Loading...A display of more than 650 postcards, hand illustrated by individuals throughout the world with images of how they envision peace, is now on at the Muhammad Ali Center but visitors to Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Louisville also may get a glimpse of what peace looks like on postcards exhibited there as well.
The Peace Postcards exhibits contain images produced by young people from around the world and the United States. The displays, which are free and open to the public, are a sample of the full exhibit that will be on display at Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St, opening on U.N. International Day of Peace, September 21.
The postcards displayed at the cathedral, 421 S. Second St., may be viewed in Bishop's Hall on weekdays from 9 to 3 p.m. (ET) and when the parish hall is open at other times, including a reception following the Interfaith Memorial Day Service at 11 a.m. Monday.
The exhibit at Ali Center may be viewed during its business hours. Those visiting the exhibit may pick up blank postcards to decorate and add to the Peace Postcard Project. Blank cards can also be downloaded from the Peace postcards web site: www.peacepostcards.org.
About the Peace Postcards Project
Peace Postcards, a project of Interfaith Paths to Peace (www.Paths2Peace.org), was founded by Louisville attorney, peace activist and art collector Allan Weiss. "I started in December 2008 giving out cards on a one-on-one basis. I then began to contact groups so the program would grow. Interfaith Paths to Peace (I am on the board) was good enough to adopt it as a program, which we will continue for the indefinite future," Weiss reported. "Over 7,000 cards have been collected locally, and from about 15 States, Canada, Germany, Israel, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Denmark."
In addition to receiving postcards from children, the project also has been successful in involving the local artist community, said Weiss. Julius Friedman, a well known Louisville graphics artist, will make a poster for the September show and there will be an exhibition catalog as well. Weiss said he and Terry Taylor, executive director of Interfaith Paths to Peace, have had conversations with the Peace Park and Museum in Hiroshima about hosting the show in mid-2011.
"I undertook the project as a way to have people think about peace in their homes, neighborhood, community and the world. It is a program that I hope will, in some small way, help to heal the world. If not heal the world at least have people stop and think about the future and what they can do to make it better."
For more information about the Muhammad Ali Center (including business hours), visit www.alicenter.org. For additional information about Interfaith Paths to Peace, visit www.Paths2Peace.org.
