The Art of Peacework: Our vision

Our vision is to...

• experience peace and understand it through the arts
• gain strength for our work toward peace and encourage each other through the arts
• celebrate all efforts toward peace, including those that have led to tragedy
• communicate with each other with compassion, respect, and laughter, recognizing our interdependence...

Music

We have started to gather a list of musical works focusing on peace themes. Our list is not ready for publication. In the meantime, here are some links to other resources:

• Music of peace, on the Peacemakers Trust site.
• Barenboim-Said Akademie. Founded in the spirit of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the Barenboim-Said Akademie seeks to unite young musicians from the Middle East, North Africa, and around the world to study in Berlin.
• Peace Not War. Anti-war protest songs available for download.
• Songs for Peace. Songs by Raffi, a favourite Canadian songwriter and singer for children.
• Seattle Peace Chorus. Song Sheets.

Dance

under development

• Peace Moves: Using movement to inspire creative perspectives for peace

Peace films

under development

Stories and poetry

under development

Peace films

under development

Peace theatre

Under development.

• Wolf and Water Arts Co, UK

Visual arts

Here are some links to organizations focusing on peace and the arts. Please send your suggestions.

• Cartooning for Peace, France
• Die Kunst des Friedens, Institut für Friedenspädagogik, Tübingen e.V
• International Committee of Artists for Peace. ICAP is based in Santa Monica, California, USA.
• International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (IFLAC), Israel
• La Galerie l'Art et la Paix, Le Mouvement de la Paix, Saint-Ouen, France
• Künstler gegen den Krieg (Artists Against the War) (English)
• Kunst gegen Krieg, für Frieden, Völkerverständigung, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Friedensatelier, Regensburg
• One Common Unity, Washington DC, USA
• Playing for Change: Peace through Music. See their YouTube Channel

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The arts and peace education

Peacemakers Trust is seeking funding support to develop the following initiatives:

• An online compendium of resources on the uses of the arts towards peacebuilding;
• An international communication network of artists, musicians, educators, art therapists, and others who use the arts in peace education and peacebuilding initiatives;
• An online International Children's Peace Art Gallery