Kids' Guernica in Barquisimeto, Venezuela

 

New Version of Kids' Guernica at Ichioka Junior High School, Osaka, Japan

November, 2013

A new Kids’ Guernica was completed by 130 students of the eighth graders of t Ichioka Junior High School in Osaka, Japan and it was displayed at their school festival. As a part of peace education, first, they studied about inhumanity of bombing such as in Guernica and researched a case of Liberian Civil War to understand how innocent children were always victimized during any war time. After that, each of them expressed a message of peace on a piece of drawing paper and all of their images were composed into a Kids’ Guernica mural. They learned the necessity of working together for a peaceful world through the process of matching the color of each image with the whole color of the mural.

Kids' Guernica at Daisan Iwabuchi Primary School in Tokyo, Japan

 

A Kids’ Guernica was created by the sixth-grade students of Daisan Iwabuchi Primary School in Tokyo, Japan,

Toward Peace: A World of Smiles

When each of us

We can change our future.

Even each power is small, if we can work together,

All people of the world will be happy.

We will create a peaceful world.

Two Kids' Guernica Paintings in Northern Ireland

August 31, 2013

Two kids Guernica paintings were completed in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.  They were painted in The Glens Youth Club, Cushendall, and in Broughshane Youth Club, Broughshane. The paintings will go on public display as part of the Derry City of Culture Celebrations.  The project was implemented by artist Raymond Watson, with the Belfast Flags Project. 

Prayer for Peace in Nagasaki

August 9, 2013

For the 68th anniversary of the explosion of atomic bomb on Nagasaki, many Kids' Guernica peace paintings were exhibited to send a message of "Prayer for Peace" from Nagasaki.

Kids' Guernica has started in Barcelona, Spain.



March 07, 2013

A Kids' Guernic has stared by children in Barcelona with an artist of the town. Most of the kids understand peace as a friendship between them, hearts, flowers, and nature. Some elements of their 115 drawings about peace were were composed for the final design. For now almost 40 children has participate and other children from different neighbors of Manresa town will be joined to paint this peace mural.

Kids' Guernica at Ikegami Elementary School, Osaka, Japan

March 2013,
A new Kids' Guernica peace mural was created by 59 sixth graders of Ikegami Elementary School in Izumi City, Osaka, Japan based on their study on war and peace. They studied various aspects of war and peace such as the history of wars, the cause of wars, the tragic results of wars and the meaning of international laws. When they went on a school excursion to Hiroshima, they visited the Peace Memorial Museum and interviewed some of the atomic bomb survivors of the atomic bombing. Finally, it was displayed at their graduation ceremony. As well as a message of peace, their mural shows a strong bond of cooperation which they experienced through the process of painting it.