Please Pass Along within Your Networks! -- Hi folks, wanted to take a moment to introduce the Peace Tiles Project, and opportunity for children and youth to come together -- to lift their "visual voices" together in the global struggle against HIV/AIDS. I�d also like to invite your participation at any level you can, but most importantly to sponsor a really fun �peace tile� making activity for children and youth at-risk and affected by HIV/AIDS. You can sign up to join the Peace Tiles project at: http://www.devarts.org
CONCEPT To engage children and youth globally in the co-production of two thrilling permanent art installation that will be co-sited and installed, one at "ground zero" for children and AIDS on World AIDS Day 2005 and the other at UNAIDS (or equivalent venue; unconfirmed). AIDS "ground zero" is the place on earth where the greatest number of children are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. SUMMARY Development and Art, working in cooperation with the <a href="http://www.icaf.org";>International Child Art Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.actalive.org";>ActALIVE</a>, <a href="http://www.art4development";> Art4Development</a>and <a href="http://www.visualvoices.org";>VisualVoices</a>, will coordinate an unprecedented worldwide effort to bring artists, children, and pediatric HIV/AIDS workers together to produce a stunning work of art. The project has four goals: 1) Bring children who are at risk for and living with HIV/AIDS together for fun and creativity 2) Raise public awareness of the extent to which children suffer from AIDS globally 3) Produce a lasting, uplifting and valued work of art that children are proud of 4) Raise funds to prevent and treat AIDS at AIDS �ground zero� and elsewhere HOW IT WORKS During 2005 the World AIDS Day Art Action campaign, Development and Art will widely distribute to AIDS education and prevention programs, artists and related networks the specifications for the production of an artistic "peace tile." The unfinished tiles will be sent to the United States where they will be catalogued, treated and guest curated into two very large works by a team of prominent artists. The role of the artists will be to specify the arrangement of tiles into two large murals. A team of assistants will be responsible to document and label the final arrangement for reproduction on site. On December 1st, 2005 -- World AIDS Day -- the works will be inaugurated at two locations: in an appropriate site at AIDS "ground zero" for children and at the offices of the UN AIDS Program in Geneva. At the same time, monies raised through international sponsorships will be presented to the community at "ground zero." The inauguration will also kick-off a multi-year effort for children around the world to inspire one another through the exchange of "peace tiles" created in on-going workshops. NEEDS * An international undertaking of this scale will need support in several ways: * Quickly establish a network of artists and organizations willing to oversee the production of tiles by children using locally available materials * Publicity and corporate relations professionals to manage the visibility of and energy surrounding this international event * Underwriters and supporters willing to lend the prominence of their name and institutional affiliation to the endeavor by endorsing the project Schools, artists, and educators are strongly urged to join Development and Art and begin planning and documenting your tile-making workshop online. DevArts.org makes webspace available for tile projects to create their own personal blogs and list their activity on the site�s online calendar. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
