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Ai Students Participate in The Tolerance Project in NYC

Beginning in 2017, Mirko Ilic was inspired to launch the Tolerance Project following the “House of Tolerance” film festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He asked 28 artists to create a poster about tolerance, the only requirement being that they write “tolerance” in their native language. After a successful 10-day show, Mirko decided to tour the posters globally. The Tolerance Project is dedicated to reach people that usually do not visit galleries or museums and has brought a message of inclusion and acceptance to over 400,000 people in over 40 countries.

Miami International University of Art & Design (Miami Campus) students and alumni were invited to participate in the event in partnership with Avessa Magazine. Led by Professor Nestor Camacho, Master of Visual Art students created posters inspired by the word Tolerance and what that word meant to them. Then, Bachelor of Fashion Design students translated those posters into apparel. The Tolerance project has been up since the week of Thanksgiving in 2022 at DK Display in NYC. These were all photographed by Flavio Iryoda at Avessa Magazine and styled by Camacho.

To see the gallery by the MIU Students, click here to visit Avessa Magazine’s article.

ARTIST: JOHEL PEREIRA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: CAROLINA RINCHERE Miami International University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, 2022

“The word Tolerance could be interpreted in many different ways. To me, tolerance means accepting something and embracing it. In my experience, the word tolerance has mostly been used in a negative way. For example, in school, my teachers would always complain, “I cannot tolerate this behavior, Johel!” and because of that, I perceived it as a negative term, but it’s definitely not a negative term from my fresh perspective. Tolerance means stepping out of your comfort zone and expanding your boundaries.”

JOHEL PEREIRA

ARTIST: MONICA CZUKERBERG, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus| FASHION DESIGNER: JORDAN RAFN, Bachelor of Fine Arts Fashion Design Student, Miami Campus

“Tolerance is to be accepting of people that are outside of your circle. It is allowing others the freedom to be unapologetically themselves. To hold space for everyone, even if they aren’t like you. Diversity is strength and tolerance is important for a healthy community.”

JORDAN RAFN

ARTIST: MONICA CZUKERBERG, Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: VIVIANA HENRIQUEZ, Miami International University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, 2022

“Tolerance –for me– refers to respect for all human beings. The survival of the world and of humanity depends on the existence of tolerance: Without it, peace, harmony, and coexistence are broken. Tolerance is born from love, friendship, and healthy relationships between people.”

MONICA CZUKERBERG

ARTIST: JOHEL PEREIRA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: ALEJANDRO BÁRZAGA

“To be tolerant, to accept people with different views from mine and respect their opinions.”

ALEJANDRO BARZAGA

ARTIST: CHICA JACOBS | FASHION DESIGNER: SHANIELE GORDON, Miami University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, 2022

“For me, tolerance is accepting the permanent contrasts that life brings. I do think that we are different and I embrace it; that’s what make us unique human beings. We need to learn and respect each other’s gifts, and then we will all shine.”

CHICA JACOBS

ARTIST: JOHEL PEREIRA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: TAYLOR CROSLEY, Bachelor of Fine Arts Fashion Design Student, Miami Campus

“Tolerance is the ability or willingness to tolerate something, particularly opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. Working on this project was meaningful to me as I believe in tolerance for everyone. No person should be disrespected, harmed, or degraded for simply living in their truth, be it their sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, and any other aspects of their life that make them different from another human being. Tolerance is simply the most basic decency we all deserve and still a long way from actual equality and acceptance.”

TAYLOR CROSLEY

ARTIST: FABIANA KÜBLER, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: TAYLOR CROSLEY, Bachelor of Fine Arts Fashion Design Student, Miami Campus

“It is important to show my kids what tolerance means: to teach them to be respectful and kind; to teach them to see the world around them with compassion instead of judgment.”

FABIANA KÜBLER

ARTIST: CECILIA MARTI Miami International University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2019| FASHION DESIGNER: VIVIANA HERNANDEZ Miami International University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, 2019

“To be tolerant is the ability to accept the existence and opinions or behaviors of others, not to judge and understand the difference between us.”

CECILIA MARTI

“I see beauty in every culture and nation. This is a world where everyone has to be accepted and treated the same way and have the same rights.”

VIVIANA HERNANDEZ

ARTIST: DANIELA GABAY Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: GREGORY FLESH Bachelor of Fine Arts Fashion Design Student, Miami Campus

“Tolerance means accepting everyone the way they are. Whether we have different views, beliefs, practices, or abilities, and as long as we don’t harm others with or for them, tolerance means understanding everyone is different and treating them with respect.”

DANIELA GABAY

“The psycho-dynamic theory revolves around how influential your past is in relation to your current self. It is unsettling knowing that previous decisions have been made outside our grasp, and have substantially impacted our overall development. My garment aims to visually display how close we were (and currently are) to being displaced in a significantly dissimilar scenario and struggling mental state, and to represent how little input we really have on the matter.”

GREGORY FLESH

ARTIST: CHICA JACOBS | FASHION DESIGNER: TAYLOR CROSLEY Bachelor of Fine Arts Fashion Design Student, Miami Campus

ARTIST: DANIELA GABAY Bachelor of Fine Arts Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: CAROLINA RINCHERE Miami International University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, 2022

“To be tolerant means that you don’t put your opinions above others. Without tolerance, lasting peace of societies cannot be maintained, and loyalty for each other cannot be established. Lack of tolerance leads to fighting, violence in the world, and it destroys the peace and security of society.”

CAROLINA RINCHERE

ARTIST: MONICA CZUKERBERG Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Student, Miami Campus | FASHION DESIGNER: SHANIELE GORDON Miami International University of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, 2022

“In the world we live in now everyone should be more tolerant to one another; this project is very important to me, and I know that it will open the eyes of others to see that we are all different, but we all deserve to be accepted and tolerated.”

SHANIELE GORDON

Later in 2023, the Tolerance Project posters will come to Miami as part of a new show in collaboration with AMER_ICAN. Here’s what you could see at the show in Miami later this year.