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GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE

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Miles of Murals Exhibit in Paris May 2014
un article par Joanne Tawfilis

The Art Miles Mural Project, a program of the United Nations Association of the USA San Diego Chapter, is scheduled to exhibit thousands of murals during the month of May 2014 at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France. After 18 years of facilitating the creation of more than 4,300 acrylic painted 5x12 foot murals on canvas, a visual documentation of modern history will portray the sentiments of more than ½ million people from over 100 countries.



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The Art Miles Mural Project began during the post Balkan conflict when orphaned children painted images addressing the issues of conflict and its impact on victims of violence and war. The first mural was painted on a bullet riddled sheet in an orphanage in Bosnia, Herzegovina. Painting these experiences helped to “heal hearts through mural arts”, says co-founders Joanne and Fouad Tawfilis.

Over the years, murals have portrayed 12 major social issue themes (440 murals per mile) with topics such as Environment, Women, Peace, Unity and Healing, Sports, Children, Fairy Tale, Music, Senior, Muralist, Hero, Indigenous and Multicultural Miles. The project also spawned an International Intercultural Mural Exchange (IIME) operated by the Japan Art Mile, in which one mural is created by two separate schools in two countries and facilitated through an internet formal classroom curriculum. The art pieces have been exhibited in many major museums and World Heritage Sites throughout the globe and Art Miles murals can now be admired on busses in Yokohama and in the Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea.

The objective of the project was to bring people together through mural art to promote understanding and respect and to share messages of hope and healing throughout the world. Murals have been created and delivered to survivors and families of both natural and human disasters ranging from Tsunami’s, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes to school shootings and violent events, including the recent Fort Hood shootings and the Washington State Mudslide. The subject matter of all the murals supports critical UN programs of action; a Culture of Peace, Education for Sustainable Development, the Millennium Development Goals and the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures.

The May 2014 exhibition in Paris will feature a selected number of murals, a series of projection of images and videos throughout the UNESCO Headquarters and an interactive mural painting with 100 local Paris based school children who will also be invited to tour and learn more about the organization and its programs.

The Art Miles Mural Project is a 100% all- volunteer project collaborating with hundreds of organizations to create a massive collection of mural art and proving that through partnership and passion, art continues to provide meaningful results on a local, national and global level. It is a testimonial to the programs of action facilitated by UNESCO and the United States of America. Art Miles’ international headquarters is located in historic Balboa Park, California as a major project of UNA-USA San Diego and includes sub-projects such as Art Miles Shoes of Hope, Art Miles of Music and Peace Paint Ambassador Program.

For further information please contact me at JTawfilis@aol.com or +1 760 716 9308

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Peace Paint Ambassadors, How can they facilitate a culture of peace?

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Commentaire le plus récent:

To answer that question, I think the Peace Paint Ambassadors can do that by promoting within themselves first the concept of creating Global Harmony through art. Admiring art is an Art itself. Its not about how the painting looks like but its how its drawn and what message it sends. Its true when some said " A picture is worth thousands of words".....

Still how to facilitate a culture of peace? by allowing others to acknowledge this Art and spreading the concept and appreciation of Art with a meaningful message, rather than percieving Art just for spending time to draw and paint.with no solid basis of knowledge..

We need to promote Art and change its concept in one anothers eyes ....we should start with ourselves and proceed from there.....we need to be able to understand the concept of Peace it self inorder to speak our minds through paintings and pictures and allow others as well...

Nadine El-hadad
Peace Paint Ambassador
Alexandria- Egypt


Cet article a été mis en ligne le April 23, 2014.