SANTA ANA, Calif. 5/1/2010 11:34:13 PM
Kids Worldwide Paint 4,000 Murals for a Culture of Peace
Twelve-mile mural to be installed across Egypt
A 24-hour interactive children's art event to promote healing and peace worldwide will be hosted live by the Art Miles Mural Project on Friday, May 14, 2010 in Santa Ana.
Circle of Cause, an NGO media consortium working with Art Miles, will produce a round-the-clock Photo Mural-thon via UStream to cap the United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace. Over the last ten years, Art Miles has championed the painting of more than 4,000 life-size canvas murals by more than 500,000 children (and some adults) in 125 countries.
The event will feature kids side-by-side with seasoned pros.
Local school children will paint panels of a twelve-mile mural to be installed across Egypt this fall, culminating in construction of a "Muramid" built of digitized images.
Professional photographers will digitally document the mural panels during themed collaboration sessions.
There will be performances by Scarlet Rivera, Music Mile Ambassador and one of the world's most high-profile violinists; Paul Hanna, Art Miles Mural Project; composer and musician Evren Ozan, teenage Native American flute musician; and LA Music Award winner Spirit Soul and Friends.
Ally Woodard, age 10, Art Miles Ambassador and youngest-ever recipient of the White House Project's Epic Award, will be recognized for her role in delivering hand-painted sneakers to thousands of children in Africa, Bangladesh, Mexico, Cambodia, and Haiti.
Honored guests will be Art Miles co-founders Fouad and Joanne Tawfilis; Joanne is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the 2nd World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul, South Korea.
Follow the Mural-thon live online at http://www.ammplive.org.
For more stories about schoolchildren learning about social responsibility, visit School Safety Partners at www.SchoolSafetyPartners.org.
