Art is our one true global language. It knows no nation. It favors no race. It acknowledges
no class. It speaks to our need to heal, reveal and transform. It transcends our ordinary lives and lets us imagine what is
possible. It creates a dialogue between individuals, and communication between communities. It allows us to see and to listen
to each other. --Richard Kamler
Fact of the Day:
Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate
with the United Nations, is a visionary initiative that brings the imagination, through the presence of the artist, to the
table of the General Assembly of the UN. The goal is to embed the creative process into the great global dialogues of the
day. Former Secretary of Defense of the United States, Robert McNamara, commenting on wars of the 20th century, wrote: "In
retrospect, we can now understand these catastrophes for what they were: essentially the products of a failure of the imagination."
Seeing Peace was born out of an understanding that this failure is the missing link in most institutional responses to conflict
and hostility in the world. In this video, Seeing Peace Billboard Project, ten artists from around the world are invited to
create billboards for peace throughout San Francisco. [ more ]
Be The Change:
Imagine a creative way to See Peace
in your own life that you can share with others. [ more ]
