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Art can help students develop empathy and view the world through the perspective of others. By viewing and creating art, students can recognize the impact their actions have on others, developing an awareness of how they can respond to world events in proactive ways.
The free “Anti-Racist Art Activity” was just launched (02/02/2021)!
The illustrations for the activity were created by Jessica Wood, an African American artist based in Los Angeles.
The downloadable activity for ages 7-14 is available for use during Black History Month and throughout the year. The featured Black historical figures include: Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Harriet Tubman.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Two activity pages are provided for each individual featured: The first page is for research and writing, and the second is for coloring/art. Free related curriculum is available.
Visit https://kesakivelstudios.org/anti-racist-art for more free resources.
From Smithsonian Folkways magazine, an article and curated playlist of peace songs from the 1960s by Ronald D. Cohen.
Digital platform compiling testimonies of musical experiences during political detention and torture centers in Chile under the Pinochet dictatorship.
Magdalena Brzezinska's paper based on a workshop originally designed for teenagers and focused on the notion of peace and its renditions in images and art. The workshop combined the use of visuals and literature to trigger discussion and creation. (pp. 117-127)
Picasso's first Dove of Peace, chosen as the emblem for the First International Peace Conference in Paris in 1949, was a traditional, realistic picture of a pigeon which had been given to him by his great friend and rival, the French artist Henri Matisse.
Picasso later developed this image into a simple, graphic line drawing that is one of the world's most recognisable symbols of peace. He also named his fourth child 'Paloma', the Spanish word for 'dove'.
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, written in 1960 by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933), was not originally inspired by the devastation of the atomic bomb. The piece was first called 8’37”- a reference to its estimated duration, with a nod to John Cage. It was dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima later when it was performed in the Japanese city on December 1, 1964. But the shrieking, metallic tone clusters of Penderecki’s Threnody (or lament), scored for a string orchestra of 52 players, are sounds which could only be imagined in the modern age.
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