SAN FRANCISCO - This morning, May 26th (Memorial Day) University of San Francisco (USF) professor of visual arts and celebrated artist Richard Kamler) wants San Franciscan's to See Peace and tell him What it Looks Like. Kamler's vision of peace, and those of nine other artists from around the globe, will go on display on 10 giant billboards throughout San Francisco for a month beginning May 26 - June 22. Why confine these images to the walls of a museum when we can take them to the community and have a significant impact? Says Kamler.
Artists from Iran, Tibet, Cuba, El Salvador, Israel, Japan, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Ukraine and the United States of America, created their art especially for the Billboard Project.
This project is part of Kamler's ongoing Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate with the United Nations, a visionary international initiative that seeks to bring the artists' imagination to the table of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Their art is a far cry from rainbows and doves. Images include a swaddled baby in a gun sight, and a grime-covered war tank split in half by white lilies. The art is intended to explore the infinite possibilities of the imagination and to engage the community in dialogue around peace, says Kamler. Imagine, if you will, that Picasso had painted Guernica before the bombs fell on Guernica. Might it have been different? We believe art can be pro-active.
On Memorial Day, a free Billboard Project bus tour (open to the public) will
depart the University of San Francisco at 10:00 a.m. The tour sponsored by
USF and led by Kamler and the international artists who are able to attend,
offers participants a chance to discuss the role of art in peacemaking and to
create their own images of what peace looks like. Space is limited, and re
servations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve your
seat, please contact Anne-Marie Devine at 415.422.2697 or abdevine@usfca.edu.
See Peace at 10:30 AM
Meet The Peace Busses & Artists in North Beach
10 SAN FRANCISCO BILLBOARDS DISPLAY IMAGES OF PEACE FROM ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD ON MEMORIAL DAY
VIEW ALL BILLBOARDS:
http://peacebillboards.org/
- WHAT:
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Two bus loads of Artists, VIP's Media and Peaceful People will stop at
Montgomery and Broadway on their tour of the 10 San Francisco Peace
Billboards.
- WHEN:
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10:30 AM, Monday (Memorial Day), May 26th
- WHERE:
- Montgomery at Broadway in San Francisco's North Beach
- Media Note:
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Powerful High Resolution images of the 10 billboards are
available at:
http://peacebillboards.org/
The Seeing Peace Billboard Project is a featured exhibit of the 2008 San Francisco International Arts Festival.
- Artist:
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Richard Kamler
Cell Phone:
(415) 812-5943 - The billboards, which will be on display from May 25 to June 22, will be located at:
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Divisadero & O'Farrell
Cesar Chavez & Evans
Mission & 17th
Mission & 6th
22nd & Irving
Masonic & Fulton
Valencia & Duboce
Broadway & Montgomery
3rd & 19th
Judah & 9th