Novemer 2016, A new Kids’ Guernica was created by the 8th
grade students of Kubo Junior High School in Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi
Prefecture, Japan. In June, they visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and
learned a lot about the tragedy of war and the importance of peace.
During the
summer vacation, all the students thought how to make a huge peace painting and
the basic composition was decided by some selected members of the students in
September. After their discussion about the meaning of peace, each of the
students thought about the content of this Kids’ Guernica peace painting. They pained
his/her own image of peace on a piece of paper by water colors and color pencils.
Finally, all of 111 students’ peace images were jointed together and it became
a wonderful huge peace painting filled with their warm-hearted feelings. All
the students were satisfied with their peace painting. On October 9, it was
displayed at their School Cultural Festival and their parents and many local
visitors appreciated it.
Coordinating Teacher
Yukiko Karatsu
