NSWAS - Art Exhibit: Jewish & Palestinian Kids Drawing Peace Together

Art Exhibit: Jewish & Palestinian Kids Drawing Peace Together

In June 2008, 25 children from the Tulkarm Refugee Camp came to NSWAS for an overnight Art workshop. Together with 25 Jewish and Arab children from the Oasis of Peace they played in the village, and drew and painted about 80 pictures on canvas and paper, with guidance from Jewish and Arab artists. Today, some of these paintings are in the United States to be exhibited as a testimony that peace is possible.

The Art Exhibit premiered at the “Engaging the Other Conference,” featuring Oasis of Peace’s resident Ahmad Hijazi in San Francisco, September 4-7, 2008. Since then, it tours the US, spreading their message of peace. In the next few months it will appear at New York State and Massachusetts venues.

Coming venues:

July 2009	Chautauqua, NY
August 21- 28, 2009	St. Elias Church, Syracuse, NY
August 30 - September 11, 2009	Jewish Community Center, Syracuse, NY
September 14 - 20, 2009	Manlius Pebble Hill School, Syracuse, NY
September 22 - October 8, 2009	Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
October 5th at 7pm	Voices of Hope: a presentation with Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam representative, Noam Shuster (306 North Aurora St., Ithaca, NY)
October 9 - 12, 2009	Elmira, NY
November 2009	Brandeis University, MA
January 22 - February 4, 2010	First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, 1432 Washtenaw Ave.
February 5-16, 2010	Temple Beth Emeth/St Clare's Episcopal Church, 2309 Packard Rd.
February 17 - March 1st, 2010	First Unitarian Universalist Church of Ann Arbor, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.
April 11-13th, 2010	Rochester, NY - 2010 Interfaith Understanding Conference
May 1 - 31st, 2010 April 1 - 30th, 2011	IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center 2 N. Medical Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84113 Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch Meeting Room 1001 Route 35 (Broad St. & Ave of the Commons) Shrewsbury, NJ 07702-4398

Related Press:

2010 Interfaith Understanding Conference in Rochester, NY - visit the website and register for the conference.

StarGazette.com announces the exhibit in Elmira, NY.

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