AUGUSTA — There will be an opening reception for the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine’s exhibit “Equal Protection of the Laws” from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Michael Klahr Center, 46 University Drive.

The exhibit is in partnership with the Kennebec Valley Art Association.

Featured are 36 works by 17 Maine artists who were inspired by the rights granted by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The 14th Amendment is behind some of the country’s most-debated rights. Famous Supreme Court decisions involving the interpretation of the 14th Amendment include: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Loving v. Virginia (1967), and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015).

Themes in the exhibit include: due process, liberty, gender and sexuality, race, legal protections, equality in the workplace, housing, education, law enforcement, rights of the incarcerated, tolerance, and local, state and federal representation.

The exhibit runs through Dec. 16. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or evenings and weekends by appointment. It’s free and open to the public.

FMI: www.hhrcmaine.org.