Brodner's Person of the Day: Artists Against the War
One week from tonight is the official opening of Artists Against the War at the Society of Illustrators in NYC. Sixty pieces by sixty artists offering a vast range of observation, thought, and feeling about the disaster in the Middle East touched off by the fatal combination of ignorance and hubris in the White House. The $20 ticket goes to Disabled American Veterans. To be anti-war is the very best way to support the troops. Please come and help make this strong statement.
Artists Against the War
Wednesday, January 9, 6-9 p.m.
Society of Illustrators
128 E. 63 St., NYC
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Moments in Peace 2007:
Cleveland City Councilman Joe Santiago honors American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) on the occasion of celebrating Twenty Years of Community Service by installing the Santa Fe Peace Stone of the Worlds Children Peace Monument at the 2007 World Peace Conference.
The purpose of the worldwide movement, 2007 World Peace Conference - "Building a Culture of Peace" in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was to envision solution, use proactive public diplomacy to communicate more effectively with the rest of the world and build understanding for its values and policies and create a program for World Peace Between Nations and Nonviolence in Our Homes and Our Community.
With the support of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and the leadership of Ms. Louise Diamond, PhD, Jody Williams, the winner of 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, and Arun Gandi, grandson of Mahatma Gandi, and a host of others, made Santa Fe, New Mexico a focal point in America for international hope and peace-inspiring events during the time when wars are raging on almost every continent around the world.
In conclusion of their 20th year of promoting ICEAlity, the understanding of the relationship between Humans and their Environment through the Arts", Universal Cultural Peace Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca dedicated to the Peace Garden at the Santa Fe Children's Museum, the Santa Fe Stone of the Worlds Children Peace Monument (WCPM).
Designed at the ARK in Berea and built at Coe Lake Park in Berea, Ohio, the Worlds Children Peace Monument (WCPM) was officially inaugurated in 2003 at the 3rd World Peace Conference held in Verbania, Italy by American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca, where they received an Italian Medal of Arts. They were also recognized by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and in 2006 appointed Universal Peace Ambassadors. The WCPM is organized in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the UN Millennium Development Goals.
"The European American community is very proud of ICEA achievements. And I hope, our pride will show with our continuing support for this organization". states Zenon A. Domanski, Editor and Publisher of KOLORS Magazine.
At the formation of ICEA, Canadian activist Rick Coronado from Great Lakes United forecasted, " The International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) David and Renate Jakupca will act as our benchmark by which we can measure change and continuity in everything from the environment to relations between peoples through the Arts. But more than that, it will remind us that we are not the first People, native and newcomers alike to face difficult choices in troubled times". The winds of change blew as hard then as now.
When honestly told, the David and Renate story inspires without leading us into simpleminded platitudes. History humanizes us by giving names, faces and texture to our physical and cultural landscapes. Not only do the Jakupca exhibits entertain us, they serve as a map and guide for life on the road of a sustainable Culture of Peace.
Written by Pris Reagan
New Word in URBAN DICTIONARY:
'ICEAlity':
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ICEAlity
LATEST REPORT ON WORLDS CHILDREN PEACE MONUMENT (WCPM)
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=13566024...
International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)
P. O. Box 81496
Cleveland, Ohio 44181 USA
Phone/fax: 440-891-8376
Email: ICEA2000@sbcglobal.net
www.TheICEA.Org
Please excuse Mother Jones' lateness here. This has been on my blog Drawger.com/stevebrodner since Jan.3. So the notice for the opening is way out of date. But the show will be up till the end of the month. Next Weds. Jan. 23 at 7 there will be a panel discussion with Christian Parenti, Steven Heller and David Wallis on the media and censorship during wartime. It will also be streaming live on societyillustrators.com. Please come if you're in town. Thanks.
Does this mean that the academic community will now be putting in double shifts in the quest for energy independence?
