Eyes Wide Open

Exhibition Report: The First Year

Boots on the beach

Since the Eyes Wide Open and Cost of War exhibits embarked on their tour around the nation in June 2007, the exhibits have been shown in 44 states. The results have been remarkable as the message of the human cost of war has expanded to an ever wider audience.

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Eyes Wide Open Newsletter

Eyes Wide Open

Read the latest news on the Eyes Wide Open National Tour and State exhibits and The Cost of War exhibits. More


Eyes Wide Open State Exhibits

Working with AFSC offices, Quaker meetings and peace groups across the country, the Eyes Wide Open state exhibits feature the boots of the soldiers from their home states in addition to a memorial to the Iraqi civilian casualties. More


LINK TV Features Eyes Wide Open Documentary

Video: EWO

Tune in for the new documentary Eyes Wide Open, airing on LINK TV, satellite television, all round the country. More


Dreams and Nightmares
An Exhibit on Life and Death in Iraq

Photo of an Iraqi girl from the
photographs in the

Dreams and Nightmares is a memorial to Iraqis who have lost their lives in the war and occupation. With photographs, names and personal stories, it conveys the unseen side of the war in Iraq — the tragedy being experienced by everyday Iraqis. Careful estimates put Iraqi deaths at more than 655,000 — most of them civilians. More.


Music Video
Features "Eyes Wide Open" Boots

Robert Cray plays the guitar in his his
new music video, "Twenty".  Photo
courtesy Robert Cray
Watch the video

AFSC’s Eyes Wide Open exhibit is featured in the blues musician Robert Cray’s new music video. The song, “Twenty,” from Cray’s Grammy-nominated album of the same name, commemorates the soldiers whose lives are “used up” by the Iraq war. More

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