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Using Art To Promote Peace In The Lives Of Elementary Aged Students, Megan Mcdonald
Using Art To Promote Peace In The Lives Of Elementary Aged Students, Megan Mcdonald
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Guernica was Pablo Picasso’s most controversial piece, created as a political statement to show the devastation of war in Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It is the inspiration for the Kid’s Guernica Peace Mural Project, developed as a way for adolescents to visually express their ideas of peace as a global goal. With the completion of a peace workshop and a 3.5m × 7.8m moveable mural, Kentucky is now a participant in the project. The mural illustrates the creative collaboration of sixty fifth grade students, a local artist and myself. It will travel throughout the state of Kentucky during …