Rhode Island College’s Artist-in-Residence, Artistic Director, pianist, and curator Judith Lynn Stillman presents “Remembrance, Resilience and Renewal: Genocide Awareness through the Arts” on April 28.

In commemoration of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month Stillman and 15 diverse multinational artists team together in hopes to “raise awareness about, and in condemnation of, the atrocity of genocide; to remember and honor those who were lost as a result of the inhumanity of humans to other humans; and to celebrate the resilience and fortitude of survivors, peoples, and cultures through the arts.”

They present a multidisciplinary program of music, art, spoken word, and dance of cultures that have faced the scourge of genocide. Armenian-American soprano Anush Avetisyan and violinist Nuné Melik perform Armenian classical and folk music with live painting from Armenian painter Mher Khachatryan. Cambodian Pinpeat musician Song Heng, a survivor of the Cambodian Genocide, and his grandchildren perform traditional Cambodian music.

The world premiere of an original multidisciplinary work by Stillman, “We Have No More Tears” is also on the program. It is  based upon a traditional Rwandan folk melody featuring African dance specialist and choreographer Shani Collins-Achille, narrator, and steel pan virtuoso Becky Bass, vocals by Anush Avetisyan, the Silk Rhode Singers, and Rhode Island College students, alumni, and faculty musicians, Michael Laurendeau, Bryan Round, Joe Bentley, and Michael De Quattro.

The event takes place at 2:30 p.m. in Sapinsley Hall at Rhode Island College’s Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts.