A Unique Kids' Guernica in Poland

October 30, 2015
A unique Kids' Guernica was created in Rybnik, Poland. This project was started in 2012. About 70 young artists in age 5 -19 participated in it. They all are students of Art Studio CREATIO – MDK.

The image is made on big paper and in graphic ( linocut) technique. Each participant thought and said what word, “peace”: means for him/her and what inspiration gives him/her for art. Next, they designed their art, next made it, printed it, and connected together on one big piece of paper on the wall. During the final presentation of our Kid’s Guernica in our city, we invited parents, families, teachers, friends and children talked about their work and thoughts.

Coordinator: Aldona Kaczmarczyk-Kołucka

Art Studio CREATIO – MDK

www.mdk.rybnik.pl

Kids' Guernica at Tsubatamachi Children Center in Japan

September 08, 2015

Tsubatamachi Children Center organized Kids' Guernica workshop and its exhibition for the 10th anniversary of the center. First, the member of Art club of Tsubata Minami Junior High School made the basic design of this peace painting and the 5th and 6th grade students of Tsubatamachi Cyuujyo Primary School and visiting children to the center completed the big painting. It was exhibited in the center from August 29 to September 9. As its opening event, a music program was also held in front of the big peace painting.

Kids' Guernica in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

August 26-28, 2015

The second part of Kids' Guernica exhibition was successfully held at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. 1,100 children participated in creating 20 new peace paintings and 8,000 people visited the riverside venue. More people saw these paintings from the other side of the river while they visited the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Many foreign tourists visited the venue of this exhibition.

 A peace mural from Northern Ireland was also exhibited.

Savina Tarsitano did a collaborative workshop of "Kids' Guernica" and 

Michelangelo Pistollete's "Third Paradise" project at the river side.

"Kids' Guernica" & "Third Paradise" Workshop at Kouganji Kindergarten in Tokyo

August 24, 2015  
A collaborative workshop with "Kids' Guernica" and Michelangelo Pistollete's "Third Paradise" was held by an Italian artist, Savina Tarsitano at Kouganji Kindergarten in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. She brought the canvas after doing the same workshop with children in Indonesia and Cambodia.

20th Anniversary Kids' Guernica Exhibition in Bali

August 15-18, 2015

20th Anniversary Exhibition was held at Puri Lukisan Museum in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. 

A new Kids' Guernica peace painting was also created by elementary school children in Ubud.

Savina Tarsitano showed a collaboration of "Kids' Guernica" and Michelangelo Pistollete's "Third Paradise" project.

An collaborative installation of "Kids' Guernica" and Michelangelo Pistollete's "Third Paradise".

"Art for Peace" by artists who were involved with Kids' Guernica project was also displayed

 at Museum Puri Lukisan in Bali.

Kids' Guernica in Nagasaki for 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

August 06-12, 2015 Kids' Guernica exhibition was held in Nagasaki for 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing. Nagasaki children created a 70 m long huge peace mural for this exhibition.

                     Peace murals from India, Iran, Korea and Hawaii were also exhibited.

Kids' Guernica Exhibition in Hiroshima

July 24-27, 2015  Kids' Guernica paintings were displayed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

Indian visitors in front of the Indian peace mural from Mumbai

The recent small Kids' Guernica from Nepal was also displayed.

The exhibition of "Art for Peace" by artists who were involved with Kids' Guernica project was also held at Tengu Square Gallery near the Peace Park in Hiroshima.