Programs

Workshop participants collaboratively design their own Peace Story Quilt which may be permanently displayed 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, CUNY

peace quilt workshops / conferences / seminars

Queens College, CUNY (Queens): Graduate Students; Coordinator: Dr. Rikki Asher

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

Columbia University (Manhattan): College Students; Oral History & Performance Conference

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

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

Baruch College, CUNY: Undergraduate Students; Coordinator: Dr. Angela Anselmo

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

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

Yale Divinity School

PARTICIPANT 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

PS 108 PeaceMaker

peace quilt workshops / conferences / seminars (Cont'd)

Baruch College, CUNY: Undergraduate Students (BMI); Coordinators: Dr. Angela Anselmo, Kristy Perez ~ July 16, 2010

Baruch College

Cromwell Middle School (Cromwell, CT): Intermediate Students; Coordinators: Karen Faass, John Maloney ~ September 20, 2010

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.

Jim Papoulis & PS 108 Peace SongWriters

PS 108 PeaceSingers

peace song workshops / conferences / seminars

PS 108 (Bronx): Elementary Students; Coordinators: Grace Kim, Charles Sperrazza ~ May 18, 2010

Baruch College, CUNY: Undergraduate Students (BMI); Coordinators: Dr. Angela Anselmo, Kristy Perez ~ July 23, 2010

Broadway Housing Communities (NYC): High School Students: Coordinators: Rafaela Capellan, Ofelia Rodriguez ~ September 11, 2010

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, Forest Hills 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 Quilt Workshop or Peace Song Workshop to your conference, school, university, organization or museum, please Contact Us