SGI Exhibitions
From October 12 to 20, SGI-Italy and the city of Florence cosponsored a peace and human rights art exhibition, "Children's Drawings for Human Rights and Peace--Let's Hold Hands, Make a Circle and Change the World," at the Villa Vogel Gallery in Florence. The exhibition consisted of 850 drawings and 103 poems created by students from 57 elementary and junior high schools in Florence and nearby cities. The young people's poems and drawings expressing their feelings and thoughts on peace and the need to respect the dignity of life were created following a viewing of SGI-Italy's "City of Human Rights" exhibit in November 2001, at a time when the tragic events of September 11, 2001, were still vivid in their minds.
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The
art exhibition in Caledon, Canada |
Daniela Lastri, chair of the City of Florence Department of Public Education, stressed the importance of learning about peace and human rights in the familiar environment of our daily lives and expressed confidence that the exhibition would help pave a new road to peace. Student representative Daniel Via called on everyone to make efforts for the sake of peace and human rights. He pledged to engage in dialogue and to "make friends with anyone."
In Canada, meanwhile, "Disappearing Landscapes," an art exhibit highlighting environmental degradation endangering the Headwaters area, which includes Caledon and Toronto, opened at the SGI-Canada Caledon Centre for Culture and Education on October 4. More than 60 Ontario artists participated in the exhibition, which is part of the annual Headwaters Festival celebrating the arts and the natural beauty of the Headwaters area. Caledon Mayor Carol L. Seglins welcomed the SGI's spirit of tolerance and expressed her desire to work with SGI-Canada on future Headwaters rejuvenation projects.
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the opening of "The Four Masters Art
Exhibition" in Malaysia |
Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) and the Association of Artists in Port Klang, Malaysia, cosponsored "The Four Masters Art Exhibition" at the SGM Grand Culture Centre in Kuala Lumpur from September 22 to 29. The exhibition featured the works of Foo Chee San, Chuang Kim Siew, Chung Chen Sun and Lim Mu Hue, acclaimed artists who are recognized as pioneers in their field in Malaysia and Singapore.
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