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By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1616 contributed posts
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About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
Just discovered a fabulous project and its website called PeaceJam.org, organized by more than a few Nobel Laureates to help regular people (and artists) like us find ways to be the change we want to see in the world. This post is about youth participants in the Global Call to Action program who created pieces of art to exemplify 10 different GCA actions. This is a beautiful example of art activism and a wonderful way for artists to get involved in global peacemaking. Click the link that follows to view the art these young peacemakers made, then consider making a contribution to PeaceJam yourself:
PeaceJam | Photo Albums.
By Hannah, 37 contributed posts
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About the author: Hannah West is an artist, web designer to artists and creator/editor of the Southern Oregon Artists Resource and its companion blog, Art Matters!. She also serves on the board and maintains the blog for Art Presence, the artist organization of Jacksonville, Oregon, located in the Art Presence Art Center at the corner of Fifth and D Streets. Most posts you see from her will have originated from the Art Presence blog...See her listing in the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.
The most amazing thing happened a few days ago. My cousin, Pulitzer Prize nominee Greg Barrett, has been laboring over his new book since 2010 and it was just released. But here’s the surprise – he included the refrain from a reggae-style song by Lazar (my son, now of Tribal Frequencies, who hold the #1 […]
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About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
With a Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Afterward by peace activist Shane Claiborne, The Gospel of Rutba: War, Peace, and the Good Samaritan Story in Iraq is a true story of people from the small desert town of Rutba, Iraq who saved the lives of three American peacemakers when a car wreck nearly killed them on their way out of the country, just days after the Shock and Awe campaign began in 2003 and despite the fact the Rutba General Hospital had been destroyed by bombs just 3 days before. Southern Oregon songwriter Lazar had the honor of a refrain from one of his songs published, along with a thank you for his music, in the book’s acknowledgements.
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By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1616 contributed posts
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About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
I, Jacques Banne, from Israel, am organizing an International Art Show: IARTEXPO: Art as a Bridge for Peace, in the hope to help bringing peace among Israelis and Palestinians, via Art painting, Photography and Sculpture here in Israel from 4th to 14th September 2012.
Continue reading Call to Artists from IARTEXPO: ART as a Bridge for Peace
By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. View all syndicated posts from Americans for the Arts blogs under the "Art World News" tab.
For the last two posts in a series on how the arts can foster community engagement, I interviewed Sara Potler, founder and CEO of Dance 4 Peace (D4P), a global peace education and civic engagement nonprofit that engages young people through dance and creative movement. Sara shared with me her perspectives on the arts, civic […]
Continue reading Civic Engagement in the Arts…In Action (Part 2)
By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1616 contributed posts
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About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
As the Palestinian Authority heads to New York this week to confront the Israeli government at the United Nations with a declaration of statehood, back in Israel a group of Jewish and Arab kids are laying the foundations for a more hopeful future through the art of storytelling.
Continue reading Reza Aslan: Swapping Stories for Peace
It’s time to try your hand at some digital art making; artist or non-artist, you might even find it addictive. Join the International Art Therapy Organization and the Art Therapy Alliance for an interactive global art event reflecting these three wor…
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Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta: Surrender — Artist Lin Evola’s Flight of Angels
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“The Peace Angels are what I and my team of artists do. Hopefully, this will inspire artists to do art that compels, provokes change.” – Lin Evola
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