Art and Peace Center for Children and Youth

August 7, 2013 admin

Peacepainting is well underway with the planning of an art- and peace centre for children and youth in cooperation with other actors. The building is drawn by Bodvar V. Schjelderup.

Exhibitions at airports

August 7, 2013 admin

The exhibitions are in cooperation with Avinor:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 23, 2013 admin

Geir O. Pedersen, section leader at the Department for the United Nations, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, receives a painting painted in Tunisia.

Youth Exchange between Naryan-Mar, Russia and Bindal, Norway

April 30, 2013 Peacepainting

Sponsored by The Norwegian Barents Secretariat we created a youth exchange to build good relations with our neighbors and expand perspectives across borders. We invited our partners at an agricultural high school in Naryan-Mar, Russia to come to Bindal, Norway.

Verkhnetulomsky and Tuloma, Murmansk

April 25, 2013 Peacepainting

The project in Verkhnetulomsky and Tuloma was part of a larger three-part Peacepainting project to promote the Skolt Sámi minorities in Russia, Finland and Norway.

“The Huffington Post” – April 2013

April 15, 2013 admin

On the 12 April 2013 we got a great review in The Huffington Post: “Peacepainting – What the World Needs to Learn From Children”.

Read the whole article in The Huffington Post.

Naryan-Mar

September 23, 2012 Peacepainting

Naryan-Mar was Peacepainting’s second contact place in Russia, and cooperation with an agricultural high school in we created a wonderful project sponsored by The Norwegian Barents Secretariat.

Moscow

September 23, 2012 Peacepainting

To continue our great partnership with School 2010, we travelled back and had new painting workshops with different groups of children from the school.

Workshops in collaboration with YFU, Hønefoss, Norway

August 15, 2012 admin

We conducted workshops in collaboration with Youth For Understanding, a non profit exchange organization. Over 70 international exchange students tied to the organization participated in the workshop.

Exhibition at Berg School, Norway

August 7, 2012 admin

40 paintings decorate the walls. Some are from other countries such as Tunisia, Sri Lanka and Russia.

The rest have they made themselves at workshops through the organisation B.A.R.N.

The project is in cooperation with Sømna Culture School.

July 2012 - Terråk

August 1, 2012 admin

Peacepainting course in which young people from Norway and other countries took part. The course was held where we plan to build an art and peace centre for children and youth.

June 2012 - Oslosenteret

July 13, 2012 admin

Kjell Magne Bondevik presents Aung San Suu Kyi a painting, “The Dove”, by Maja Lund. Maja was one of the 70 children who took part in workshops with ihana! / Inger Birkelund, Baaskifestivalen i Nordreisa.

June 2012, Nordland - Nordland County Council

July 13, 2012 admin

Catrine Gangstø informs about art and peacekeeping at Nordland’s Country Council.

Baaskifestivalen i Nordreisa - juni 2012

July 13, 2012 admin

Vi gjennomførte workshops etter invitasjon fra ihana som har som mål å formidle og fremme kvensk kultur og tre stammers møte. Ihana er kvensk og betyr fantastisk, herlig! Ca 90 barn deltok.

June 2012 - Baaskifestivalen, Nordreisa, Norway

July 13, 2012 admin

We carried out workshops after invitation from ihana which aims to impart and promote Kvensk culture and the “tre stammers møte”. Ihana is Kvensk and means “fantastic”, “brilliant”! About 90 children participated.

The Ministry of Defence – June 2012

July 13, 2012 admin

We exchanged the paintings in the frames. Children and youth from Norway, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Germany and Mexico now have an exhibition in the Leadership Building for the rest of the year. General Rajiv from India is trying to get the exhibition to his homeland.