Young Minds Build Bridges

CITYarts Pieces for Peace

Through the PIECES FOR PEACE project, youth around the world participate in workshops where they create artwork in response to the question “WHAT DOES PEACE LOOK LIKE TO ME?”

They exchange visions of peace through our PeacePals programs. To date, CITYarts has received more than 12,000 ARTWORKS from over 1,500 SCHOOLS and community organizations in 124 COUNTRIES on 6 CONTINENTS.

Artworks from all of our workshops can be viewed through our Online Exhibition of Pieces for Peace. New works are constantly being added as we partner with more countries and schools. If you’d like to contribute your own piece to the gallery, find out how to get involved by clicking the button below.

300 selected artworks from our local and global workshops are framed and featured in our International Traveling Exhibition. Since our first exhibition in 2005, it has traveled to over 30 venues across 18 countries, including the United Nations Headquarters in New York and the European Parliament in Brussels, Israel, and Berlin.

CITYarts 50 States of Peace

Pieces for Peace, created under CITYarts Young Minds Build Bridges program, has connected youth from over 124 countries and 6 continents. While our international reach continues to grow, we aim to expand the CITYarts’ domestic network through our newest project, 50 States of Peace. With the help of community leaders and artists throughout the nation, we can amplify and share our youth’s visions of peace, and further instill in our society the significance of intercultural understanding and connection through the creation of art. Artworks from this program can be viewed through our 50 States of Peace Online Exhibition.

CITYarts Peace Walls

Over the past 17 years, 7 Peace Walls have been created worldwide: