Peace Event in Yamanashi, Japan

Upcoming Events

15th Anniversary Events in 2010
March 25, Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania
August 10, Exhibition, Bali, Indonesia

Updates

1. Kids Guernica Exhibition and Peace Event in Yamanashi, JAPAN August 29-30, 2009

2. 12 Korean and 10 American students produced murals using felts and fabrics for five days. Coordinated by Dr. Jaehan Bae, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Department of Art.

History

1995 Kids' Guernica project was initiated by Art Japan Network in the year of the 50th anniversary of World War II. The first workshop was held in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
2000 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kids' Guernica International Committee was established to manage this project after the first stage developed by Art Japan Network.

2001 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Kyoto, Japan
2001-2002 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Kronplatz, Italy
2003 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Oradour, France
2003 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Vorarlberg, Austria
2003 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan
2005 10th Anniversary Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Bali, Indonesia
2006 Poets and Kids' Guernica in Crete, Greece
2006 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Bali, Indonesia
2007 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Chios, Greece
2007 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Osaka, Japan
2007 Kids' Guernica International Exhibition in Athens, Greece

International Exhibitions
http://www.kids-guernica.org/KGFiles/Exhibition-E.html

Participation

Participation is very simple. No formal application is necessary.

1. Prepare a Guernica size canvas (3.5 m x 7.8 m).*

2. Discuss what “peace” is.

3. Create a peace painting on the Guernica size canvas.

4. Send digital images of your workshop and completed painting to this website.

* Not only a Guernica size painting but also a huge wood cut print on peace was already made in a workshop. You may create a new type of Guernica size art such as peace embroidery, peace patchwork, peace silk screen print, and so on.

If you want to participate in Kids’ Guernica exhibitions, you may send your peace art to the exhibition organizer at your own expense. The information of upcoming exhibitions is available in this website.

Contact kguernica@aol.com for more information.

Q&A

1. What age group of children can participate in this project?

A: The age of participant children is not limited. From kindergarten children to high school students already participated.

2. How long will it take to complete a KIDS' GUERNICA painting?

A: It depends upon your plan. It took only for a few days to complete it in some workshops and it took more than one month in some workshops.

3. How many children are necessary to complete a KIDS' GUERNICA painting?

A: It depends upon your plan. Only twenty children complete their painting in a workshop. In some workshops, totally more than a hundred children participated.

4. Can you accept only a peace painting?

A: The main theme is 'peace'. Only the size (3.5 m x 7.8 m) is fixed but the expression is free. Not only a Guernica size painting but also a huge wood cut print on peace was already made in a workshop. You may create a new type of Guernica size art such as peace embroidery, peace patchwork, peace silk screen print, and so on.

5. What kind of colors were used to make a KIDS' GUERNICA painting?

A: Acrylic colors were used in most of the workshops. Acrylic paints for house construction, which are much cheaper, were used with acrylic colors in some workshop.

6. After finishing the painting, what should I do?

A: Send your workshop report with some digital images to Kguernica@aol.com. Then it will be uploaded to this website.

7. Is it necessary to send the completed painting to the foreign exhibition?

A: Not necessary. You can keep it in your own place. If you want to participate in Kids' Guernica exhibitions, you may send your peace art to the exhibition organizer at your own expense. The information of upcoming exhibitions is available in this website.

Contact

Address of Kids' Guernica International Committee

c/o Prof. Takuya Kaneda
Department of Child Studies, Otsuma Women's University
12 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8357 JAPAN

E-mail: kguernica@aol.com

Representative 

Prof. Takuya Kaneda

Event coordinator

Minoru Watanabe

Concept

Kids' Guernica is an international children's art project to create a peace mural on a Picasso's "Guernica" size (3.5m x 7.8m) canvas.What is this project? Slideshow ⇒

Pablo Picasso created "Guernica" to protest against the brutality of bombing during the Spanish civil war in 1937. He painted "Guernica"on a canvas, which made it possible to move from Paris to London, New York, and then Madrid.

Kids' Guernica peace mural is also painted on a movable canvas. Murals are usually painted on walls, which often imply separation. The movable mural is a metaphor for removing separation. World peace can not be accomplished without removing separation among nations, races, religions, cultures and people.

Kids' Guernica is an artwork on a global canvas, expressing the spirit of peace and connecting people. More than 160 peace paintings were already created in 40 countries of the world. If you connect all the workshop spots on the globe, a wonderful drawing will be appeared.