CHALK4PEACE 2010...The Global Chalk Art Project About Peace August 27- September 22

HOW TO CREATE A CHALK4PEACE EVENT...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:06:00 +0000

VOTE 4 YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOS OF 2009!

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:44:00 +0000

The TOP TWO photos with the most votes will be featured in our promotion for 2010. YOU DECIDE what we look like this coming year! email chalk4peace@gmail.com with your votes...

THE DOVE OF CHALK4PEACE...our Holiday Greetings to You...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Make a Smilebox greeting

Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace- Jerry Downs' photo essay

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Better late than never...I just located this-
Last year, ImaginePeace.com featured Jerry Downs' Photo essay
on CHALK4PEACE. We thank Yoko Ono and Imagine Peace for
their support in telling the world about our event. (10/12/08)
IMAGINE PEACE..

CHALK4PEACE 2009 Collage

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Photo credits: Marielle Mariano, Will Fredericks,
Jerry Downs Photography, Marilyn Myamoto, Laura Whitney,
Betsey Reid, Katja Frank, Angela Rackstraw, Kathleen Gadway,
Michael Guerdi, Marianne Ryan, Alissa Karton...

Streetpainting.tv-Interview with John Aaron about CHALK4PEACE

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Click on the title post to read the Interview I did with Streetpainting.tv. Anthony and his crew are the keepers of the global happenings in chalk.

Crane Country Day School CHALK4PEACE '09

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:36:00 +0000

The Crane School again made an awesome video of their 2009 CHALK4PEACE event.

LIVING PEACE of OJAI You Tube Video with CHALK4PEACE

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:56:00 +0000

The LIVING PEACE of OJAI celebrated the International Day
of Peace on 9/19/09 at Libbey Park in downtown Ojai. Click on
the Title Post to see the You Tube video created by Jim and
Laura Whitney.

CHALK4PEACE VIDEO '09: NASHVILLE, TN

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000

SAGE RAIN and her clan brought CHALK4PEACE together
again in her driveway for the third time. A dazzling
canvas they created can be seen in the YouTube Video
CHALK4PEACE 2009. Click on the post title to see how
TENNESSEE does CHALK4PEACE!

Eagle View Elementary School Joins CHALK4PEACE!

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Eagle View Elementary School, Fairfax, VA joined the global
movement to express peace through art Sept. 17, 2009.
Way to go, Eagle View! The Arlington Connection Newspapers
wrote a great article you can read by clicking on the title of this post...photo: Jessica Chin

PHOTOS FROM CHALK4PEACE '09

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:56:00 +0000

CHALK4PEACE EVENT LOCATIONS- SCROLL DOWN TO SEPT. 18 POSTING...Cape Town, S. Africa photo: Angela Rackstraw

Santa Barbara, CA photo: Will Fredericks

Hamburg, Germany photo: Katja Frank

San Francisco, CA photo: Jerry Downs Photography

Oakton, VA photo: Marilyn Miyamoto

CHALK4PEACE EVENT LOCATIONS 2009

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:21:00 +0000

CHALK4PEACE Confirmed Locations 2009 (by date)
Email addresses are not included in order to avoid spambots.

Aug 29, 2009
Vimy Ridge Park 2-8:30pm
821 Preston
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Organizer: Sathya Dhara Kovac

Sept. 5
Peace Festival with CHALK4PEACE
Peace Maypole and Lots of Music!
Juckett Park, Hudson Falls, NY
Organized by Jean Santoro

Sept. 8
Rosa Parks Elementary School
920 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
Organizer: Kathleen Gadway
English Learner Coach
Arts Anchor School Lead Teacher

9 Sept.
Grundschule Thadenstr -courtyard
Hamburg, Germany
Organizer: Katja Frank

9 Sept.
Community Arts Therapy Programme/
St. Mary’s School
Nyanga, S. Africa
Organizer: Angela Rackstraw

Sept 11 2009
Un Dia Para Paz
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
Santurce, Puerto Rico
organized by Josarie Molina

Sept. 11
Valley View E.S.
9/11 Observance 11:30-2
Richmond, CA
Ms. Cotton, Principal and Organizer

11 Sept.
Community Arts Therapy Programme/
St. Mary’s School
Nyanga, S. Africa
Organizer: Angela Rackstraw

September 12, 2009
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library-
Washington DC Public Library 1pm - on
CHALKING4PEACE SINCE 2005!
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Yvette F. Davis 202.727.4803

Bay Area CHALK4PEACE Showcase:
SIMULTANEOUS LOCAL EVENTS

Sept. 12
MOCHA, Oakland, CA 1-4 pm.
MOCHA'S Chalk-a-holic Saturday Extravaganza
organized by Rae Holzman

Sept. 12
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum
10am-1pm
180 Woz Way,
San Jose, CA
Organizer: Sandy Derby

Sept. 12
Daniel Webster Elementary School 11-1pm
465 Missouri Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Sept. 12
CHALK4PEACE @ Miracle Mile Art Walk 3pm-7pm
Bank of America Parking lot
"Let's Chalk it up to Peace!"
Host and Organizer: The Indigo Project
Sept. 12
Children's Museum of Art
New York City, NY
Organizers: Robin Parks Lockwood, Claire Yeoman

Sept. 12
ArtWorks at the Farmer's Market
Iron Mountain, MI
Joan, Organizer

Sept. 12
ValleyLinks KidsFest 10am - 3pm
Courtenay, British Columbia
(Vancouver Island)
Angeleah Hoeppner, Organizer

Sept. 12
FB Meekins Preschool
900 Maple Ave East
Vienna, VA 22180
Organizer: Elaine Chon-Baker

Sept 13, 2009
CHALKWALK III-CHALK4PEACE
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO
Organizer: Carol Heepke

Sept. 13
Adams Morgan Day Festival
18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Lynsey Knowles

Sept. 14-19, 2009
Johnson Memorial Library- part of their 70th Anniversary
Drawing on the sidewalk for peace...all week!
Hicksville, OH
Branch Mgr: Amy Murphy

Sept. 14
Waples Mill E.S. (FCPS)
Oakton, VA

Sept. 16, 2009
British International School of Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
Organizer: Anne Bridgman

Sept. 16
Goleta Valley Community Center 10 a.m.
with the Rainbow School and HeadStart
Goleta, CA 805-967-1237
Randy Rossness, Exec. Director

Sept. 17, 2009
Crane Country Day School 12:45-1:30pm
Montecito, CA 805-969-7732 x105
Debbie Williams, Dir. of AdmissionsSept. 17
T.C. Miller Elementary with support from ArtZone, Inc.
Lynchburg, VA
Contact: Katie Roseveare

Sept. 18, 2009
St George's Cathedral 10 am - Noon
Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinated by the Community ARTS Therapy programme
Angela Rackstraw, Organizer

Sept 19, 2009
ALL THREE LOCATIONS!!! CHALK4PEACE BELTWAY SHOWCASE!
Busboys and Poets @ 5th & K. 1025 5th Street NW, DC
Busboys and Poets @ 14th & V.2021 14th St, DC 202.387.7638
Busboys and Poets @ Shirlington 4251 S. Campbell Ave., 703.379.9756
Arlington, VA
Contact: Kat Hansen

Sept. 19 10-6
PEACE IN ACTION
Living Peace of Ojai, California
Libbey Park, Downtown Ojai
Multiple event Peace Festival
including CHALK4PEACE, Tent of Reconciliation,
Dances of Universal Peace, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, much more
Organizers: Laura Whitney, Darakshan Farber, Judy Gabriel

Sept. 19
H Street Festival
H Street between 12th & 14th Streets, NE.
Washington, DC
Contact: Anwar Saleem

Sept. 19
Girl Scout Troop 849
9am - 3pm
Wesley United Methodist Church (rain date Sept. 26th )
8412 Richmond Ave
Alexandria, VA
Contact: Beth Campbell

Sept. 19
Peace Love Balance -an emporium
1556 Laskin Road #122
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
757-425-7522
Organizer- Betsey

Sept. 20, 2009 9:30-2:30
Beach School P.A.I.N.T.S.' CHALK4PEACE
with Beach Dad's Club Pancake Breakfast
Piedmont, CA
Contact: Kim Belchamber, President, P.A.I.N.T.S.

Sept. 20-22 Noon-4pm 3 days of art, peace and fun!
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
10 Children's Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Organizer/C4P Guru: Angela Seals

Sept. 20, 2009
ArtSpring/Meditation Museum
8519 Georgia Ave.,
Silver Spring, MD, 20901
Organizer: Jose Dominguez, Exec. Director

Sept. 20
All Saints Church Homecoming Celebration
Pasadena, CA
Organizer: Rev. Wilma Jakobsen

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
Pittsburgh, PA Northside Chalk4Peace 2009
The Charm Bracelet Project
All sites Noon- 5pm
- The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
- The Andy Warhol Museum
- The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Allegheny Branch
- The National Aviary
- The New Hazlett Theater
- The ToonSeum Museum of Cartoon Art
- Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh
Site: www.pittsburghkids.org/charmbracelet

Sept. 21, 2009 (International Day of Peace)
Yoga In Daily Life 5pm-6pm
2402 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA
Contact: Jackie Wright Martin
703.299.8946

Mon, Sept. 21, 2009 (International Day of Peace)
Superior Elementary School
Louisville, Colorado
Organizer: Michael Wojczuk

Mon, Sept. 21, 2009 (International Day of Peace)
DC Mini Gallery
4702 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Michael Harris

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
The Congressional Schools of Virginia
3229 Sleepy Hollow Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Organized by Cheryl A. Miehl

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
Friends School of Wilmington
350 Peiffer Ave
Wilmington, NC
Organizer: Jaimie Lang

Sept. 23, 2009
St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
3400 Pershall RD
Ferguson, Missouri 63135
Sponsored by the Photography and Fine Arts Clubs

Sept. 23
Wolftrap Elementary School
Vienna, VA
Bethany Mallino, Art Specialist
703.319.7300

Sept. 24, 2009
Gooden School, Sierra Madre, CA 8 a.m.
Organized by Marianne Ryan Director of Admissions

Sept. 25, 2009
Woodlawn Elementary School (FCPS)
Alexandria, VA
Organizer: MARIELLE MARIANO,
EAST COAST COORDINATOR, CHALK4PEACE

Sept. 25
Bijou Community School
3501 Spruce Ave.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Organizer: Carri Gault

September 26, 2009
Organization of American States
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p
Sidewalk of the OAS Main Building
17th Street, & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
The OAS Peace Fund has joined efforts with the OAS Art Group to hold this event.

Sept 26
Westminster Mall
Westminster, CA
Laurie Nguyen, Organizer

Sept. 27
Fritts' Destination Driveway 4 CHALK4PEACE
Knoxville, TN

Awaiting information on dates and times-
Drake University
Des Moines, IA
Organizer: Gregory Larson

Modesto Junior College
Community Education department
Modesto, CA

George Mayne Elementary School
Alviso, California
Teresa Hernandez, Organizer

Cosmic Ties
Crosby TN

Costa Rica
through a Peace Corps project

ArtWalk
13 Franklin Street
Annapolis, Md. 21401
Organizer: Carole Alexander

Groveton E.S., Alexandria, VA

Marshall Road Elementary- Vienna, VA
Contact: Ginny Kinsey

Eagle View Elementary School- Fairfax, VA
Contacts: Wendy Pierce and Jessica Chin

Dreaming Bear
Marion, IA
Organizer: Dori Vogel

Hickory E.S.
Avon, IN

Locations in London, England-tell us where...!

Rumors of Big Island, Hawaii, Edinborough, Palm Beach, Cork City,
Austin, Ann Arbor, Pasadena, Richmond, VA, Winter Park, FL,
Manchester, Philadelphia, Tacoma, Turkey, India, Philippines,
Emeryville...where else?

FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, N. Virginia
Contact individual schools for more info:
135 FCPS schools may be participating in this
project through their SACC Program!
http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/directory/
Lois Kirkpatrick, Manager
Marketing & Strategic Analysis
Office for Children
Fairfax County Dept. of Family Services
703-324-7162
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ofc

IT WILL BE GREAT CHALKING WITH YOU...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:20:00 +0000

As we approach almost 500 sites for CHALK4PEACE worldwide,
we thank you all for your enthusiasm and energy that is
turning this project for peace into one of the largest
cooperative art projects of all time! We will begin posting
locations for CHALK4PEACE this Saturday/Sunday at midnight.
Let us know where your CHALK4PEACE event is going to be!

Returning from the Future...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:12:00 +0000

There are stories to tell about the future...in the next post....

THE FUTURE OF CHALK4PEACE...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:03:00 +0000

I traveled through the STARGATE this morning to the future to see what CHALK4PEACE will become.

Return from Gesundheit Institute; new places for CHALK4PEACE....

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:45:00 +0000

An amazing educational experience at the GESUNDHEIT INSTITUTE
last week.CHALK4PEACE found many friends at the School for
Designing a Society.Many new locations are stepping up to paint
the pavements this fall-
in Brazil, Italy, Cypress, Germany, Mexico, Olympia, WA,
Champaign-Urbana, IL, Chapel Hill, NC, Charlottesville, VA
Atlanta, GA, Cape Town S. Africa (once again)....
and this is just a fraction of the locations that have come out
of the Activism and Composition Workshop at the Gesundheit Institute (Dasha shown above)and the School for Designing a Society.
It will be nice chalking with you...
Photos and additional amazement at 11...
On the way to San Diego ...through St. Paul...
why so many saints?

...make it look like a Parade.... 4th of July...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:13:00 +0000

The OJAI PEACE COALITION organized and marched in their
fifth annual Independence Day Parade down Ojai Avenue.
Evan Austin, Founder, took this photo of John Aaron of
CHALK4PEACE while he drew peace symbols all the way
through town... This photo has a strange sense to it somehow...

ARTOMATIC DOES CHALK4PEACE!

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:28:00 +0000

JUNE 28 ARTOMATIC DOES CHALK4PEACE
Be a CHALKSTAR and join us to show the World that
The Beltway is the center of the CHALK Universe...!
Marielle Mariano, our East Coast Coordinator, arranged
this CHALK4PEACE event with ARTOMATIC...
Give us a HAND!
photo: Waples Mill E.S.

Temescal Creek Street Fair -CHALK4PEACE

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:50:00 +0000

The Temescal Street Fair brings its hipness
to Telegraph on Sunday (note day change),
June 7th 12-6pm with an expansion this year
from 45th-51st Streets in Oakland . The fair
is sponsored by the Temescal Telegraph Business
Improvement District. It is organized by Hesternet.
CHALK4PEACE will help young artists of all ages
draw their own conclusions this Sunday...
Please join us. It's one of the great Street Fairs
of the Bay Area!

CRANE SCHOOL AND OJAI LIVING PEACE DUSTING OFF THEIR CHALK...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:00:00 +0000

NEWS IN-
CHALK4PEACE HAPPENING!!!!!
In the lands of my youth...!
AGAIN!
CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
THURS, SEPT. 17 12:30 - 1:15
MONTECITO, CA

LIVING PEACE of OJAI Festival for PEACE
SEPT. 19-21
LIBBEY PARK, Downtown OJAI, CA
CHALK4PEACE, Saturday, Sept 19

CHALK4PEACE: when the world draws its own conclusion...

JEAN SANTORO DRAWS THE SPIRIT OF PEACE TO HUDSON FALLS

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Jean Santoro, the CHALKSTAR granddame who launched
CHALK4PEACE in Hudson Falls, NY in 2007, now has the
whole community in support of the September peace project.
HUDSON FALLS will celebrate CHALK4PEACE again
Sept. 5, 2009 in Juckett Park.
YOU ARE ALL INVITED!
P.S. I'm likin' that fire hydrant!

EARTH DAY GOT DUSTY!!!

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:24:00 +0000

BERKELEY'S EARTH DAY, 4/25/09
250 young artists of all ages...

HAPPY EARTH DAY...MOTHER LOVES YOU!

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:09:00 +0000

HAPPY EARTH DAY TO ALL OF YOU FROM CHALK4PEACE.LOVE YOUR MOTHER, YOUR GRANDMOTHER...and MOTHER EARTH

JOIN US 4 BERKELEY EARTH DAY 4/25 AT CIVIC CENTER PARK

FACEBOOK: CHALK4PEACE and JOHN AARON

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:32:00 +0000

PLEASE JOIN US ON FACEBOOK TO REPAINT THE PLANET
THE COLORS OF PEACE...

TIS THE SEASON 4 SIDEWALK CHALK PAINTING...

chalk4peace@gmail.com (John Aaron) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:06:00 +0000

Tis the Season 4 Sidewalk Chalk Drawing; and
CHALK4PEACE encourages your artistry at Berkeley's
EARTH DAY Celebration at Civic Center Park this
Saturday April 25 from 11 to 5 as we get together
to "Leave Our Message 4 Mom" to show our support
for Mother Earth and for healing the planet...
Join us in Berkeley this weekend for one of the
premier celebrations of EARTH DAY in 2009.