April 10, 2005
-Please make a note in your schedule book about our symposium at NYU. It is on Friday April 15, 2005 from 3:30pm to 8:00pm. The NYU Auditorium is located on Stuyvesant Street, which is in the East Village near St. Marks Book store between 9th and 10th St. and between 2nd and 3rd Ave. On MAPQUEST, click, zoom in, then you go, "Oh, yes, I know where it is."
-Since we have crane workshop and DVD screening at UN on Friday May 20th 2005 from 1:30-2:30pm, I need to get all of your names and D.O.B. Please give Hiroshi this info by this weekend. If you see your "Peace By Piece" friends in class, let them know. So far I have only gotten pictures from Chritina, Renee, and James.
-Also, we are trying to apply for grants to help subsidize the costs of the plane ticket. Please, write your bio including the info below.
Name:
Age:
Where you are from:
A picture of yourself you and your art:
Your major at NYU (painter, photographer, or sculptor?):
An artist statement of how the class changed you (why you are interested in going to Hiroshima? What did you learn from this experience? What do you hope to do when you come back from Hiroshima? etc). The concept for your piece (that you are going to make for the new "Peace By Piece" show).
March 29, 2005
-The "Nuclear Disarmament Symposium: Art and Activism" is an event that is of great interest to "Peace by Piece" participants. It will be on April 15, 2005 at 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Einstein Auditorium in the Barney Building (34 Stuyvesant Street / New York, NY 10003). View the Press Release and Poster here. We hope to see you all at the symposium.
-As always, there will be a Crane Folding Workshop this Tuesday, March 29th at 5:00 pm in the Barney Building's Commons. Please come by and help fold!
-Also: we are hoping to have a Crane Folding Workshop at the United Nations building soon. And to get into the UN, you all need to register by April 15. If you want come to the UN to participate in this event you must register. This will be once in lifetime experience to be at the UN. So, register!
February 26, 2005
-The silkscreening workshop will be lead by Susannah on Saturday, March 6th at 12:00 noon in the Barney Building silkscreen studio. Come and learn how to silkscreen, and also help out in preparing ideas for our trip.
-Crane folding sessions will now be every Tuesday at 6:00 pm in the Barney Building Commons. Come and help fold cranes for the Sadako Peace Memorial. Bring friends and get involved!
February 20, 2005
- Next Tuesday, the 22nd, Susannah, Renee, and Hiroshi are getting together for a Crane Folding Workshop
at 5:00pm in the Barney Building Commons. Anyone who has time should come by and help out with the
crane folding for this semester! Please make drawings to be photocopied and used as crane folding paper.Here is an example Hiroshi drew to be used as crane folding paper. He also made a Japanese version you can use.
-Renee, who is on the Crane Workshop Committee, just finished a couple of papers
for the "Peace by Piece" Study Abroad proposal and Hiroshima Mayor's peace declaration sheet.
February 16, 2005
-Chrisina Caputo made DVD copies of the Japanese T.V. show that featured the "Peace by Piece" Exhibition. You are welcome to ask her for a copy (and remember to thank her for her work). Please show the DVD to your friends, family, and teachers to get them involved in the Crane Workshop at NYU.
-IMPORTANT: Please, if you haven't already done so, fill out a "Peace by Piece" questionnaire and e-mail it to Hiroshi. This is a requirement for anyone planning on going to Japan with the group because the NHK-TV people need it. Answer the questions in order in an e-mail and attatch a recent J-PEG photo of yourself, then send it to Hiroshi.
February 8, 2005
- Hiroshima City University will offer an "Intensive Summer Course: HIROSHIMA and PEACE" during the period between July 27 and August 6 in 2005 for students from abroad and in Japan. The course aims to share the recent findings of peace studies and to underline the importance of world peace in our age. The course consists of a series of lectures by twelve specialists of different fields related to peace studies and several featured programs, including visits to the Atomic-bomb Dome and Peace Memorial Museum, discussion with a survivor of the atomic bombing, and Participation in the Peace Memorial Ceremony (August 6), . The course provides all the participants with an opportunity to think seriously about the importance of peace-making in the world. This looks fantastic, and Hiroshi is planning on participating. If anyone else is interested, please click here to find out more.
February 4, 2005
-There will be a revised version of the "Peace By Piece" exhibition in the hall way of the
administration office on the 3rd Floor of the Barney Building on May 2nd to May13th,
2005. Please make a note that some of you will be re-making your work, and others
will make new works reflecting your individual research. There is also a revised show in the works for the Kimmel Center sometime in May.