Programs

Workshop participants collaboratively design their own Peace Story Quilt which may be permanently exhibited at the host institution or event (conference, school, university, organization, gallery, museum, etc.). IRC's Peace QuiltMaking Workshops are conducted in collaboration with professional arts educator, Patricia Maunder, Director of Stories Through Art.

IRC's Peace QuiltMaking Workshops are also conducted regionally for educational professionals working with ethnically diverse student populations in increasingly multicultural classrooms. Here's a peace quilt designed and constructed by art teachers in New York City.

Art Education Department, Queens College

peace quilt workshops: colleges & universities

Queens College: Graduate Students; Coordinator: Dr. Rikki Asher

Columbia University: College Students; Oral History & Performance Conference

Baruch College: Undergraduate Students (SEEK); Coordinator: Dr. Angela Anselmo

Bank Street College of Education: Graduate Students; Coordinator: Prof. Nina Jaffe

Yale Divinity School: Graduate Students: Coordinator: Dr. Yolanda Smith

Baruch College: Undergraduate Students (BMI); Coordinators: Dr. Angela Anselmo, Kristy Perez

Lehman College: 100 Incoming Undergraduate Students; Coordinator: Dr. Annette Hernandez, Angelia Holloway-Pinnock

Queens College: 100 Undergraduates; Coordinators: Frank Franklin, Diane Forte, Norka Blackman-Richards

John Jay College: 300 Entering Freshmen; Coordinators: Dr. Nancy Velazquez-Torres, Juana Polanco

New York City College of Technology: 100 Incoming Students; Coordinators: Dr. Dorie Clay, Dr. Ron Platzer

Southern Connecticut State University: 75 Undergraduate Students; Coordinators: Dr. Marcia Smith Glasper, Dr. Tricia Lin

Yale University: 150 Undergraduate students; Coordinator: Dean Saveena Dhall ~ January 21, 2012

Wheaton College: Undergraduate students; Coordinator: Dean Raquel Ramos ~ March 2, 2012

Baruch College

Yale Divinity School

FEEDBACK:

"Thank you for sharing with us your wonderful project of peace, art, and hope." Molly V.A., YDS

"Thank you for helping us to see that children are keepers of peace. It reminds us to always strive for peace." Terrlyn C., Yale Divinity School

peace quilt workshops: schools & communities

PS 108 (Bronx): Elementary Students; Coordinator: Robin J. Miller

MS 256 (Manhattan): Middle School Students; Coordinator: Margaret Gerson

MS 88 (Brooklyn): Middle School Students; Coordinator: Josephine Santarpia

Cromwell Middle School (CT): 150 8th Grade Students; Coordinators: Karen Faass, John Maloney, Jr.

Philip J. Abinanti School (PS 108)

Philip Abinanti School

PS 108 PeaceMaker

Cromwell Middle School

CMS Unity Artist

Cromwell Middle School Respect Quilt

Peace SongWriting Workshop

Workshop participants collaboratively compose both lyrics and score for their own Peace Song which may be performed in-concert at a celebratory event. The Peace Song is professionally produced in a state-of-the-art music studio and recorded to CD. IRC's Peace SongWriting Workshops are conducted in collaboration with award-winning composer, Jim Papoulis of The Foundation for Small Voices and Sounds of A Better World.

peace song workshops: schools, universities & communities

PS 108 (Bronx): Elementary Students; Coordinators: Grace Kim, Charles Sperrazza

Baruch College: Undergraduate Students (BMI); Coordinators: Dr. Angela Anselmo, Kristy Perez

Broadway Housing Communities (NYC): High School Students: Coordinators: Rafaela Capellan, Ofelia Rodriguez

Queens College: 100 Undergraduate Students; Coordinators: Frank Franklin, Diane Forte, Norka Blackman-Richards

Lehman College: 100 Undergraduate Students; Coordinator: Dr. Annette Hernandez, Angelia Holloway-Pinnock

New York City College of Technology: 100 Undergraduate Students; Coordinators: Dr. Dorie Clay, Dr. Ron Platzer

Southern Connecticut State University: 75 Undergraduate Students; Coordinators: Dr. Marcia Smith Glasper, Dr. Tricia Lin

Philip J. Abinanti School

PS 108 Peace SongWriters

Broadway Housing Communities

Lehman College

Lehman College SEEK Composers

Lehman College 21 C Vision Singers

Southern Connecticut State University

SCSU Diversity & Equity Composers

SCSU I Have A Dream Singers

IRC's PeaceMaking Programs have also been implemented for elementary, middle school, high school and college students at partnering community organizations (Broadway Housing Communities/Committee of the Heights Inwood Homeless, Chinese American Planning Council, Grand Street Settlement House, Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, Queens Community House, United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, YWCA of Queens). They have also been introduced at participating schools (Philip J. Abinanti School (PS 108), The Children’s School (PS 372), Clara Cardwell School (PS/IS 308).

If you would like to bring IRC's Peace QuiltMaking Workshop & SongWriting Workshop to your conference, school, university or community organization, please Contact Us