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Overview
September 26, 2026
Join the Elmhurst Art Museum for exhibition tour of Resisting the Long War: A Revolution of Values led by Curator and Iraq War veteran, Aaron Hughes.
Aaron Hughes is an artist, curator, and anti-war veteran. Working through an interdisciplinary practice rooted in drawing and printmaking, Hughes works collaboratively to create meaning out of personal and collective trauma, transform systems of oppression, and seek liberation. He develops projects that utilize popular research strategies, experiment with forms of direct democracy, and operate in solidarity with the people most impacted by structural violence.
Along with Amber Zora and Mohamad Mehdi, he is co-curator of the Veteran’s Art Triennial
Hughes works with a range of art and activist groups including Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, About Face: Veterans Against the War, emerging Veteran Art Movement, and Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project.
Featured artwork: Eric J. Garcia-Uncle Sam’s Dirty Laundry-Paño-Cuba_Guantanamo-2014
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