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Read Article Online...CITYarts Peace Wall in Israel - in Process
Dear Friends, Being in Israel for the past 10 days was the most energizing and uplifting experience. The CITYarts Peace Wall is in fact taking shape, and every day more youth and children, Jewish and Arab, are joining the process.
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If we can do it in Israel, we can do it anywhere. I truly believe it, and especially now during another stressful time of painful events in Israel, there is no doubt that our kids deserve a better future.
Read Full Email...Pieces for Peace at Ana Tzarev Gallery
Go see Pieces for Peace with youth from around the world at ANA TZAREV GALLERY, West 57th St. NYC, 10am-6pm. Ends Monday, May 3rd, 2010.
Read Full Email...Pieces for Peace Traveling Exhibition in Santander, Spain
Dear Friends, Santander, Spain is a jewel of a place. And now, with CITYarts' Pieces for Peace exhibition hosted by the Botin Foundation, it feels even....
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CITYarts NYC Receptions-41st Anniversary Ceremony and UN Exhibit.
See Full Image...UN Ambassadors support CITYarts’ Pieces for Peace Exhibition
In an energizing gathering at the German House on UN Plaza, Consul General of Germany Dr. Horst Freitag and German UN Ambassador Thomas Matussek greeted over 100 guests that came from around the world for The Armory Show in support of CITYarts’ exhibition Pieces for Peace.
Read more...David Beckham Hits Harlem
Do-gooder David Beckham heads uptown and leads a Harlem Youth Soccer Clinic at Jacob Schiff Field (at 138th Street and Amsterdam Ave) on Friday in New York City.
Read more...Making Peace on Earth, if Only on Paper
A single burning candle, wrapped in barbed wire. A gun that fires only flowers. A flag made of banners from many nations.
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July 26, 2006 Time Out NY: Kids / Carmela Ciuraru
Talk about timely: This week, through August 31, the JCC will display more than 250 pieces of art on the subject of peace. created by children from countries spanning the globe.
Read more...Art Bears an Olive Branch
July 15, 2006 Daily News / Nicole Lyn Pesce
Embrace global heart-warming. CITYarts and the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan invite families to "Pieces for Peace," a traveling mosaic of 251 original works of art created by children around the world. Through September 16, an array of colorful drawings, paintings, photographs and poems line the walls of the Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, each expressing a wish for peace.
Read more...A Mosaic For New York
October 1, 2006 Queens Parent Magazine / Linda Sheridan
When you envision a peaceful world, what comes to mind? To get a kid's perspective, bring your family to view Pieces for Peace, a 230-foot mosiac creatred by 10 student artists from Queens -- as well as Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Nambia, Chile, Fiji, israel, and Germany. the exhibit, concieved by the arts organization CITyarts, made its debut at Flushing Town Hall on September 10, as part of the Flushing council on the Arts' Freedom festival. It will remain there through Cotober 9, and then travel around the world.
Read more..."Pieces For Peace" Mosaic Helps Students Create An International Dialogue
July 29, 2005 NY1 / Shazia Khan
Local students are thinking globally and acting locally in one city park.
It's Natali Ohayon's first visit to New York, and this 16-year-old student from Israel has already left her mark on the city. She's one of seven international students invited to create a mosaic mural with local youth.
"We have so many people from so many different places, and we can get along," she says.
Read more... | See More...CITYarts Making a Difference Through the Arts
Who's mural is it? This question is often asked when SoHo residents or visitors walk by the basketball court behind the Grand Hotel on 6th Avenue and Canal Street. Only the curious ones peek in to read the...
Read more...Pieces For Peace Puts Kids' Hopes For The World On Display
July 7, 2005 NY1 / Stephanie Simon
They've got the whole world in their hands and a group of students hope to change it for the better.
"I'm drawing a man creating the world," says one little boy. "I'm trying to make the world very peaceful."
Students from P.S. 192 in Hamilton Heights are starting to make the world better by changing the landscape in the own backyard. They're creating individual tiles for a mosaic mural that's just getting started on a wall, along the back of their school field.
Read more... | See More...CITYarts seeks school nominations worldwide
June 1, 2005 Allianz Foundation for North America / Novato, California
People in communities around the globe are invited to nominate local schools to join the international "Pieces for Peace" project, sponsored by the Allianz Foundation for North America.
The Allianz Foundation teamed up this year with CITYarts, one of New York City's premier public art organizations, to create the "Pieces for Peace" mosaic project. CITYarts is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging young people in public art projects, community revitalization and international dialogue.
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