During the spring of 2017, The Curriculum of Hope for a Peaceful World committee, along with other committed people, has been dedicated to the Pieces for Peace project. The committee has collaborated with CITYarts from New York City to bring this opportunity to Northeastern Connecticut. Local schools were invited to participate in Pieces for Peace using the creative process to build bridges of cultural understanding between American youth and their peers from around the world. Student work joined with artwork from 67 countries to become part of the vast collection of CITYarts.
The Pieces for Peace display includes 30 pieces of artwork done by children throughout the world. The pictures are the students’ interpretation of “What does peace look like to you?” The art work has been displayed at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT, J. Eugene Smith Library at ECSU, Bentley Memorial Library, Bolton, CT, and Art Space Gallery in Windham, CT. It was also shown at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford and at the Mansfield Community Center.
On Sunday May 21, we had a Gala Reception at Art Space. Local students from E.O. Smith and North Windham School also shared their incredible work. Tsipi Ben-Haim, the director of CITYarts, was our guest of honor, as well as Mayor Ernie Eldridge and Senator Cathy Osten. Over 50 people attended throughout the afternoon. It was a lovely and successful event!
We are planning to keep the momentum going with our follow up activities. We want to make a 30 piece P4P Traveling Exhibition for the state of CT. It will hang in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford next spring. As suggested by Tsipi, we will call it the CT Pieces for Peace Traveling Exhibition, inspired by CITYarts P4P project of New York City. There is also an ongoing discussion with Tsipi and Mayor Eldridge to build a peace wall in Willimantic, CT. We are excited about the possibilities ahead!!
The Pieces for Peace display includes 30 pieces of artwork done by children throughout the world. The pictures are the students’ interpretation of “What does peace look like to you?” The art work has been displayed at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT, J. Eugene Smith Library at ECSU, Bentley Memorial Library, Bolton, CT, and Art Space Gallery in Windham, CT. It was also shown at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford and at the Mansfield Community Center.
On Sunday May 21, we had a Gala Reception at Art Space. Local students from E.O. Smith and North Windham School also shared their incredible work. Tsipi Ben-Haim, the director of CITYarts, was our guest of honor, as well as Mayor Ernie Eldridge and Senator Cathy Osten. Over 50 people attended throughout the afternoon. It was a lovely and successful event!
We are planning to keep the momentum going with our follow up activities. We want to make a 30 piece P4P Traveling Exhibition for the state of CT. It will hang in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford next spring. As suggested by Tsipi, we will call it the CT Pieces for Peace Traveling Exhibition, inspired by CITYarts P4P project of New York City. There is also an ongoing discussion with Tsipi and Mayor Eldridge to build a peace wall in Willimantic, CT. We are excited about the possibilities ahead!!
Connecticut Pieces For Peace Exhibition
Youth from across Connecticut have voiced their hopes for peace through their artwork, by answering the question:
"What does peace look like to you?" By participating in our Pieces for Peace project, students have used their creative and unique abilities to express their hope that bridges cultural understanding between all young people and their peers, here in CT and throughout the world. All students who participated in this project have their artwork displayed online here in our Alpha Kappa State web site Gallery through the efforts of Emily Lozinak, webmaster. Click here to view all the submissions. Additionally, thirty Pieces for Peace, selected by their teachers, have been framed to create our CONNECTICUT PIECES FOR PEACE TRAVELING EXHIBITION. It will be on display in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, April 16 through April 30 and again December 3 through December 28, 2018. If you are interested in participating in this project or hosting the Traveling Exhibition in your school or community, please contact [email protected] |