*****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*****

ART FOR DARFUR COLLABORATION
Big Thought and Today Marks the Beginning!

KAREN BLESSEN
Dallas Artist, Pulitzer Prize Winner and co-founder of 
Today Marks the Beginning to do Artist’s Residency 

WHO - This is an intensive ARTIST residency for one class at L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary and for one class at Charles Rice Learning Center. 

WHAT: The intent of the project is to teach children how one person can make a difference, the focus being on the situation in Darfur, in the Sudan. 

WHY:  The children will do our Great Peacemakers Like You and Me lesson, followed by a presentation by the Art for Darfur folks - to give the kids an understanding of the situation in Darfur, then four days for the children to do a project titled "If I were a Great Peacemaker." 

 HOW:  artist Karen Blessen, "You've learned about how Great Peacemakers have made a difference. They were one person, and they helped many people. If you were a great peacemaker, what would you do to help the people of Darfur?" The art project itself will be a 16 in. x 20 shadow box - with 3 dimensional elements combined with writing.

WHEN: Now through January 22.  

WHERE:  The residency will culminate with a show of the kids’ art at the Doolin Gallery at SMU, and a field trip for all 50+ kids to SMU. Then their art will move to a gallery at Charles Rice Learning Center, and then to the South Dallas Cultural Center. Finally to the big event at SMU for Art for Darfur, in April!

Contact:  Lou Michaels   loumichaels1@gmail.com
Today Marks the Beginning 469-438-6640

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