and heroes ever since.”

The solo art show, opens Monday, September 1 at The Horsehead’s art space, in downtown Eugene. Monterey wants the show to rehabilitate 9-11, as a day of peaceful reflection and potential reconciliation, restoration, and cultural wellness, overcoming hate, terror, horror, dread, apathy and unnecessary war. The opening will also feature images and video clips recalling a disturbing historical co-event:

The 9-11-2001 disaster in NYC interrupted the inauguration ceremony of the first international Peace Day devoted to an annual day of global cease fire and possibilities. UN Secretary General Khofi Annan was about to ring a huge bronze bell when the first plane hit the World Trade Center.

The exhibit will feature Monterey’s original works, prints, posters, mini-prints of his non-AI generated digital portraits – “of some my favorite dead heroes” – and relevant film/video  content. During the month long exhibit, The Horsehead event space will feature both the Gandhi Day 911! kick-off event, beginning the first Just 11 Days of Peacemaking, and web-casts of the September 21 global Peace Day celebration. Live and online audience participation will Fast Track healing and complementary projects.

Monterey adds, “turning September 11^th into Gandhi Day 911! honors victims of violence and those who risked and sacrificed their lives for a saner, more peaceful future.”

Latest press release PDF link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pEDoZcsHcVTv_nuEvkPvudCEBkVsC0Q2/view?usp=sharing

Contact Information

Michael Lucas Monterey: michael@michaellucasmonterey.com / 541-852-5581