The Art Miles Mural Project©

“A Guinness Book of World Records” Record Setting Project”

1. The Multicultural Diversity Mile is the first in a series of mural paintings created by children as a means to promote peace and understanding among children and cultures from all over the world, after the first mural was painted on a bullet ridden sheet in a Bosnian orphanage. This inspired the creation of the first art mile aimed at promoting respect and understanding, and reconciliation, and was launched in Vienna, Austria in 1997.

2. The Environmental Mile was birthed as a result of the outpouring of expression by child participants at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Millennium International Children’s Conference (ICC) on the Environment held in Eastbourne, England in 2000, where over 1,000 children came together to find solutions to the deteriorating environment and to follow up on initiatives of the Earth Summit held in Brazil in 1992. This mile is dedicated to Jacques Cousteau and his grandchildren, Philippe and Alexandra and will be donated to the first Children’s Environmental Museum, Planete Exploration, now under construction in Geneva, Switzerland.

3. The Indigenous Peoples’ Mile was inspired by the splendor of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s Annual Pow Wow the “Schemitzun”, or the Celebration of the Green Corn Dance. The goal is to help Indigenous People and Communities worldwide to develop a “living monument” to their rich cultural heritage and traditions, to portray and preserve their inextricable environmental ties with nature and will be dedicated and donated to the International Indigenous Youth Peace Summit 2006 hosts, the Akwesasne Mohawk Territories who will establish a Culture of Peace Institution with their territories designated as the Indigenous Peace Capital of the World for the next 100 years.

4. The Women’s Mile celebrate the commemoration of International Women’s Day that is officially observed every 8^th of March. This mile is dedicated to a courageous and life long woman humanist, whose artwork has served as an inspiration and healing vehicle to women worldwide, Artist Laurel Burch. This mile will represent and be painted by and for women of the world--a “clan” of millions of hearts and souls—their joys, sorrow, pain, successes, highs and lows…but most of all, LIFE.. Be sure to see the dedication mural painted in honor of Laurel Burch, by Silvia Pecha, Austrian Artist on our website.

5. The Senior Mural Mile will portray wisdom, experience, memories, that stimulate one’s mind when reflecting back or looking forward to a lifetime of journeys. Vivid and fading memories can be captured in this mural mile. This mile is dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Guillermo Mesina as a tribute to their tenacity and traits that only life and experience can bring. This special mural

mile will provide seniors everywhere an opportunity to visually share the memories and pages of each wondrous life experience and will be launched in the winter/spring of 2003 in New York.

6. The Great Wall Mural Mile is scheduled to launch in 2003 and will be comprised of the work of children from all provinces in China to be unveiled at the Great Wall when completed.

7. The Peace, Unity, & Healing Mile was launched in honor of those affected by the tragedy of September 11, 2001. This inspirational “Healing Mile” consists of scores of special 30-foot long murals that were created all around the United States and the world and will join others to complete a one-mile segment. These murals will be presented to New Yorkers and family members of the 86 countries that lost lives, as a tribute to the workers, families, survivors, and Great Spirit of their fellow citizens. The mural mile will also portray global hopes for peace and prevention of war and violence. Please see the magnificent 500 foot Manhattan Memorial Mural designed by Cady Macasa which will be donated to the Manhattan Memorial Museum in New York City.

8. The Music Mile is dedicated to the inspirational and talented famous musical artist, Stevie Wonder who has worked to prove that music is also a language that crosses all cultures. People everywhere have begun to paint music murals with the consciousness that dwindling educational budgets have impacted loss of music programs in schools. Thus was born a focus to “Keep Music In Schools”. Each country has a treasure trove of native and folk music performers and musicians that are idolized and immortalized by fans that will come together with music in their hearts to render these onto canvas.

9. The Mentors Mile began as a tribute to those who some people think of as their own personal hero and represents anyone from their mind and heart including their own parents or friends to national heroes or those they are “mentored” by and of whom they wish to portray. To this end, we wish to dedicate the mile to Dr. Angel Escudero, our beloved artist, healer and philanthropist in Valencia, Spain.

10. The Sports Mile was ignited by the dream of youth to paint the activities they love so much and to dedicate this mile to the International Olympic Committee and to be displayed during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China as a gift from sports enthusiasts from all over the world.

11. The Fairy Tale Mile was inspired and will be dedicated to famed Austrian philanthropist and fairy tale enthusiast (marchen – Radomir Runzelshuh), Ferry Ebert, who, together with his wife, have dedicated their lives to collecting and publishing stories by children. This mural mile promises to be a lively and beautiful mile long story from children all over the world.

12. The Celebrity Mile will be as awesome and beautiful as the Hollywood Walk of Stars when we portray the lives of the world's most renowned celebrities on canvas and our newest mile. One half of the proceeds from this mural mile will be donated to children's charities.

Be sure to see The Art Miles Mural Project Websites:

http://www.the-art-miles-mural-project.org and http://www.artmiles.org

http://www.papaink.org (Non Profit Gallery Art Miles)

The Art Miles Mural Project is an official project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Decade of the Culture of Peace. Murals are painted by individuals, groups, organizations from all parts of the world and have become internationally recognized for the impact they have on stirring the soul in an effort to work toward Global Harmony and World Peace. Find out how you or your group can create a mural by contacting the representative nearest your location: