Friday, January 30, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

THE VIEW- FROM NINE STORIES UP...

One of the winners of the CHALK4PEACE 2008 Photo Contest,
Crane Country Day School Photographer Teresa Pietsch
found herself NINE STORIES UP in a cherry picker capturing
this image of the schoolwide effort. YOU GO CRANE!
For sure, Teresa receives our "Gutsiest Photographer" Award!

Monday, January 26, 2009

I WANT PEACE IN MY LIFE...

AN ARTIST WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF DREAM
FROM DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VA
photo by Meridith De Avila Khan

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009

WE CELEBRATE THE MEMORY OF DR. KING...

We honor Dr. King on this special day with this photo
from our archives taken at the Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC in 2005.
We congratulate President Barack Obama on his historic
inauguration as America's sense of renewal and change
would be something that Dr. King would be proud of.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

C4P DIRECTOR PRESENTS ART INSTALLATION

JOHN AARON, the Global Director of CHALK4PEACE,
presented his installation, "IDLE WORSHIP" at the
SIDE STREET PROJECTS ARTYARD,
730 N. Fair Oaks, PASADENA, CA JAN 17.
The installation included a dozens of young artists of all ages
who helped create almost 200 clay dogs surrounding one
of AARON'S infamous handmade Fire Hydrants. Dogs welcome...Click on today's Post Title to see Side Street's Flickr page that tells the "Idle Worship" story...


Tuesday, January 6, 2009

CHALK4PEACE Profile: MARIELLE MARIANO


MARIELLE MARIANO is the East Coast Coordinator for CHALK4PEACE.
Click on The Title of this Blog Post for the January 2009
HILL RAG article by James Magner about the great work Marielle
does as an artist and arts therapist. She is a true gem that
we with CHALK4PEACE are honored to have as an advocate.
You can visit Marielle at www.artistmarielle.com
and email her at marielle@artistmarielle.com

Saturday, January 3, 2009

YOU VOTED FOR 2008'S FAVORITE PHOTOS!

Of the hundreds of votes cast, YOU selected THIS as your
FAVORITE PHOTO: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town,
S. Africa; The COMMUNITY ARTS THERAPY Programme
Angela Rackstraw, Executive Director, Photographer



2nd PLACE by only 2 votes!
CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL, MONTECITO, CA
Photo:

These photos will be featured in the promotional materials
for CHALK4PEACE in 2008.
THANKS go out to all of you who took the time to VOTE!