Posts by adminsusan
Water Writes Halftime BBQ & Report Back
Come out n Celebrate the Completion of 5 of the 10 Water Writes Murals hosted by the Estria Foundation! Muralists who traveled to Hawaii, Palestine, and the Philippines will share their videos, photos, and stories. The MAIA Mural Brigade brought several groups, institutions and projects together including: Break the Silence Mural And Arts Project; the…
Read MoreMAIA MURALS Summer 2011
MAIA MURAL PROJECT A Tale of Two Cites goes to Gaza!! To make your tax deductible donation: Causes on Facebook Break the Silence Mural Project (Via our Fiscal Sponsor PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND) The MAIA MURAL PROJECT will be a series of collaborative murals focusing on environmental justice, specifically water or ‘maia’ in Arabic. We will…
Read MoreInmigrantes Unidos de Shelton, Shelton WA
Click for Audio Inmigrantes Unidos Mission To unite immigrant community in Shelton, foster mutual support, and enhance quality of life through education, knowledge, relationships and leadership development. Click here For More Information about YAYA; The Youth and Young Adult Network of the National Farm Worker Ministry! On March 30th 2011, Evergreen YAYAs, along with the…
Read MorePeaceWorks Conference-Solidarity in Action 4/8,9
Pre-Registration Now Open! Click here to reserve your place. The conference includes two days of networking, panels and workshops at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. Panelists will address the current situation in Israel/Palestine, strategies for justice and peace, the growing international campaigns for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and cross-movement building. Local and national…
Read MoreCelebrate Egypt's Victory at the Mural
If you have a video camera – Please let us know or come down and help us document this event- THANKS
Read MorePlease consider Voting for ORSMP's own Hilary Hacker – Students in Service Award- Deadline February 15th
ORSMP’s own Hilary Hacker has been nominate to win a Students In Service Award! All you have to do is VOTE for me and PLEASE spread the word through any networks you have… email, facebook… etc. Hilary and ORSMP and Antioch would appreciate it sooo much! $5,000 for Hilary, $2,500 for Antioch, and $2,500 for…
Read MoreVideo by Alan Greig-"Confronting the Wall" Wins Palestinian Popular Jury Prize in Stop the Wall Campaign’s Video Competition.
The Video features a mural painted with the Aamer family on the wall that encloses them on four sides, in the West Bank town of Mas’ha. Several years later their daughter, Asia, began art school, and is a participant in the Oly-Rafah Mural. Asia Aamer’s image in the mural. The Itisapartheid www.itisapartheid.org Collective and Stop…
Read MoreWalls- From Palestine to Mexico
Sama sama/Together
Sama-sama/Together Collaboration Apotik Komik, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and members of Clarion Alley Mural Project, SF CA conceived/directed Megan Wilson http://www.meganwilson.com/related/Curatorial/Sama-sama.php Yogyakarta Indonesia (2003), catalogue cover The catalogue Sama-sama/Together An International Exchange Project between Yogyakarta-San Francisco is currently available at Intersection for the Arts!! Catalogues are $30/each and all proceeds are going towards earthquake relief for the…
Read MoreFertile Ground Community Center and Guesthouse
Fertile Ground Community Center and Guesthouse ~ 311 9th Ave SE ~ Olympia, WA 98501 ~ 360.352.2428 [email protected] http://fertileground.org Since 2005, we’ve been serving the Olympia community as a non-profit. We exist to demonstrate sustainable technology and provide meeting space for creation, education and celebration. Our mission is to provide access to resources that enhance…
Read MoreAudio Mural Key Download- Hear the Mural Speak: Dial 360.252.9779 and enter extention #
AUDIO PROGRAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION Click on Image to enlarge and print Live Audio Files on Extension Numbers: 050- Black Student union 068– Baladna and DAM 021- KOWA 069– Break the Silence 031- Books to Prisoners 076- Anarchists against the wall 037– Pastors for Peace 077- Gail Trembly 051– POWER 080- Ibdaa…
Read MoreHani Abu Amara, Rafah, Gaza
Artist from Rafah, Gaza Strip. Member of Palestine Artists’ Union, Rafah Branch.
Read MoreA Tale Of Two Cities~Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project
The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project, co-produced by Break the Silence Mural and Arts Project and the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, was made possible by the collective effort of more than150 groups and individuals–from local to global, from Olympia, Washington to Rafah, Palestine, from Turtle Island to Latin America to Sri Lanka and…
Read MorePalestine Youth Center and Majed Shala, Gaza
MAJED SHALA http://www.artwfg.ps/cv.php?id_artist=3&op=index Born in 1960 in Gaza, Shala graduated with a Master of Arts from Scranton University, USA in 2001. Shala’s work has been shown in a number of solo exhibitions, including Suwar min Gaza, in Beirut, Lebanon (2004) and Gaza Hanin il Makan, at the Arts and Crafts village in Gaza (2003). Between…
Read MoreHandala, Naji Al Ali, Palestine
Naji Al-Ali on Handala “The child Handala is my signature, everyone asks me about him wherever I go. I gave birth to this child in the Gulf and I presented him to the people. His name is Handala and he has promised the people that he will remain true to himself. I drew him as…
Read MoreProject Souarna, Wehdat Refugee Camp, Amman, Jordan
http://projectsouarna.wordpress.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Souarna-mshrw-suarna/119269821417389 Project Souarna (Soo-War-Na) = Our Photos Project Souarna is a photography program designed to foster youth leadership and creativity. We conduct workshops for displaced youth living in and near al Wehdat refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. Background: The U.S. media continually portrays Arabs in the Middle East through one lens; therefore Project…
Read MoreAsamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca (ASARO), Mexico
http://www.myspace.com/asaroaxaca
Read MoreChito, Chiapas, Mexico
Chito, artist from Chiapas, Mexico Film: “Zapatistas” by Big Noise Productions Produced/Directed: Benjamin Eichert, Richard Rowley, State Sandberg Editors: Media Boutique Narrators: Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu-Jamal January1, 1994. The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico,several thousand Mayan…
Read MoreEdward Said National Conservatory of Music, West Bank, Palestine
http://ncm.birzeit.edu/new/page.php Background In 1990 five Palestinian musicians and music teachers conducted a study on the status of music in Palestine. They concluded that there is an urgent need to establish a music school and to fill the huge gap in music education in the Palestinian society. It took the pioneering group three years of work…
Read MoreAdrian Carrasco Zanini and AIM, American Indian Movement-Film: "El Salvador: I Want My People to Live",
“El Salvador: I Want My People To Live/El Turno Del Ofendido” directed by Adrian Carrasco Zanini. Produced by Adrian Carrasco Zanini and AIM-West, 2009. http://aimwest.info/ This 30-minute documentary follows the story of the FMLN victory in the 2009 Salvadoran presidential elections through interviews with voters, electoral officials, and members of the competing parties. Seventeen years…
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