Youth Art projects in the 2011 Search For Peace
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Visual Art and Adelante Mujeres
See details below for MET, De La Salle, Chipole School in Tanzania, EDGE group, and St. Pius X Faith Formation and School.
MET, The Muslim Educational Trust in Tigard OR exhibited copies of the posters they entered in a local contest. A couple of the posters are:
Nourhan Shams'
and Salma Bashir's
To see the wining posters or to download your own pdf image of any of the
winning posters in the contest sponsored by the Human Rights Council of Washington County, go to www.humanrightswashco.org
Br. Martin Vu's class at De LaSalle North Catholic High School communicated Peace in their entries.
The artworks from the Chipole School for Girls, in Tanzania, Africa, mention “Amani,” which means peace. They were sent by Roger and Kitty Schiltz, Maryknoll Affiliates, who recently set up the library at the Chipole School.
The EDGE Peace Quilt was made by 7th and 8th graders at St. Pius X.
See the whole quilt and more detailed squares.
Many other projects included a
A large Peace Cross poster was made from recycled Peace Christmas cards by the 4th and 5th grade Faith Formation students. (no picture available)
The Peace from Conflict poster of poems written by 5th Graders at St. Pius X School after reading books dealing with conflicts:
Students at the school also honored Greg Mortenson and his efforts building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan by making Travel Journals, and remembered Martin Luther King Jr. with their
"I have a dream" statements,
many of which related to peace and non-violence:
More art from the 2011 Search For Peace is at ART.
Group Participation in the 2011 Exhibit
