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Please join us for a lecture featuring Htein Lin, Burmese artist and former political prisoner, and Vicky Bowman, director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, on Thursday, April 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

Mr. Lin and Ms. Bowman will address how the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business is promoting its work in Burma. They will also discuss the current Burmese political climate, and what the international community and the United States can do to help.

Htein Lin is known for his narrative paintings depicting life as a political prisoner and for his politically charged performances. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Lin lived as a political prisoner in Burma, incarcerated for his beliefs. Following his release, the artist moved to London in 2006. His paintings hang in private collections throughout the world, as well as in the United States embassy in Yangon.

Vicky Bowman has been the director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business since July 2013. Before that, she led the global mining company Rio Tinto’s policy approach to transparency, human rights, and resource nationalism from 2011. She was also the director of global and economic issues and G8 sous-sherpa for the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2011, and head of the Southern Africa Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the Government of the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2007.

This lecture is made possible by the Buffalo State College Grant Allocation Committee and the Burchfield Penney Art Center in collaboration with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Admission is free for Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students.