WCA ARTWAVES INTERNATIONAL BLOG 2009
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Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction: Create a Culture of Peace Now! Exhibition

Postcard Call for Participation: “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction: Create a Culture of Peace Now!”
KIK (Kulturel Information - Koordination), The Ribbon International, and Women’s Caucus for Art invite artists, mail artists, students, children, activists and concerned individuals, classrooms and organizations to create postcards for this year’s United Nations NGO Conference, “For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!”
Our postcard theme focuses on one of the major issues debated at this conference: “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction – Why? How? When?”
Lend your voice to this debate. What does a culture of peace look like? How would you resolve conflict in peaceful ways? What does it mean to feel safe and secure? Why must we oppose the creation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction? How can we remove these weapons? What can happen if we remain silent? What can change look like? Express yourself through words and/or artwork! Make postcards! Send us your postcards!
All postcards received by September 1, 2009 will be documented online and displayed together with The Ribbon International at the United Nations Conference in Mexico City in September, 2009. Afterwards, this exhibition will travel to venues in the United States for further display and dialog.
Deadline: September 1, 2009
Artwork: 4”x6” or Size 6 postcards on the theme “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero WMD: Create a Culture of Peace Now!” On the back of the postcard, provide your name and State/Country so we can acknowledge your submission on the blogsite.
Teachers and Educators: We welcome classroom participation!
All Postcards will be documented on http://wcaartwavesinternational.blogspot.com/.
No jury, no fee, no return. Postal delivery only.
Kulturel Information – Koordination (KIK) is a Danish NGO which works to link people through a network of Art and Culture for a Global Culture of Peace. Website: http://www.kik-kultur.dk/
The Ribbon International is a peace art project. The Ribbon is an ever growing number of meter-by half-meter (or one yard by half-yard) pictures, sewn or painted on fabric, showing what each individual maker loves most and wants to protect by abolishing nuclear weapons, ending wars and preserving the environment. Website: http://www.theribboninternational.org/
The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) is the leading national nonprofit organization for women in the visual arts professions in the United States. Founded in 1972, WCA has 27 chapters across the country and is an affiliate society of the College Art Association. Website:http://www.nationalwca.org/
Artists and World Citizens United for Peace, Against Nuclear War
Phoebe Ackley, Ailyn, Alice, Laura Anderson, Anonymous. Lara Barenz, Joan Baliker, Yvonne Beatty, Suzanne Beautler, Michelle Beliveau, Gretchen Blais, Sabine Bossert, Chevalier Daniel C Boyer, Lindsay Brenner, Dan Brown, Keith A Buchholz, Lisa Plemmons Harrison Caddel, Karole Turner Campbell, Theresa Canning, Laurie Carlock, Amanda M Carrillo, Kati Casida, Claudia Chapline, Charlie, Denis Charmot, Roxanne Clark, Donna M Conroy, Jordan Covert, Nicky Crabtree, Deborah Davidson, Pat Davis, Lauren Day, Etta Deikman, Cem Demir, Mary Dempsey, Joan Desmond, Diane Destiny, Eleanor Dickinson, Liz Dodson, Virginia Dragschutz, Cosette Dudley, Regina Elkan, Dom Fetherston, Pamela Flynn, Kathy Freeburn, Cynthia Friedlob, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Irene Gennaro, Jamie Graham, Claudio Grandinetti, Uli Grohmann, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Tomoko Ebina, Oi Fortin, Trish Foschi, Anna Gates, Susan Gesundheit, Enid Gosling, Fay Grajower, Arabella Grayson, Angie Griffith, Caroline Groeke, DeAndria Gutamer, Libby Hartigan, Lindsay Harris, Hiro, Rachel X Hobreigh, Carol Sue Horstman, Alex Howell, Russell Hughes, Denise Hunley, Midge Hyde, Christine Ilewski, Ingo, Jackson, Diane Jimenez, Petra Jovanovska, Judy Johnson-Williams, Laura Johnson-Williams, Marjorie Jordan, CM Judge, Catherine Kendall, Carole Richard Kaufmann, Robert Knight, J Natasha Kostan, Susan Kraft, Z Kripe, Lucien Kubo, Kathryn Kucera, J Lachance, Kristen Langefeld, Helena M Langley, Lauren, Lee Lee, Teresa Lin, Lindenhof, Susan Lirakis, Serse Luigetti, Russell Manning, Manon, Elaine Fafard Marconi, Maggie Massot, Tommy Mattler, Reiko Michisaki, Diane J Mayer, Suzan Mayer, Martha McClaren, Penny McElroy, Melissa Meyer, Angie Nagle Miller, Marilyn Mitchell, Chika Miyazawa, Moises, Justin Monroe, Christina VA Montuori, Sandra Mueller, Avinger Nelson, Helen Poole Newman, Katerina Nikoltsou, Nelleke Nix, Kay McClaren North, Ellen November, Molly O’Brien, Eugene Otani, Priscilla Otani, Clemente Padin, Jennie Pavlova, Jennifer Peck, Larisa Pilinsky, Rita Poutivskaia, Autumn Randell, Lynn Redding, Cherie M Redlinger, Giorgio Reguicoli, Elaine Reiter, Damon Reynolds, Bobbi Rich, Carmella Rizzuto, Susan Rogers, Launa D Romoff, Bobette Rose, Sheryl Denise Ross, Serena Rossi, Debra Rueb, Jacqueline Ruyak, Jessica Sagartz, Marie I Samuel, Colleen Kelly Sanders, John Schlereth, Fabio Sassi, Judith Segall, Emma Seidler, Shizue Seigel, Shadow, Sheryl, Judy Shintani, Kyouhei Shiozaki, Mary Shisler, Elena Mary Siff, Lara Simonetti, Gabriela Sincich, Lori Skinner, Deborah J Skinner-Perez, Bonnie Smith, Bonnie J Smith, Snappy, Antonio Torrez Solis, Ann Fanciullo Sperling, Sarah Stiehr, Joseph Stemmler, Vincent Stemmler, Heather Meri Stewart, Giovanni StraDa Da, Arlene Streich, Jaromir Svozilik, Karen Swallow, Tahj, Kensuke Takeda, Diana Talbot, Tariq, Patricia Tavenner, Gail Thorne, Doug Timme, Leigh Toldi, Joanne Tsai, Sandy Tucker, Kazuo Uchida, Tim Unterriher, Dede van der Roove, Irma Velasquez, Suzanne Van Appledorn, Maggi Van Dorn, Anita Van Tellengen, Bridget Wagner, Stephen C Wagner, Hiltrud I Warntjen, Adam West, Elizabeth White, Tanya Wilkinson, Helene Wildi, Vicki Wilson, Nancy Worthington, Elessa Young, Stephanie Young, Kon Yuta, Patricia Zukas, Irwin Ziment, Yda Ziment, Horvath Zoltan.
KIK (Kulturel Information - Koordination), The Ribbon International, and Women’s Caucus for Art invite artists, mail artists, students, children, activists and concerned individuals, classrooms and organizations to create postcards for this year’s United Nations NGO Conference, “For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!”
Our postcard theme focuses on one of the major issues debated at this conference: “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction – Why? How? When?”
Lend your voice to this debate. What does a culture of peace look like? How would you resolve conflict in peaceful ways? What does it mean to feel safe and secure? Why must we oppose the creation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction? How can we remove these weapons? What can happen if we remain silent? What can change look like? Express yourself through words and/or artwork! Make postcards! Send us your postcards!
All postcards received by September 1, 2009 will be documented online and displayed together with The Ribbon International at the United Nations Conference in Mexico City in September, 2009. Afterwards, this exhibition will travel to venues in the United States for further display and dialog.
Deadline: September 1, 2009
Artwork: 4”x6” or Size 6 postcards on the theme “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero WMD: Create a Culture of Peace Now!” On the back of the postcard, provide your name and State/Country so we can acknowledge your submission on the blogsite.
Teachers and Educators: We welcome classroom participation!
All Postcards will be documented on http://wcaartwavesinternational.blogspot.com/.
No jury, no fee, no return. Postal delivery only.
Kulturel Information – Koordination (KIK) is a Danish NGO which works to link people through a network of Art and Culture for a Global Culture of Peace. Website: http://www.kik-kultur.dk/
The Ribbon International is a peace art project. The Ribbon is an ever growing number of meter-by half-meter (or one yard by half-yard) pictures, sewn or painted on fabric, showing what each individual maker loves most and wants to protect by abolishing nuclear weapons, ending wars and preserving the environment. Website: http://www.theribboninternational.org/
The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) is the leading national nonprofit organization for women in the visual arts professions in the United States. Founded in 1972, WCA has 27 chapters across the country and is an affiliate society of the College Art Association. Website:http://www.nationalwca.org/
Artists and World Citizens United for Peace, Against Nuclear War
Phoebe Ackley, Ailyn, Alice, Laura Anderson, Anonymous. Lara Barenz, Joan Baliker, Yvonne Beatty, Suzanne Beautler, Michelle Beliveau, Gretchen Blais, Sabine Bossert, Chevalier Daniel C Boyer, Lindsay Brenner, Dan Brown, Keith A Buchholz, Lisa Plemmons Harrison Caddel, Karole Turner Campbell, Theresa Canning, Laurie Carlock, Amanda M Carrillo, Kati Casida, Claudia Chapline, Charlie, Denis Charmot, Roxanne Clark, Donna M Conroy, Jordan Covert, Nicky Crabtree, Deborah Davidson, Pat Davis, Lauren Day, Etta Deikman, Cem Demir, Mary Dempsey, Joan Desmond, Diane Destiny, Eleanor Dickinson, Liz Dodson, Virginia Dragschutz, Cosette Dudley, Regina Elkan, Dom Fetherston, Pamela Flynn, Kathy Freeburn, Cynthia Friedlob, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Irene Gennaro, Jamie Graham, Claudio Grandinetti, Uli Grohmann, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Tomoko Ebina, Oi Fortin, Trish Foschi, Anna Gates, Susan Gesundheit, Enid Gosling, Fay Grajower, Arabella Grayson, Angie Griffith, Caroline Groeke, DeAndria Gutamer, Libby Hartigan, Lindsay Harris, Hiro, Rachel X Hobreigh, Carol Sue Horstman, Alex Howell, Russell Hughes, Denise Hunley, Midge Hyde, Christine Ilewski, Ingo, Jackson, Diane Jimenez, Petra Jovanovska, Judy Johnson-Williams, Laura Johnson-Williams, Marjorie Jordan, CM Judge, Catherine Kendall, Carole Richard Kaufmann, Robert Knight, J Natasha Kostan, Susan Kraft, Z Kripe, Lucien Kubo, Kathryn Kucera, J Lachance, Kristen Langefeld, Helena M Langley, Lauren, Lee Lee, Teresa Lin, Lindenhof, Susan Lirakis, Serse Luigetti, Russell Manning, Manon, Elaine Fafard Marconi, Maggie Massot, Tommy Mattler, Reiko Michisaki, Diane J Mayer, Suzan Mayer, Martha McClaren, Penny McElroy, Melissa Meyer, Angie Nagle Miller, Marilyn Mitchell, Chika Miyazawa, Moises, Justin Monroe, Christina VA Montuori, Sandra Mueller, Avinger Nelson, Helen Poole Newman, Katerina Nikoltsou, Nelleke Nix, Kay McClaren North, Ellen November, Molly O’Brien, Eugene Otani, Priscilla Otani, Clemente Padin, Jennie Pavlova, Jennifer Peck, Larisa Pilinsky, Rita Poutivskaia, Autumn Randell, Lynn Redding, Cherie M Redlinger, Giorgio Reguicoli, Elaine Reiter, Damon Reynolds, Bobbi Rich, Carmella Rizzuto, Susan Rogers, Launa D Romoff, Bobette Rose, Sheryl Denise Ross, Serena Rossi, Debra Rueb, Jacqueline Ruyak, Jessica Sagartz, Marie I Samuel, Colleen Kelly Sanders, John Schlereth, Fabio Sassi, Judith Segall, Emma Seidler, Shizue Seigel, Shadow, Sheryl, Judy Shintani, Kyouhei Shiozaki, Mary Shisler, Elena Mary Siff, Lara Simonetti, Gabriela Sincich, Lori Skinner, Deborah J Skinner-Perez, Bonnie Smith, Bonnie J Smith, Snappy, Antonio Torrez Solis, Ann Fanciullo Sperling, Sarah Stiehr, Joseph Stemmler, Vincent Stemmler, Heather Meri Stewart, Giovanni StraDa Da, Arlene Streich, Jaromir Svozilik, Karen Swallow, Tahj, Kensuke Takeda, Diana Talbot, Tariq, Patricia Tavenner, Gail Thorne, Doug Timme, Leigh Toldi, Joanne Tsai, Sandy Tucker, Kazuo Uchida, Tim Unterriher, Dede van der Roove, Irma Velasquez, Suzanne Van Appledorn, Maggi Van Dorn, Anita Van Tellengen, Bridget Wagner, Stephen C Wagner, Hiltrud I Warntjen, Adam West, Elizabeth White, Tanya Wilkinson, Helene Wildi, Vicki Wilson, Nancy Worthington, Elessa Young, Stephanie Young, Kon Yuta, Patricia Zukas, Irwin Ziment, Yda Ziment, Horvath Zoltan.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009
International Day of Peace
Dear UN NGO community,
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 13, we will be exactly 100 days away from the International Day of Peace on 21 September. The Day was established by the General Assembly as a “day of global ceasefire and non-violence" for "commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace within and among all nations and people.”
Under the slogan "WMD - We Must Disarm" this year's campaign is focusing on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's drive to persuade world leaders to workharder for a world free of nuclear weapons, making it safer for you, your children and grandchildren.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has just released his 100-day countdown message asking for everybody to participate. In partnership with UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas and American actor Rainn Wilson (The Office), the UN will issue one reason to disarm on Twitter www.twitter.com/wemustdisarm), Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/causes/298538/61588950?m=6949f328), MySpace (www.myspace.com/wemustdisarm), and via email and radio every day. Some more prominent people might join us later. Please join the sites, invite others to do so, re-tweet or forward the messages to friends, or write your own reasons to disarm.
We are very grateful for all your support!
Best wishes,
Melanie Nolte
Associate Information Officer
Strategic Communications Division - Human Rights
United Nations
Department of Public Information
Room S-0955
New York, NY 10017, USA
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
MESSAGE TO MARK THE 100-DAY COUNTDOWN TO THE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
13 June 2009
The International Day of Peace, observed each year on 21 September, is a global call for ceasefire and non-violence. It is a time to reflect on the horror and cost of war and the benefits of peacefully resolving our disputes. This year, I will use this important day to ask governments and citizens of the world to focus on the important issues of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
The end of the Cold War helped lift the burden of nuclear catastrophe from a
generation that had lived under its cloud since the end of the Second World War. Nonetheless, the threat persists, as recent events attest. Unless we vigorously work for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, we will continue to face threats from existing nuclear weapons, as well as additional risks that more States, even terrorists, might acquire and deploy such weapons, potentially annihilating millions of people.
This alarming outlook is counterbalanced by a new momentum on the part of
world leaders to address the issue of nuclear weapons. The United States and the Russian Federation have signalled a new commitment to cut their nuclear arsenals. Furthermore, the Conference on Disarmament, which includes all States with nuclear arms, has recently broken a decade-long deadlock and agreed to work to resolve some of the key issues related to disarmament and non-proliferation.
We must build on this momentum. To that end, I am launching the WMDWeMustDisarm! Campaign. Over the next 100 days, the United Nations and our partners around the world will work to raise awareness of the true costs and dangers of nuclear weapons. Between now and 21 September, we will issue 100 reasons to disarm, via Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, email, text message, radio and from friend-to-friend. Celebrities will also help us spread the message. And finally, as we observe the International Day of Peace with world leaders gathered in New York for the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I will proclaim one strong, simple message: We Must Disarm!
...And KIK, The Ribbon International and WCA encourage you to create postcards in support of this message for our exhibition “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction: Create a Culture of Peace Now!”
POSTED BY FROM PRISCILLA
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 13, we will be exactly 100 days away from the International Day of Peace on 21 September. The Day was established by the General Assembly as a “day of global ceasefire and non-violence" for "commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace within and among all nations and people.”
Under the slogan "WMD - We Must Disarm" this year's campaign is focusing on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's drive to persuade world leaders to workharder for a world free of nuclear weapons, making it safer for you, your children and grandchildren.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has just released his 100-day countdown message asking for everybody to participate. In partnership with UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas and American actor Rainn Wilson (The Office), the UN will issue one reason to disarm on Twitter www.twitter.com/wemustdisarm), Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/causes/298538/61588950?m=6949f328), MySpace (www.myspace.com/wemustdisarm), and via email and radio every day. Some more prominent people might join us later. Please join the sites, invite others to do so, re-tweet or forward the messages to friends, or write your own reasons to disarm.
We are very grateful for all your support!
Best wishes,
Melanie Nolte
Associate Information Officer
Strategic Communications Division - Human Rights
United Nations
Department of Public Information
Room S-0955
New York, NY 10017, USA
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
MESSAGE TO MARK THE 100-DAY COUNTDOWN TO THE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
13 June 2009
The International Day of Peace, observed each year on 21 September, is a global call for ceasefire and non-violence. It is a time to reflect on the horror and cost of war and the benefits of peacefully resolving our disputes. This year, I will use this important day to ask governments and citizens of the world to focus on the important issues of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
The end of the Cold War helped lift the burden of nuclear catastrophe from a
generation that had lived under its cloud since the end of the Second World War. Nonetheless, the threat persists, as recent events attest. Unless we vigorously work for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, we will continue to face threats from existing nuclear weapons, as well as additional risks that more States, even terrorists, might acquire and deploy such weapons, potentially annihilating millions of people.
This alarming outlook is counterbalanced by a new momentum on the part of
world leaders to address the issue of nuclear weapons. The United States and the Russian Federation have signalled a new commitment to cut their nuclear arsenals. Furthermore, the Conference on Disarmament, which includes all States with nuclear arms, has recently broken a decade-long deadlock and agreed to work to resolve some of the key issues related to disarmament and non-proliferation.
We must build on this momentum. To that end, I am launching the WMDWeMustDisarm! Campaign. Over the next 100 days, the United Nations and our partners around the world will work to raise awareness of the true costs and dangers of nuclear weapons. Between now and 21 September, we will issue 100 reasons to disarm, via Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, email, text message, radio and from friend-to-friend. Celebrities will also help us spread the message. And finally, as we observe the International Day of Peace with world leaders gathered in New York for the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I will proclaim one strong, simple message: We Must Disarm!
...And KIK, The Ribbon International and WCA encourage you to create postcards in support of this message for our exhibition “Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction: Create a Culture of Peace Now!”
POSTED BY FROM PRISCILLA