News from the Sidewalk

CHALK4PEACE is the global chalk art project about peace. We celebrate our eleventh year as a worldwide event encouraging peace. CHALK4PEACE, Inc.  is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization.

We've had more than 1000 events in 50 countries and have covered more than 12 miles of pavement with messages and visions of peace in sidewalk chalk...

We believe in  "Drawing the World Together..."

CHALK4PEACE participated in the Peace Day Student Observance at the United Nations in New York City in 2016 to honor the International Day of Peace. Hundreds of thousands of young artists of all ages have joined us since 2005.

Our goal: ONE MILLION artists Chalking 4 Peace at the same time...

Because we need Peace...Now more than ever...

The CHALK4PEACE Indiegogo Campaign is complete! Thank you all for your support!

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Our campaign raised almost 50 % of our short film goal... a great start to launch CHALK4PEACE: Drawing FergUSon Together! Thank you all for your contributions, support and networking! We are tireless in our efforts get this film made! Stay tuned...!

Our Indiegogo film campaign- CHALK4PEACE: Drawing FergUSon Together imageimageimageOur Indiegogo campaign link-click here! 9 days left in our campaign...

imageOnly 10 days left in our Indiegogo campaign. Please support the making of this historically significant film.

Link: CHALK4PEACE: Drawing Ferguson Together

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imageOur Indiegogo Campaign: CHALK4PEACE: Drawing FergUSon Together-a film imageimageimageCHALK4PEACE Indiegogo Campaign Page: The whole story

 

 

CHALK4PEACE Videos from around the world...

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Some of the videos of CHALK4PEACE from around the world...please help CHALK4PEACE make the definitive film about our history and the upcoming efforts towards Peace and Justice in FergUSon, Missouri... Indiegogo film campaign: CHALK4PEACE: Drawing FergUSon Together http://igg.me/at/chalk4peace McNicol Middle School, Peace Week to the tune of "HAPPY"  Hollywood, Broward County, Florida

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CHALK4PEACE @ Groveton E.S. (Faifax County Public Schools, VA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9JRwyt38U4

CHALK4PEACE St. Bridget School, Quezon City, Philippines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoiLMQ1Eqnk

CHALK4PEACE Crane School, Santa Barbara, CA; Video by Paradigm Pictures; Music by CHALK4PEACE Sidewalk Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFidHI1Bdek

Favorite Messages from CHALK4PEACE

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Over the years, we are blessed to have such artistic and articulate approaches to the discourse about Peace from around the world. In symbol, image, word and quote, our CHALKSTARS have brought clear messages about what they believe Peace to mean. Here are a few of our most enduring statements about Peace...

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imageSanta Barbara, CA

imageWinnipeg, Canada

imageCape Town, S. Africa

imageOjai, CA

imageWashington, DC

imageCork City, Ireland 

imageFerguson, MO

imageLodz, Poland

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CHALK4PEACE CHALKSTARS- Boulder Public Library, CO

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The Boulder (CO) Public Library has been a great proponent of CHALK4PEACE, joining the global project in 2006 and organizing C4P events for many years. We commend the Library, for their courageous C4P projects-for instance, in 2010,  the theme "Banned Books" turned out to be a very artful endeavor, team effort, and fan favorite.

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imagephotos: Emily Ebba Reynolds

The Library's C4P projects, guided over the years by Donna Gartenmann and Carol Heepke, have brought together the community to invite everyone's expressions visions of peace and justice. Some of Boulder's CHALKSTARS...

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The Library, in their encouragement of CHALK4PEACE, has provided the Boulder community with a venue to share artistic expression in a beautiful public space about subjects they care very deeply about. CHALK4PEACE. These photos tell the story.

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imagePhotos: Benko Photographics
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Thank you again for all the support in Boulder for CHALK4PEACE. Thank you to Donna Gartennman, Carol Heepke, Mary Chen Fowler, Greg Ravenswood, Michael and Niko Wojzcuk, Ken Bernstein, Diane Newlin-Rolio, Les Crandell, the Daily Camera, Mothers Acting Up, Tim and Mary Benko, the Boulder Arts Commission, Loew-Cornell Co. (chalk) and the rest of you Boulderites dedicated to having the freedom to express your opinions about Peace. Bring it to a pavement near you once again! CHALK ON! What a wonderful world it could be. 

9/11/11, the 10th anniversary of 911... Remembering...

imagePhoto: Carol Heepke