Promoting the “spirit of Aloha” and “cultural diversity for the creation of a peaceful world,” the citizens of the Big Island of Hawaii came together for the 6th Annual Hilo World Peace Festival on October 3. The grand event—Destination Hilo and the Hawaii Youth Exchange—was held at Moku Ola (Coconut Island), a small body of…
Herbie Hancock, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and co-president of the International Committee of Artists for Peace, was a key speaker at the 70-year Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Remembrance Concert at Youngstorget Square in Oslo, on August 6. August 6 and 9 marked the 70th anniversaries, respectively, of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There…
iChoose, ICAP’s innovative youth-empowerment mini-musical made an encore appearance via video, with showings at Prosser Career Academy. Prosser, located on Chicago’s west side, presented the two iChoose showings during school’s “Peace and Unity Week.” The annual event has become a start-of-the-school-year tradition established by students and faculty in order to set the tone for and…
ICAP presented the latest iteration of its exhibition “Artists as Peacemakers” at Stravinski Auditorium, a major venue at the 49th Montreux Jazz Festival. On display July 3–18, this year’s version of the exhibit once again highlighted ICAP’s core value, establishing a peaceful world through the power of the arts. Each year, the ICAP exhibits at…
“Artists as Peacemakers” — ICAP’s exhibition that highlights its core value, establishing a peaceful world through the power of the arts — https://icapeace.org/icap/exhibits/ArtistsAsPeacemakers-Web-Dec07.pdf was hosted on the campus of Point Park University in Downtown Pittsburgh, April 6–10. The following article from the The Globe, the university’s independent student newspaper, details the exhibition’s run at the…
“In essence, jazz is a music of peace, and this has never been so important, to fight against new forms of hatred, racism and discrimination and to strengthen humanity as a single community, sharing a past and a destiny,” said Irina Bokova, in her message for this year’s International Jazz Day — April 30. The…
Jennifer Scott, Human Relations Specialist from the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations was recently instrumental in introducing ICAP’s iChoose program to the Chicago Military Academy. The Commission is the Civil Rights arm of Chicago. They enforce fair-housing and human-rights ordinances for the city. Ms. Scott represents the city’s Southside for the Intergroup Relations…
The masterpieces of elementary school students provided one of the major highlights as Guam welcomed ICAP’s “Artists as Peacemakers” exhibition, January 15–18. The office of Louise Rivera — mayor of Guam’s Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon municpality — and the local ICAP organization organized a “My Dream of Peace Is . . .” art contest for the ambitious young artists in…
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson long ago named them “America’s Band,” and, providing service through music, the Navy Band Great Lakes performs more than 500 times each year throughout a nine-state area of the United States. The band — formed more than 100 years ago (1911) and once led by Bandmaster and Lt. Commander John Philip…
This year’s Latte Peace Festival—the third annual event—opened at Guam’s Tamuning Park on Jan. 17 with a celebration promoting cultural exchange with neighboring islands. This poignant gesture is an expression to the world that the citizens of Guam, which is situated in the western Pacific and has withstood the horrors of war, possess a powerful…