Our Peace Art Gallery
Our Peace Gallery offers aspiring artists, including youth, adults, and senior citizens, the opportunity to share their art with the community. Many residents would not otherwise have the opportunity to exhibit in a traditional gallery. By exhibiting on the wall space of Operation P.E.A.C.E, local artists also have the opportunity to use our facilities for art receptions and social events that increase artistic and cultural enrichment in our community.
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Current and Previous Exhibitions
Peace Celebrates Youth Exhibition
Our Peace Gallery proudly presents our latest art exhibition featuring the work
of our After School youth. From the words of Pablo Picasso, "Every child is an artist" and our After School students are proving that with their exciting new exhibition.
From the exploration of the ancient art of printmaking to the students'
recognition of female role models in their own lives, the After School
students have created inspiring artworks that display their creativity,
self expression, communication, and cultural and
social awareness skills.
We are very proud of the After School children and excited to share their
work with the community! We invite you to their art reception on Thursday,
June 3rd from 5:30-6:30PM, with the exhibit continuing through September
1, 2010. For more information, please contact David at (617) 267-1054.
Inspiring Women Against Domestic Violence
In March, a survivor of domestic violence will be presenting an art exhibit at P.E.A.C.E. to inspire other women in our community.
“I have learned great lessons from walking through the doors of freedom to escape domestic abuse,” she says. “I was determined to be independent and live happily in a safe environment. I've now embraced the camera as a way to celebrate my creativity, spirit, and new vision for life. When I gathered all my strength and decided to love and respect myself, it brought a future where I now walk with self confidence, wisdom, peace, and true inner happiness.”
“My Exhibit focuses on many flowers in bloom because they symbolize new life beginnings and show that no one has the right to keep our inner beauty from blossoming as women. Our feminine beauty possesses great power when we come out into the light. My exhibit seeks to empower women to live happily expressing their full potential.” Art Reception: March 10 at 5:30PM.
Picasso's Paris
Our current exhibit celebrates the life of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso during his early life in Paris with lithographs, photographs, and original vintage posters from his Paris exhibitions. The exhibit includes wooden sculptures reminiscent of his African influence and a collection of books on Picasso for all walks of life.
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Our Peace Gallery was thrilled to reveal a new art exhibit last Spring: a mammoth reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Mona Lisa. The exhibit went hand-in-hand with Operation P.E.A.C.E.’s After School curriculum for children, which includes Music, MultiMedia, and Visual Arts. Our Visual Arts Program teaches kids about the fine arts by introducing them to important works by the masters in the history of art, such as The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda).
African Sculptures
The Peace Gallery exhibited sculptures inspired by “African Vision,” an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. The museum's education program also provided free curriculum to exhibit for our youth to learn about African art, culture, and history. “I was so inspired by the Museum’s collection that I literally ran out and bought beautiful sculptures so we could have real examples of African Art right here at Operation P.E.A.C.E.,” says Executive Director, David Zermeno.