LESSON # 1: Drawing the Proper Peace Symbol

A PEACE SYMBOL has FOUR LINES;
A MERCEDES Logo has THREE.
This photo shows the difference. It helps to know... This drawing celebrates Pangea Day, a global communication event, which happened January 17, 2008 and was broadcast May 10, 2008. PANGEA is the name of the single continent all land masses came from.

A WORLD OF WORLDS...BY JERRY DOWNS

Jerry Downs, photographer, journalist and member
of the CHALK4PEACE Board, is generously offering
this stunning signed poster, "A WORLD OF WORLDS"
for any contribution of $30.00 US to CHALK4PEACE.
A quality reproduction of the original hand cut collage
from 1994 can't help but make you think about the World.

His is a global vision. He is a driving force who documents the bliss of CHALK4PEACE. Let Jerry share A WORLD OF WORLDS with you..
a gift for thinking globally...CLICK ON THE TITLE OF TODAY'S POST
TO RECEIVE HIS BEAUTIFUL ART....

CHALK4PEACE WILL HAVE YOU FLYING ON THE GROUND...

JUMP FOR JOY...tell your friends...CHALK4PEACE is coming...again!

These artists at Cragmont Elementary School in Berkeley, California, one of the first sites, will be at it again this coming September.
Jerry Downs' camera will be there too!

Cape Town Gets Ready to CHALK!!!!

The Community ARTS Therapy programme is ready to repaint the
planet on the steps of St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South
Africa. This is their third year participating in CHALK4PEACE.

photo: Gabby van Herden

CHALK4PEACE wants to help EVERYONE draw....

CHALK4PEACE is dedicated to assisting anyone and everyone to
be a part of this worldwide event.
Some folks have trouble getting down to the drawing surface.
Shown is the prototype "Matisse Drawing Stick" in action at Glebe
Elementary School, VA 2006. The instrument allows the chairbound
and those who cannot bend down the chance to draw for
CHALK4PEACE. We seek assistance in producing these drawing
tools so that we may provide them for schools upon request.
Please contribute by clicking on the TITLE OF THIS POST...

CHALK4PEACE at ARTOMATIC 2008!

CHALK4PEACE can be found at the Visual Arts Resource Center
(VARC) on the Sixth Floor of ARTOMATIC in Washington, DC.
ARTOMATIC is the Beltway Arts Extravaganza that showcases
hundreds of artists and artistic talents in a multitude of
disciplines. WAY TO GO Marielle Mariano C4P Guru for setting us
up and getting us Rocking..and everybody CHALKING!
Barcoft Elementary School (shown) will be back, along with
more than a dozen Beltway schools this September!
YOU CAN MAKE IT TWO DOZEN!

CHALK4PEACE: 4 MONTHS TIL WE CHALK ON!

HELP US REPAINT THE PLANET THE COLORS OF PEACE...

CHALK4PEACE CHALKS the BAY AREA...

The day the Torch never appeared in San Francisco, Monty and I
wandered down to the Pier. He took this picture with his IPhone.
Where is YOUR CHALK4PEACE? Send us your story....

Most Beautiful Peace Symbols-The Gooden School

The Gooden School, Sierra Madre, CA created a collection of
peace symbols that are some of the most beautiful we have seen.
The school decorated their sidewalks with dozens of these
forms with the colors of peace.
Photo: David Kaufman
Click on the title of this post to see the Gooden School CHALK4PEACE
photo gallery. They also formed a human peace symbol
with more than one hundred artists!