Srey Art Exhibition

The artists featured:
Dahlia Phi,
Ny Vannak,
Raphaelle Martinez,
Kari Podboy,
Marie Hill.

✨Dahlia Phirum (KH/USA)
Dahlia Phirun is a contemporary surrealist artist who trained in mixed media sculpture from Philadelphia. Her works draw inspiration from anatomy and the relationship between humans and nature. She often creates pieces that feature distorted or surreal representations of the human body, juxtaposed with images of the natural world. Her work explores the relationship between the body and nature, and how they interact. Dahlia’s art conveys ideas that challenge our perception of the physical world, focusing on the beauty and complexity of the human form and nature.

✨An Nie (KH)
Ny Vannak was born and raised in Kampong Cham province. A self-taught artist, she started drawing from an early age but never pursued art until she moved to Singapore eight years ago and started teaching art classes in school. Inspired by Singapore’s museums and gardens, she took up painting and photography in a more serious way. She is inspired by classic pop culture iconography, Abstract and Pop artists like Pollock and Warhol, contemporary Modern art and her Cambodian roots.

✨Raphaëlle Martinez (FR)
Raphaëlle Martinez is an emerging French painter born in 1997 in the suburbs of Paris to a multicultural Spanish, Moroccan, Egyptian and French family. Surrounded by people from different backgrounds, she caught the “palm tree passion” from a close friend who grew up in Phnom Penh and developed a strong passion for local plants and trees. According to Raphaëlle Martinez, palm trees represent strength and serenity. The young artist achieved her first solo exhibition in 2022 in Casablanca, Morocco, and hopes to continue spreading her work around the world.

✨Kari Josselet Podboy (USA)
Kari was born in Texas in the United States. She attended Loyola University there and graduated with a degree in Music Therapy. After having children, she became passionate about early childhood education and earned a Master’s degree from Northwestern University in the field. She has been painting throughout her life and over the last few years, devoted her time, energy, and love of learning to paint, making music, and composing. For the past year, she has been studying with Eriq Madsen at Eriq Henri Arts. She is based in Phnom Penh, this is her first exhibition in Cambodia having presented in online forums and several exhibits in the US.

✨Marie Hill (USA)
Marie has grown up, studied, and/or lived in 11 countries across five continents, making her home now in beautiful Cambodia. Marie came to Cambodia to make sense of herself, her story, and the world she shares with the rest of the globe – whether that is through art, writing, or another kind of passion project. Her paintings include images and ideas from all the places she has lived and loved. She uses acrylics, watercolours, ink, and mixed mediums for her artwork, which explores questions of home, identity, belonging, nature, and what it means to be. This will be the first exhibit of her paintings, having previously exhibited photography.
Come discover their impressive art pieces during our opening and enjoy a live music from Alisha ! Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet all these inspiring women🤩

Sra’Art is excited to see you at this event🎉

SPEAK – Passion. Power. Poetry

Join us for a live poetry showcase event. We celebrate work from some of Phnom Pehn’s most fantastic poets. Come and be a part of something incredible.
Bring your clicks!

#clickculture
#spokenword
#poetry

LOCATION:
Botanico Beer & Wine Garden, Tonle Basak
TIME:
7pm onwards

Strategic Position in Digital Marketing Seminar

Calling all Marketing, Branding, and Communications professionals in Phnom Penh, Cambodia! Come and join subject matter experts for a fruitful discussion on August 20th about the fast evolution of marketing in the digital age and what marketing executives need to understand to leverage it and grow the company’s presence in the digital space.

Companies are often concerned about disappointing, missing out on, offending, or neglecting a potential customer. Unfortunately, this frequently results in dull, bland, and “mediocre” material. In trying to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.

In addition to workshop opportunities, you will hear from the panel of experts talking about how audience segmentation helps you avoid mediocrity by personalizing your marketing efforts, how developing the appropriate language base to better connect with your audience is critical to communicate effectively with your target audience, and learn what key specific skills digital marketers need to develop today in order to stay competitive for tomorrow.

Panelists:

• Joseph Telfer, Co-founder, Data U Academy; CEO, 4Learn Education Technologies
• Jelson Song, Content Lead, Prince Holding Group
• Heather-Marie Hill, Independent Consultant
• Hermann Woithe, Founder, Changmastr

This event will take place at the Himawari in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 20th, 9:00am – 4:30 pm and includes a panel discussion, networking lunch, and workshop sessions.

Register here.

Human Rights Close to Home

The 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and “Stand Up for Human Rights Campaign” serve as important reminders that human rights begin at home and are universal. This hybrid activist-expert panel at the UNA-USA Leadership Summit will explore intersections among human rights in the U.S., engaging the United Nations, and the significance of local action.

Moderator:
UNA-NCA’s Human Rights Committee Chair, Heather Hill

Panelists:

• Ms. Amanda Wall, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the
  Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University*
• Dr. Rosemary Ann Blanchard, Associate Professor of Education
  Emeritus at California State University, UNA-Albuquerque President, Board of Directors
• Mr. Hardy Vieux, Human Rights First, Legal Director

This event will take place at the 2018 UNA-USA Leadership Summit on Monday, June 11, 11:30-12:35 pm.

#MappingForward from Violence Against Women

We are #MappingForward from violence against women in DC through a grant won from the UNA-USA “Stand Up for Human Rights” partnership with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Whether you have a #MeToo story of your own, know someone with a #MeToo moment, or want to see an end to violence against women, come learn about this innovative, grassroots project that maps stories onto places.

Opening remarks will be provided by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Following the introduction of the project, hear from experts in a panel discussion featuring

• Heather Hill (host and moderator), Chair, UNA-NCA Human Rights Committee
• Rachel Moynihan, Advocacy & Communications Specialist, UN Population Fund – DC Office (UNFPA)
• Elisabeth Olds, Expert Consultant, The DC Sexual Assault Victims Rights Act (SAVRAA)
• Rachel Friedman, Deputy Director, Men Can Stop Rape
• Lindsey Silverberg, Director of Advocacy & Case Management, Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC)

WHEN: Thursday, May 10th, 2018 AT 6:00PM

WHERE: Capitol Visitor’s Center, Room 217, Washington DC

The UN, International Election Observation, and Global Support for Democratic Elections

On Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 from 5:00pm to 7:30pm the UNA-NCA Human Rights Committee will host Doug Wake, former First Deputy Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) to moderate a panel discussion on the topics of election observation activities.

The UN, International Election Observation, and Global Support for Democratic Elections, will focus on the vital efforts of international organizations such as the UN, in supporting democratic elections through technical assistance and international observation missions. Heather Hill, UNA-NCA Human Rights Committee Chair, will provide brief opening remarks and Doug Wake will moderate the discussion.

The speakers include:

• Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumiowicz, Director for Europe and Eurasia, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
• Hassan Kelleh Sesay, Electoral Assistance Division – Department of Political Affairs, United Nations Headquarters
• Cristobal Fernandez, Section Chief – Electoral Technical Cooperation, Organization of American States

The event will be held at the American Foreign Service Association at 2101 E St NW, Washington, DC, 20037.