Abstract

As the world grows smaller and communication ever faster, it is of increasing importance that global understanding accompanies globalization. This Peace Quilt project initiated in New York and carried to Uttar Pradesh, India symbolizes the practical effort towards understanding, communication and empathy in a way that no business arrangement ever could. New York Director of Art Education Dr. Rikki Asher, assisted by secondary education art teacher Jane Pinchuck set up an exchange of skills between the groups. This illustrated account shows how girls on either side of the world rose to the challenge of creating works of art that would communicate their lives to each other. The presentation includes a description of the US/India Peace Quilt exchange with a Bronx school. The purpose is to offer possibilities for educators to explore relationships between art, language, and communication through the theme of “Peace” and to advocate art education locally and globally.