The Art on the Move program hopes to put a face on the War on Terrorism by presenting Penn State alumna Robin Hoecker's Journey to Iraq exhibit for the second time.

Hoecker, who graduated in 2002 with a degree in International Development, first displayed the photographs in her first showing, The Human Face of War, in 2003.

The 20 pictures have been traveling around to campuses and colleges since that summer. The exhibit is now featured in the Waring Commons Cultural Lounge as well as Ritenour Building until December.

"The exhibit is showing people the other side of Iraq," said Lauren Chyle, HUB-Robeson Galleries publicist.

Hoecker traveled to Iraq for a week with the National Council of Churches as a photographer with mostly professors and ministers.

"Photographs are really powerful," she said. "People can understand photos no matter what language they speak or what their education level is. Photography supercedes language."

Although there for only a week, Hoecker said she was able to see so many things that many people will never get the chance to see.

"When we were there we asked the question, 'If there was a war how would it affect the 26 million people living in Iraq?' " Hoecker said.

The exhibit, although highlighting a controversial issue, is not meant to be political, Hoecker said. Rather, she said, it is a way get people to ask questions about what is going on in Iraq.

"I learned that the people who are dying are not dying from gunshots or collapsed buildings," she said. "They're dying because they don't have clean water or healthcare or jobs."

She said she wants people to know that the people in Iraq are not all like what the media present to the public constantly.

"I want people to really see the people in these pictures," Hoecker said. "They could be you; they could be your sister or your neighbor. When we see pictures of Iraq people are always fighting. But there are so many people who are not that different from us."

The photographs have been displayed on The Today Show and were also sent to every person in Congress before the vote to invade.

The Penn State alumna said it is always fun to have her artwork displayed at her alma mater.

"It's always fun to see your work up on the walls and have people get something out of it," Hoecker said. "It means more to me that it is at Penn State because I got a real good education. I studied abroad three times while at school and if I did not have those experiences I would not have ended up in Iraq."

Journey to Iraq will be traveling to different locations for as long as people want to take it, said Hoecker, who is currently studying journalism at the University of Missouri.

Although Hoecker is not sure what she wants to pursue in the future, she said she has thought about getting a Ph.D. and will definitely continue her travels that already include places such as Senegal, South America, France, and Germany.

The cultural lounges in North and West halls, Ritenour, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center and Art Ally are all locations for Art on the Move.

"I look for spaces where students live, in health areas where they go for healing and where they worship as well as in the Art Ally where students lounge," said Ann Shields, head of the HUB-Robeson Galleries.

Residence Life works with the HUB to provide space for the galleries.

"We provide them space for Art on the Move. They provide art that we try to focus around with programs like Gallery Talks where the artists can come in and speak about his or her work with students," Sean Cook, residence life assistant director, said.