"The Planet In Our Eyes" (The colour of our skin is different but we all see the same WORLD: united through PEACE!) created by Andra-Alida Baban of Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania for the 2004 Global Art Project exchange.
	"What is my opinion about Global Art Project? Well it's the most wonderfull thing I ever did. You can't imagine how exciting is to finally know your match and share your own vision about global peace with that person.About my work, the painting represents a child, the simbol of the purity, which hopes for a united world and for a better one. He is the embodiment of all childrens of the world with all kinds of skin colour and colour of their eyes and hair. I am one of those children and, like them I wish people would all be united through love and peace. This is the first time I participate in GAP but I'll make sure that it will not be the last time. Thank you for giving me this opportunity!!! With love and peace Andra (from Romania)

The mission of the Global Art Project (GAP) is to spread world peace by promoting tolerance and non-violence through art. The Project expresses the idea: We Are All One. People of all ages and from all around the world who choose to participate each create a work of art expressing their vision of global unity. The art is displayed locally in each participant's community. Global Art Project then organizes an international exchange by matching participants group-to-group and individual-to-individual.

The exchange occurs April 23-30 biennially, resulting in thousands of people sending messages of global peace and goodwill around the world at one time--visions of love and peace simultaneously encircle the earth. The art is sent as a gift of global friendship and exhibited in the receiving community.

Participants may send slides and documentation of the art created and of the people who came together to create the art to the GAP Art Bank. Global Art Project exhibitions, books, slide presentations, and this website give people an opportunity to experience visions of peace and unity created by individuals from diverse cultures around the world.

Let's All Join Hands is another element of the Global Art Project for Peace. People are invited to trace around their hand on a piece of paper, cut it out, write their name and country in their native script on one side and embellish the other side in any way with their ideas for global peace, love and friendship. The paper hands may be sent to the Global Art Project at any time. Volunteers in Tucson string the hands together as a visual expression of the thousands of people who join their energy together to create peace. The paper hands are exhibited as a source of inspiration and a book of selected paper hands The Handbook for Peace is planned for publication.

How to Participate

First, register by sending your name, address, and donation ($15 US for individuals, $20 US for groups, if possible) to GAP postmarked by February 29, 2008. GAP will match you with a participant in another part of the world.

March 2008: Create a work of art expressing your vision of global unity. You may document your art and the people who created it to be included in the GAP Art Bank. Label the documentary material with name, address, medium and size. Send it to the GAP address. Materials will not be returned.

April 1-22, 2008: Display/share your work locally in your own community. This could be on the walls at work or school, in a hospital, a public library, gallery, bank, local café or restaurant--wherever you feel comfortable sharing your vision. You may want to join together with a group of participants to find a place where you can display your work together.

April 23-30, 2008: Exchange your art with the person or group with whom you've been matched. The art you receive will be yours to keep, and likewise, the art you send off will be kept as a gift of global friendship. It would be nice to include a photo of yourself and a personal note.

Finally, as a completion of the Global Art Project for Peace exchange, you may choose to display the art which you've received so that people in your community have an opportunity to experience the diverse visions of global unity from around the world.

NEW!...Global Art Project Angel Corps
How it works: If a person or group hasn't heard from their GAP exchange partner by the end of June, they could contact us and we'll connect them with a group or individual in the Angel Corps who will send them artwork. People may register to participate in either the exchange, the Angel Corps…or both. Angel Corps participants are angels because they will create and send art, although they know they won't receive anything from the person or group to whom they're sending their art...it's purely an act of love and generosity.
To participate in the Angel Corps, fill out a separate GAP registration form but write “Angel Corps” on it with a highlighter. We’ll contact you after June to let you know where to send your art. No fee is required to participate in the Angel Corps.

NEW!...Global Art Project Videos
(Click the play button on videos below to watch)
Both of these videos are available for purchase on 1 DVD. Click Here for purchasing Info.

Video 1 - About the Global Art Project for Peace:
2006 KUAT-TV interview of Global Art Project for Peace Founder/Director Katherine Josten.

Video 2 1999 Exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art.:
Produced by KUAT-TV.