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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011

Kids' Guernica in San Sebastian, Spain

May 2011, Kids' Guernica workshops were held from 4th till 29 of May 2011 in San Sebastian, Spain. The children of the KIDS corner-Haurtxoko in Basque of the cultural centre called Palacio de Aiete organized the series of workshops. Aiete is a cultural centre that is housed in the former holiday residence of Dictator Franco. This residence is now a centre for peace, huma rights and reconciliation. www.donostiasansebastian.com/palacio_aiete.html

The group of 23, 6-9 year-old children participated in the workshops. Miss Beatxu Txuruka, an artist lead the workshop without intervention in the artistic expression of children.

During the first two workshops, three persons shared with the group their unfortunate experiences living through the Spanish Civil War and the Franco Dictatorship. During the fifth workshop, the participants watched the documentary "Children from Guernica" and spoke to Mr. Manuel Gonzales who was one of the initiators of a Kids' Guernica event, Bruges, Belgium. Mr. Gonzalez is the son of a Nino de la Guerra-a kid of the war. In the Spanish context, Ninos de la Guerra refers to the group of children who were transported to European countries like France, Belgium and Russia during the Spanish Civil War and grew up in these hosting countries during the Dictatorship of Franco. The father of Mr. Gonzalez originated from San Sebastian and grew up in Ghent, Belgium. Title of this peace painting is "La Aspiradora magica de la Paz" which means "The Magic Vaccum Cleaner of Peace". The canvas shows the black silhoutte of children who participated in the workshop. The painting has an orientation to the right where outside of imagined a large vaccum cleaner of Peace that protects them from the war and put them in the save situation of peace. The body language of the silhouttes signifies a sad situation. every child has filled his/her own silhoutte in colors. In bewtween the silhouttes there are painted objects, persons or feelings that the children feel they will not have in case of war.The finished peace paintinf was displayed in front of the House of Peace and Reconciliation during the festival Romeolas on 29 May, Sunday.The event in San Sevastian was run parallel with a Kids' Guernica event in Wroclaw, Ploand. The general responsible for the Guernica bombing was born close to the city of Wroclaw. The final products of both Kids' Guernica events were delivered in the same week .

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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011

Kids' Guernica in Osaka, Japan

March, 2011

A new peace mural was completed at Nakatoyoshima Elementary School in Osaka.

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New Peace Murals in Nagasaki, Japan

March, 2011

New three peace murals were completed in Nagasaki.

Shiroyama Elementary School, Students' Club

Minami Nagasaki Elementary School

Kousyou Junior High School

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Kids' Guernica in Sendai, Japan

February, 2011

This mural mixed with collage was created by children adults of a life long education group in Sendai, Japan just one month before the massive earthquake. The coastal part of Sendai city was swallen by the tsunami.

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Kids' Guernica Conference in Ghent, Belgium

February 18, 2011

A conference on Kids' Guernica and European Capitals of Culture: the Dimension of Peace was held to discuss the future of this project at University of Ghent.

A peace mural created in Ghent in 2010.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Origami Guernica in India

January 10, 2011

20 boys of Narendrapur Ramakrishna mission, Blind Boys Academy created a fantastic Guernica size peace mural. They used more than 6,000 color Origami, folding papers, and pasted on a black canvas on the theme of climate change. They prepared the folding papers for last six months and completed the peace mural on January 3-5 after their continuous hard work.

Two professors from Japan, Abe, Professor of Art Education and Haraguchi, Professor of Special Education, supported the workshop.

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