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\u00ab\u00a0We Are ART<\/strong> is a collaborative learning opportunity for children around the world to\u00a0connect and make art together. Children love to make art. Children love to learn about\u00a0the world. Children love to learn about other kids living in far-away places.\u00a0We are each born with a healthy curiosity about the world, about the future, about other\u00a0cultures and languages. Imagine using art to explore universal concepts such as:\u00a0dreams, hopes, fears, and the future – these themes are important to children. This\u00a0opportunity well help the children learn that they have much in common regardless of\u00a0where they live.<\/p>\n When geographic and cultural barriers are removed, children can become more\u00a0engaged world citizens, and more aware of issues they might hear about. These\u00a0children will truly become \u201cartists without borders.\u201d<\/p>\n This is the path to peace, to awareness: by expressing and sharing ideas that are\u00a0important to them, children will learn problem solving skills they will find important in a\u00a0world requiring collaborative thinking and teamwork. Our \u201cglobal village\u201d continues to\u00a0shrink and be more interconnected, ever more crowded, a place where climate change\u00a0and access to shared resources will be a growing source of conflict.<\/p>\n Peace through art is not a new idea, although it is an abstract concept to many. This\u00a0collaborative art initiative will provide specific and useful learning experiences and new\u00a0friendships to last a lifetime.<\/p>\n How does it work?<\/strong> 2.<\/strong> The children participating should be approximately the same age.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> One team of children will be sponsored by Artists Without Borders and located in a developing region, in a community that lacks robust learning infrastructure.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> The second team will be located in a developed country. The linking of these\u00a0children will provide unique and exciting opportunities for them to interact and\u00a0learn from one another.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> The type of art project should be chosen based on what is agreeable to both teams. The least complicated project would be a mural: each team will complete half a mural and then send the work to the other team for completion. Each team will choose a theme for their mural; the teams will not be expected to choose the same theme.<\/p>\n A few examples for themes: When a team receives the half completed mural from the other team, they will\u00a0complete the mural by referring to the theme chosen for that mural.<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> The completed art can be kept by each team. The art should be signed by the\u00a0artists. Photographs and video can be used to document the artis progress of\u00a0the art. This information can be shared among the children using various webbased 7.<\/strong> Other collaborative (but more complex) We Are ART projects could be:<\/p>\n For enquires on how to participate please contact:<\/strong> -submitted by Brian Hardie, We Are ART<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00ab\u00a0We Are ART is a collaborative learning opportunity for children around the world to\u00a0connect and make art together. Children love to make art. Children love to learn about\u00a0the world. Children love to learn about other kids living in far-away places.\u00a0We are each born with a healthy curiosity about the world,<\/p>\n
\n1.<\/strong> Two children\u2019s art programs (\u201cteams\u201d) will be linked together in a collaborative art\u00a0project.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cour hope for the future\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nBrian Hardie, Brian.hardie@gmail.com, www.theartistswithoutborders.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n