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Artist Helps Students Complete Mural At Manhattan School

Jan 04, 2007 NY / Stephanie Simon

Artist Andrea Arroyo made a splash at the 2006 Latin Grammy's, as it's official artist. And she's added more than just a little splash of color and excitement to the walls of Washington Irving High School.

Peace signs

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.

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.

CITYArts: Kids, Artists Help Beautify Neighborhood

Mar 27, 2006CBS

HARLEM How do you revitalize disadvantaged and underprivileged neighborhoods? One organization in the city has found an interesting solution. They're using the imagination of children to transform their own communities.

"Kids love to be asked to do something for their community, but we forget to ask them," said Tsipi Ben-Heim.

"Pieces For Peace" Mosaic Helps Students Create An International Dialogue

July 29, 2005NY1 / 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.

Pieces For Peace Puts Kids' Hopes For The World On Display

July 07, 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.

CITYarts seeks school nominations worldwide

Jun 1, 2005Allianz 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.