Prayer Flags around the World
Thomas Matsuda • USA www.tmatsuda.com
Silvia Poloto • Brazil/USA www.poloto.com
Mohammad Abou El Naga Egypt www.abuelnaga.com
Linda Gordon • England www.lindagordon.org.uk
Caroline Jourdan • France
Aram Chaled Res • France/Syria www.aramchaledres.livepepper.com/
Laurette Wittner • France laurettewittner.livepepper.com
Dorothea Fleiss Germany/Romania www.dorothea-fleiss.com
Elisabeth Ochsenfeld Germany www.elisart.de
Sylvia Reiser • Germany www.sylviareiser.de
Fatyol Zoltan • Hungary www.fatyolzoltan.uw.hu
Tomomi Shimizu • Japan www.wooloo.org/tomo
Takata Yoshiki • Japan jp.cyworld.com/tokiotakataka
Hakim Ghazali • Morocco/France www.minculture.gov.ma/fr/hakimghazali.htm
Stéphanie Devico • Morocco/France www.histoiredunevie.com/feder_s_devico
Krijnie Beyen • Netherlands www.krijniebeyen.nl
Krzysztof Bojarczuk • Poland www.artmajeur.com/?go=user_pages/display_all&login=boyar
Vasile Tolan • Romania tolan.autoportret.ro
Bibi Stroia • Romania www.stroiaart.rd
Padungsak Kochsomrong • Thailand
Dang Anh Tuan • South Vietnam
Thaier Helal • United Arab Emirates/Syria www.thh.8m.com
Padungsak Kochsomrong • Thailand
Lyudmila Dakhova • Ukraine dakhova.org.ua
Talal Moualla • United Arab Emirates
Andra Samelson • USA www.andrasamelson.com/projects.html
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This project was inspired by a ceremony Matsuda initiated on
Hiroshima Day 2006, while attending the D. Fleiss Residency/
Symposia in Romania. One of the artists at the symposia Talal
Moualla—who received daily phone calls from Syria and the United Arab
Emirates about the Lebanon War—lent two paintings for the ceremony
as a remembrance of the victims of war and a prayer for peace. In
attendance were artists from Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Japan, France, the United States, Hungary, the Ukraine, Romania, Germany, Brazil, Italy,
Spain, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Poland and others.
This project is a continuation of that experience. Along with artists from
the D. Fleiss Symposia/Residency, artists from around the world have
made artworks out of cloth to hang together like Tibetan prayer flags.
The pieces will first be hung at the Grafton Peace Pagoda for the annual
Hiroshima Memorial Prayer Ceremony. Then the pieces will travel to
the participating artists’ countries for ceremonies and exhibitions as a
symbol of peace around the world.
Exhibition Venues:
Hampden Studio Gallery, University of Massachusetts •
Amherst,
Massachusetts, USA
www.umass.edu/fac/hampden/
April 2—25, 2009
Located on the University of Massachusetts’ Amherst campus, Hampden
and Central Galleries’ mission is to facilitate cultural understanding
through exhibitions and in-depth adjunct programming. The main focus
is on new work by emerging artists in the fields of painting, sculpture,
printmaking, mixed media, video and new media.
Grafton Peace Pagoda • Grafton, New York, USA
Hiroshima Anniversary Ceremony, August 1, 2008
www.dharmawalk.org/grafton06/grafton06.htm
Leverett Peace Pagoda, Anniversary Ceremony and Celebration •
Leverett, Masssachusetts, USA
shishido.web.infoseek.co.jp/Nipponzan%20Myohoji/Frame/Temple_1.htm
Date: TBA
The Grafton Peace Pagoda was completed in 1993—the result of eight
years of voluntary labor and donations from people from all faiths
and from many corners of the world. The Grafton and Leverett Peace
Pagodas are the site of numerous interfaith celebrations throughout
the year and are the jumping off point for a variety of “Prayer Walks,”
which successfully combine spiritual practice and political activism. The
Leverett Peace Pagoda is situated next to a Buddhist Temple that is still
being built, and includes a beautiful Japanese Garden complete with a
reflecting pool, pavilion and rock garden.
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS/CEREMONIES (with more to come):
Mount Wachusett Community College. Gardner, MA, USA
March 9 - 31, 2009
Artists Over the Frontiers. Benedictine Monastery, Chauveroche. France
May 31, June 1
Museum of Art. Satu-Mare. Romania
August 14, 2009
Gallery Graf. Heidelberg, Germany
2010
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