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YOUNG MINDS BUILD BRIDGES PROGRAM Pieces for Peace with Youth from Around the World (International Project) Our Goal CITYarts’ Young Minds Build Bridges Program designed the Pieces for Peace with Youth from Around the World Project to build bridges of cultural understanding by bringing youth from around the globe into contact and dialogue with each other and with society as a whole through art. The program empowers young people to share their voice for their visions of peace and thus to play an active role in shaping their future and making a sustainable difference to communities. Our Project Pieces for Peace consists of 4 parts: We can do one of the steps or all! Continuing the Dream We hope that youth will hold hands around the world through their Peace artworks. More and more pieces will be created during our ongoing workshops, giving our youth a visual voice through the creation of permanent “Peace Walls” with local youth and artists. Our exhibition will continue to travel and grow as it visits more locations and activates children’s minds to become positive contributors in shaping their future. Workshops •Youth from around the world parFcipate in workshops where they create artworks that answer the quesFon, What does peace look like to me?” •To date, CITYarts has received over 5000 artworks from over 100 schools and community organizaFons in 68 countries on 6 conFnents. Traveling ExhibiTons 300 selected artworks are framed and featured •Since our first exhibiFon in 2005, it has traveled to 12 countries and 17 venues •These include the United NaFons Headquarters in New York, the European Parliament in Brussels, Israel and Berlin. Online Mosaic Wall •Our online exhibiFon is constantly being updated as we partner more countries and add artworks from around the world. •It can be viewed at h2p://www.cityarts.org/ PiecesforPeace/view artworks/ Peace Walls •In 2005, over 1,000 community volunteers, along with community partners and sponsors, created a permanent 213foot mosaic at Jacob H. Schiff Park in Harlem, New York. •Peace Walls have since been created in Karachi, Pakistan; Tel Aviv, Israel; London, UK; and Berlin, Germany. More are currently being planned.

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YOUNG  MINDS  BUILD  BRIDGES  PROGRAM  

Pieces  for  Peace  with  Youth  from  Around  the  World    (International  Project)  

   

Our  Goal  CITYarts’  Young  Minds  Build  Bridges  Program  designed  the  Pieces  for  Peace  with  Youth  from  Around  the  World  Project  to  build  bridges  of  cultural  understanding  by  bringing  youth  from  around  the  globe  into  

contact  and  dialogue  with  each  other  and  with  society  as  a  whole  through  art.      

The  program  empowers  young  people  to  share  their  voice  for  their  visions  of  peace  and  thus  to  play  an  active  role  in  shaping  their  future  and  making  a  sustainable  difference  to  communities.  

 Our  Project  

Pieces  for  Peace  consists  of  4  parts:  We  can  do  one  of  the  steps  or  all!  

   

Continuing  the  Dream  We   hope   that   youth  will   hold   hands   around   the  world   through   their   Peace   artworks.  More   and  more  pieces  will  be  created  during  our  ongoing  workshops,  giving  our  youth  a  visual  voice  through  the  creation  of  permanent  “Peace  Walls”  with  local  youth  and  artists.  Our  exhibition  will  continue  to  travel  and  grow  as  it  visits  more  locations  and  activates  children’s  minds  to  become  positive  contributors  in  shaping  their  future.  

Workshops  –    • Youth  from  around  the  world  parFcipate  in  workshops  where  they  create  artworks  that  answer  the  quesFon,  “What  does  peace  look  like  to  me?”  

• To  date,  CITYarts  has  received  over  5000  artworks  from  over  100  schools  and  community  organizaFons  in  68  countries  on  6  conFnents.  

Traveling  ExhibiTons  –    • 300  selected  artworks  are  framed  and  featured  

• Since  our  first  exhibiFon  in  2005,  it  has  traveled  to  12  countries  and  17  venues  

• These  include  the  United  NaFons  Headquarters  in  New  York,  the  European  Parliament  in  Brussels,  Israel  and  Berlin.    

Online  Mosaic  Wall  -­‐    • Our  online  exhibiFon  is  constantly  being  updated  as  we  partner  more  countries  and  add  artworks  from  around  the  world.    

• It  can  be  viewed  at  h2p://www.cityarts.org/Pieces-­‐for-­‐Peace/view-­‐artworks/    

Peace  Walls  –    • In  2005,  over  1,000  community  volunteers,  along  with  community  partners  and  sponsors,  created  a  permanent  213-­‐foot  mosaic  at  Jacob  H.  Schiff  Park  in  Harlem,  New  York.    

• Peace  Walls  have  since  been  created  in  Karachi,  Pakistan;  Tel  Aviv,  Israel;  London,  UK;  and  Berlin,  Germany.  More  are  currently  being  planned.