Psychologists for Peace WA

2011 PEACE ART EXHIBITION PARTICIPANTS

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First Prize
sponsored by Psychologists for Peace, a special interest group of the Australian Psychological Society
Matthew Davies Warped Reality of Peace Peter Moyes Anglican Community School

Second Prize
sponsored by Medical Association for Prevention of War WA:
Naomi Payne Good Memories Eastern Hills Senior High School

Highly Commended
Sarah Hicks Afrika en Australie Eastern Hills Senior High School
Adam Salem Unequal Footing Aquinas College
Josh Venters Fistful of Peace Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Charlotte Smith Untitled Peter Moyes Anglican Community School

Also exhibited
Molly Zolanstra Water’s Edge Melville Senior High School
Ashleigh Smith Cottesloe Impression Melville Senior High School
Kate Murphy The World through my Eye Melville Senior High School
Monika Magalengo Antidote Melville Senior High School
Shanii Hall End of the Day Melville Senior High School
Jelica Keric The Melting Sorrows Melville Senior High School
Indy Chambers-Galloway A Common Tragedy Geraldton Grammar School
Marcus Alessandrini Futility Aquinas College
Tobias Dixey A Lonely Stare Aquinas College
Jasmin Brabazon Preaching Peace Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Rhiannon De Cinque Peace Playlist Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Tori Dowsett Thoughts Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Emily Helmore As Nations we Share Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Kaysie Hilton Friendship Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Max Hoy Everything isn’t always as it seems Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Jared Jackson The Race Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Gracie Pippin, Jump in, Peter Moyes Anglican Community School Cameron
Pritchard, John Lennon, Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Jennifer Bagust, Clothe me in your Riches Rossmoyne Senior High School
Xing Yun Lee, Money can’t buy Happiness Rossmoyne Senior High School
Samantha Marais We Need some too Rossmoyne Senior High School
Stephanie McRoberts, The Nature of Peace Perth Modern School
(artist, title, school)

Thank you:

Students whose work was exhibited

Teachers who encouraged their students to participate -

Melissa McCarthy Melville Senior High School
Nicki Morton Geraldton Grammar
Jessica Wormuth Eastern Hills Senior High School
Carmen Stewart Aquinas College
Toni Rockliff Peter Moyes Anglican Community School
Mardi Howard Rossmoyne Senior High School

Judges Peter Efford and Pauline Williams

Design Melanie Atlan

2011 Peace Art Award

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2011 Peace Art Exhibition will be held from 8-18 August 2011

YMCA HQ Gallery

60a Frame Court, Leederville 6007, Western Australia

Theme Peace in our World

To inspire young people to express their ideas in a creative way to communicate a key message about peace; peace within the self, in the family, in the community or between communities and nations.

Open to students in years 10-12

Registration closes 4 July 2011

More information

Manita 0419 043 768

Niki 0408 099 063
E psychs.for.peace(at)gmail.com

YMCA HQ is sponsored by Healthway, YMCA, Drug Aware

Peace Art Exhibition 2009

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The virtual exhibition is now on display on Picasa and Facebook.

Follow PeaceArtAward on Twitter

(The live exhibition closed on 18 September)

2009 Winners

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First Prize

It is what you believe it is, Angus Campbell, Y11, Scotch College, Teacher: Stuart Earnshaw
Second Prize Tales of Peace, Emily Harvey, Y12, Sacred Heart College, Teacher: Amanda Cook

Highly Commended

Journey Beyond Oppression, June Cheetah Wegener, Y12, Perth Modern SHS, Teacher: Lyn Mazzilli Dunes, Nadine Jaeger, Y10, Balcatta Senior High School, Teacher: Nathan Setzinger

Commended

A paper blue bird, Matthew Caudwell, Y11, Eastern Hills Senior High School, Teacher: Jessica Wormuth,

The meeting of two tribes , Maria Lebedeva, Y11, Rossmoyne Senior High School, Teacher: Mardi Howard

Unity, Georgia Brashaw, Y10, Iona Presentation College, Teacher: Lisa Fay

Return, Alex Hey, Y11, Scotch College, Teacher: Stuart Earnshaw

Participants 2009

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Title of Artwork-Student Artist's Name-School-Year (10/ 11/ 12)- Award

It is what you believe it is-Angus Campbell-Scotch College-11-1st Prize
Tales of Peace-Emily Harvey-Sacred Heart College-12-2nd Prize
Journey Beyon Oppression-June Cheetah Wegener-Perth Modern SHS-12-Highly Commended
Dunes-Nadine Jaeger-Balcatta SHS-10-Highly Commended
A paper blue bird -Matthew Caudwell -Eastern Hills SHS-11-Commended
The meeting of two tribes -Maria Lebedeva -Rossmoyne SHS-11-Commended
Unity-Georgia Brashaw-Iona Presentation College-10-Commended
Return-Alex Hey-Scotch College-11-Commended
Love not War-Maria Wren-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
Manmade-Spencer Cooper-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
Untitiled-Natasha Lewis-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
Choices….-Pia Boonzaier-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
Imagine?-Sarah Byrne-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
In your hands-Georgia Harris-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
Dove Lilly-Ollie King-Peter Moyes Anglican Community School-10-Participation
Dreaming of a better space -Ellese Ripper-Warnbro Community HS-10-Participation
Attack of the words-Lauren Millard -Warnbro Community HS-10-Participation
Hand in peace-Shannen Martins-daSilva -Warnbro Community HS-10-Participation
Me = Freedom-Nook Manabang-Melville SHS-10-Participation
Untitled-Eden Bremner-Melville SHS-10-Participation
Fighting for Freedom-Tamika Deane-Melville SHS-10-Participation
Untitled-Liberty Barrett-Melville SHS-10-Participation
Untitled-Leteberahan Negash-Melville SHS-10-Participation
Austriginal-Aude Ostrini -Rossmoyne SHS-11-Participation
Culture Riding-So Yeong Park -Rossmoyne SHS-11-Participation
Camera Shy-Kate Naughton-Iona Presentation College-11-Participation
Blowing Peace-Julia Platt-Iona Presentation College-10-Participation
Different but All the Same-Sarah Cornock-Ross-Perth Modern SHS-11-Participation
Connectivity-India Mustard-Perth Modern SHS-12-Participation
Sadako Sasaki-Steph Rowland-Sacred Heart College-12-Participation
Child of Peace-June Spencer-Sacred Heart College-12-Participation
Atmospheres-Jazlyn Kendall-Balcatta SHS-11-Participation
Passive-Simona Jovanovska-Balcatta SHS-11-Participation
Morning Sun Rise-Don Damov-Balcatta SHS-10-Participation
Seclusion-Annalyse Lazarov-Balcatta SHS-12-Participation
Untitled-Codie Nairn-Balcatta SHS-12-Participation
The Dream-Jessica Thomas-Balcatta SHS-10-Participation
Washed up colour-Jessica Thomas-Balcatta SHS-10- Exhibition
Lagoon-Sumie Egawa-Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart, Rose Bay, NSW-10- Exhibition

Biennial Peace Art Exhibition 2009

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Be inspired by artwork by talented WA students in Y10-12 reflecting on inner peace, family, community or global peace.

Tues 8- Fri 18 September 2009, 7.00am – 5.45pm, Mon – Fri

Forrest Centre, ground floor lobby, 221 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia

Free entry!

Proudly supported by

The City of Perth

Medical Association for Prevention of War

Insurance Commission of Western Australia

Australian Psychological Society

2009 Biennial Peace Art Award

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For 2-D artwork on the theme of peace by students in years 10-12 in 2009
Unit outline on the theme of peace and addressing the 1CVAR Inspirations unit in the new visual arts curriculum available at http://arted.org.au/biennial-peace-art-award/ for work to be undertaken in Semester 1 2009
Monetary prizes for 1^st2^nd and highly commended artists. Monetary prize for school of 1st prize winner
Two Highly Commended prizes; participation certificates awarded
Artwork to be submitted by 3 September 2009
Further information and forms
Contact psychs.for.peace(at)gmail.com to have forms emailed to you. (Replace (at) with @)
Links to further information about peace artists and peace art projects listed below.

Contacts

M 0419 043 768 (Manita)

E psychs.for.peace(at)gmail.com

W Psychologists for Peace WA

W Psychologists for Peace, interest group of the Australian Psychological Society

W Previous work submitted to the Peace Art Award

Resources

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Interpreting the Theme of Peace

§ Inner peace - activities which can promote peace within the person, such as walking, prayer, meditation, relaxation, music, being in peaceful places;

§ Peace within the family – family members enjoy a shared activity together - a meal, a reunion, a trip. Family members resolve differences in non-violent ways;

§ Peace in the neighbourhood and community – conflicts at school or between friends are resolved in peace; or

§ Peace within and between nations - conflicts between groups and nations are resolved peacefully, for example by holding elections, by sharing resources, by helping those in greatest need.

Useful Links

Peace Art Awards (Psychologists for Peace WA) About the Peace Art Award for WA secondary students. Detailed conditions will be available here from January 2009.

Images from 2007 and 2005 awards

About Psychologists for Peace

WA Artists for Peace Exhibition 2008 The Medical Association for Prevention of War invited professional Western Australian artists to submit artwork on the theme of peace for a exhibition and sale. Their works were exhibited at the Moore’s Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Henry Street, Fremantle 10-18 May 2008. A copy of the exhibition catalogue is available by phoning Manita Beskow on 0419 043 768 or emailing psychs.for.peace(a)gmail.com . Links to websites for these artists below.

Artists

Western Australian Artists for Peace 2008

Hans Arkeveld http://www.creativecourses.com/creative/artistlist.html#HansArkeveld

Susanna Castleden

www.galeriedusseldorf.com.au/GDArtists/Castleden/SCExh2008/

Stuart Elliot

www.mcabelladinner.com/Stuart-Elliott.html

www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2004/s1041706.htm

Art critic David Bromfield writing about Stuart Elliot and Fakeology http://members.iinet.net.au/~postpub/8ball/Fakeology/Fakeology1.html

Galliano Fardin www.galeriedusseldorf.com.au/GDArtists/Fardin/Fardin.html

Ron Gomboc www.gomboc-gallery.com.au/artists/western_australian/sculptors/gomboc.htm

Naomi Grant www.naomigrant.com/About_Me.html & http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TEsWMGdU0AQ

George Haynes & Jane Martin www.georgehaynes.com.au/biography

Nigel Hewitt www.nigelhewitt.com.au/ and www.gunyulgupgalleries.com.au/exhibitions/hewitt2/pages/preview.htm

Marie Hobbs www.galeriedusseldorf.com.au/GDArtists/Hobbs/HobbsCat2000/HobbsExhCat2000.html

Bevan Honey www.galeriedusseldorf.com.au/GDArtists/Honey/BHInFocus2003/BHInFocusMay2003.html

Ben Joel http://users.bigpond.net.au/benjamin_joel/

Robert Juniper

http://www.artists-worldwide.net/artists/paintings/juniper_robert.htm

Douglas Kirsop www.douglaskirsop.com/

Eveline Kotai http://evelinekotai.typepad.com/eveline_kotai_artworks/cvbio/

Brian McKay www.galeriedusseldorf.com.au/GDArtists/McKay/BMExh2002/BMcKayExh2002.html

Leon Pericles www.leonpericles.com.au/

Charles Smith www.smithsculptors.com/index.htm

Rick Verney http://members.iinet.net.au/~artmaker/

Joan Walsh-Smith www.smithsculptors.com/index.htm

International Artist

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and ceramist, who worked in France http://picasso.tamu.edu/picasso/

Doves

Guernica Depicts the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica (Gernika) during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.

Other Peace Artists and Peace Art Projects

www.artandpeaceguernica.org (multilingual website) Art and Peace, a project developed in Gernika-Lumo (Bizkaia, Basque Country), declared by UNESCO as City of Peace, by three Gernika based organisations involved in cultural activities around the theme of Peace.

In 1999 they started a research, education and diffusion initiative based on the close relationship between all forms of Art and Peace. From the perspective of art it is possible to contribute not only to culture but to the construction of a culture of peace in the world.

www.artistsforpeace.org A peace art project of the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association. Particularly the following:

Silk Road #16, Char Downs www.kdva.org/afp/images/gallery/c-downs2.html

Untitled, Leslie Doyle www.kdva.org/afp/images/gallery/l-doyle.html

Faith and Reason, Georgia. Henkel www.kdva.org/afp/images/gallery/g-henkel.html

Gone in a Day or Two, Matthew T. www.kdva.org/afp/images/gallery/mt-clark.html

www.artistsnpeace.org/ An Artists for Peace Group comprising artists in Vancouver, Canada, Berlin, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey covering a number of peace art projects involving adult and young artists and photographers.

http://tinyurl.com/4yoos8 Artists for Peace exhibition 2009 in Istanbul Turkey, involving professional artists

http://tinyurl.com/48npys A Peace Art project conducted by the Service Learning Academy of Florida, USA. Particularly second picture from top.

2007 Opening and Award Presentation

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The official opening and award presentation took place on Monday 24 September 2007 5.30-7.30pm at the State Library of WA.

A list of award winners is given below. Thanks to all participating schools and their talented young artists. And thanks to those committed art teachers who encouraged their students to take part.

The exhibition ran from 25 September to 19 October 2007 at the State Library of Western Australia, Northbridge.

Judges were Mr Murray Gill (1st and highly commended) and Ms Evelyn Kotai (2nd).

The 2007 exhibition and award has been proudly sponsored by State Library of Western Australia, the City of Perth and the Medical Association for Prevention of War.

Psychologists for Peace is an interest group of the Australian Psychological Society

Click on the link below to view pictures from the exhibition
Psychologists for Peace apologises for the quality of some images; not all artworks were submitted with images of the artworks before glazing. Consequently reflections spoil the image for some pictures that we took ourselves.
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/psychs.for.peace/2007PeaceArtAwardAndExhibitionPeaceBetweenDiverseCultures

Award winners

1st Prize
Carina McPherson, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento (Teacher Ms Claire Bradley)
The Peace Journey
(image above)

2nd Prize
Stephanie Law, Carina McPherson Sacred Heart College, Sorrento (Teacher Ms Claire Bradley)
Shades of Peace

Highly Commended

Grace Barratt, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento (Teacher Ms Claire Bradley)
Relative Terms

Kieran Clancy-Lowe, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento (Teacher Ms Claire Bradley)
We are all chocolate on the inside

Paula O’Connor, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento (Teacher Ms Claire Bradley)
Intertwined

Karis Erceg, Kalamunda Senior High School (Teacher Mrs Kass Manning)
Release

Amy Delaney, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Mr Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Hand in Hand We Stand

Hannah Pickett, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Mr Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Have a Thought on this!

Siobhan Bishop, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Mr Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Butterfly Effect

Jessica Eldridge, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Mr Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Don’t Shoot the Messenger

Also participated

Michelle Garrity, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Stop Racism

Melissa Criddle, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Mr Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Peace has a Bright Future

Ashleigh Hourn, Geraldton Senior College (Teacher Mr Luke Bassett-Scarfe)
Serenity by the Sea

Amanda Bossie, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Relaxing in Blues

Alice Jenkins Shenton, College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Cainfaech - Swirls

Tonahtiu Luck, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
The Life of Your Story

RebeccaYiannakis, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Sunset over Karrakatta

Tamara Jennings, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
A Scare-Crow

Victoria Voytekunayte, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Scarborough Beach

Ryosuke Iwasaki, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Our Future

Sana Bharadwaj, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Secret Garden

Thomas Carew-Reid, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Life’s Song

Mollie Wilson, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
A Purple Tree in Peace

Alex Wright, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Yallingup Beach

Amber Antoniolli, Shenton College (Teacher Ms Kim Le)
Sleeping Beauty - A Pink Baby

Christiann Gerritsen, Scotch College (Teacher Ms Myra Staffa)
Blue

Jac Fear, Scotch College (Teacher Ms Myra Staffa)
Peace between diverse cultures

2007 Biennial Peace Art Exhibition and Award

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Artist registration is now open for the 2nd Biennial Peace Art Exhibition and Award (2007) for year 11 students in Western Australia.

Download the 2007 conditions and forms

http://www.psychology.org.au/about/awards/art/

Registration forms and entry fees must be received by Friday 17 August 2007.

(Note: Forms and information have recently been moved from http://www.psychology.org.au/awards/art/ and from
http://www.psychology.org.au/aps/awards/1.4_31.asp to the URL above. Sorry for the inconvenience which was caused by circumstances beyond our control.)

Aims

To inspire year 11 students with artistic talent to apply their gift to creative ways of communicating a key message about peace, whether peace within the self, the family, the community or the world.
To encourage young artists, their peers, their families, teachers and the wider viewing public to consider ways of promoting peace in their own lives.

2007 Theme

Peace between Diverse Cultures

Conditions

Artwork must reflect the theme and objectives of the project.
Open to Western Australian school students in Year 11 in 2007.
Medium: two-dimensional media on paper, board, or canvas – e.g. graphics, painting, mixed media etc.
Maximum size: 100cm X 120cm, suitably mounted and ready to hang. The work need not be framed or glazed but must be provided with a suitable means of hanging.
Registration form and entry fee must be received by Friday 17 August 2007.
The registration fee of $15 must accompany the registration form, in the form of a cheque or money order payable to Psychologists for Peace.
Artwork, completed and signed Artwork Submission Form and Display Information must be delivered to the exhibition space, mezzanine floor, State Library of WA (formerly known as Alexander Library) on Friday 21 September 2007 between 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Students must submit the Display Information on a white A5 sheet (21.0cm wide x 14.8cm tall), giving the artist’s name, the title of the artwork, size in centimetres, medium/media, and a 30-100 word account of the inspiration for their work, in 14 point Arial bold font. An example is provided.
There is a limit of 10 entries per school; selected by the school art department.
Before submission all artwork must be endorsed by the school art teacher using the attached form.
Only one entry per artist may be submitted.
Artists will be responsible for the delivery and retrieval of their own artwork to and from the exhibition space at the State Library of WA (formerly called Alexander Library).
Only individual artwork is eligible.
A pre-selection process may apply.
Exhibition space limitations may not allow all submitted artwork to be hung.
Psychologists for Peace will not enter into any selling arrangements with participating artists.
An independent panel of judges will select the work to be awarded the prize.
If, in the judges’ opinion, no entry is worthy of the award, no award shall be made.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Artists must agree to grant to Psychologists for Peace the right to make and use reproductions of the artist’s submitted artwork for peace promotion purposes (such as post cards, posters, website) with acknowledgement but without remuneration.
Before using glass or other reflective surface a good quality digital image should be taken of the work and must be submitted in .jpg format with at least one dimension being 900 pixels, on a suitably labelled IBM compatible CD or diskette. This digital image is to be submitted as well as the original work itself.
The student will retain the original artwork following the exhibition.
Artwork must be collected by artists or their authorised agent on Friday 19 October 2007 between 3.00pm and 6.00pm pm from the exhibition space at the State Library of WA (formerly known as Alexander Library).

Value
$500 for student and $500 for the school of the winning student, as selected by an independent panel of judges

Exhibition
Mezzanine floor, State Library of WA (formerly known as Alexander Library), Perth Cultural Centre Precinct, between James and Francis Streets, Northbridge

Exhibition runs Monday 24 September to Friday 19 October 2007

Opening hours
Monday-Thursday 9.00am-8.00pm
Friday 9.00am-5.30pm
Saturday & Sunday 10.00am-5.30pm
Undercover carpark: Perth City Council Carpark No. 11, enter from Francis Street.

Organisers
Psychologists for Peace, Western Australia
http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/pfp/awards/
www.psychs-for-peace.blogspot.com

Psychologists for Peace is a (not for profit) Interest Group of the Australian Psychological Society (www.psychology.org.au ). Its members are psychologists who are concerned about the prevalence of war and conflict in our world and are interested in applying their professional skills to issues relating to promoting peace and preventing war. This is the second Biennial Peace Exhibition and Award.

Sponsor
Psychologists for Peace WA gratefully acknowledges the State Library of Western Australia (http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/) for supporting this project by generously providing the exhibition space.

Further information
Manita Beskow phone (08) 9298 8485 or psychs.for.peace(at)gmail.com

Nikola McLennan phone (08) 9381-8551 or nikmac(at)westnet.com.au

Replace (at) with @ in email addresses above (SPAM-proofing).

Download registration forms
http://www.psychology.org.au/aps/awards/1.4_31.asp

What can you do for peace?

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After the devastation of Cyclone Katrina in New Orleans – we have seen the consequences of the neglect of basic human needs for food, clean water, shelter, and health and other support services. Ensuring all humanity can meet these basic living needs is a priority, not only for justice but to keep the peace.

Even when basic needs are met, we will always come face to face with others who have different wants or perspectives. How we deal with those differences is what peace making is all about.
Without an effective means of ensuring basic needs are met and of sorting out our other differences peacefully – we will destroy our planet and each other.

To keep peace alive in our lives and so on our planet, it needs to be part of our conversations as adults, adolescents and children.

Impact of images of war and conflict
Images of violence and war bombard us all. Young people are being constantly exposed to media images and debate about war and conflict in communities and families. For some this causes anxiety and distress from overwhelming feelings of helplessness.

For others it is easier to become paralysed by indifference. While many of our youth hope for a world with less conflict and aggression, they are often at a loss as to how to make a difference.

What can one person do? What can I do? Just turn off the TV - or is there something else?

There will always be crises and conflict in the world, the community, families and for individuals. To love and understand each other is vital – now more than ever. Each one of us must see peace as a possibility and live our lives accordingly, achieving a balance between reality and idealism.

Educational and other initiatives can counterbalance pervasive images of conflict between groups, nations and within families and offer non violent approaches to sorting out differences. A range of peace promotion projects is being carried out across Australia by Psychologists for Peace, with a special new project in Western Australia.

Peace Art in Western Australian Schools
Just launched in 2005 is the Biennial Peace Exhibition and Award that aims to inspire artistic year 11 students in Western Australia to apply their creativity to communicating a key message about peace. At the same time they have an opportunity to win prize money for their efforts.
Psychologists for Peace WA is a group of psychologists who are committed to making peace a living possibility by encouraging a theme of peace in visual art through this Exhibition and Award, offered for the first time in 2005.

This is an opportunity to encourage young artists, their peers, families and teachers and the wider viewing public to consider ways of promoting peace in their own lives.

A prize of $500 is awarded to the winning student with a further $500 for their school.
The students’ artworks will be on display in State Library of Western Australia, Cultural Centre Precinct, Northbridge.

The State Library of Western Australia kindly made the exhibition space available as its contribution to this peace project.

Psychologists Peace
The Exhibition and Award is organised by the Western Australian branch of Psychologists Peace (formerly known as Psychologists for the Promotion of World Peace), a group of Australian psychologists who are concerned about the prevalence of war and conflict in our world and are interested in applying their professional skills to promoting peace and preventing war.

The group is committed to

encouraging the study of issues related to the promotion of peace and prevention of war;
acquiring and disseminating knowledge about psychological issues related to war and conflict;
advocating and promoting the use of peaceful rather than violent methods for the resolution of conflict; and
liaising with other professional groups with similar peaceful aims.

With the added help of a bequest in 2000 Psychologists for Peace groups across Australia develop their own local peace projects. In Tasmania a small grant program encourages psychology students to conduct peace psychology research projects on topics ranging from interpersonal to international relations.

The South Australian Psychologists for Peace group awards the authors of children’s books that feature a main character who resolves a conflict by actively choosing peaceful rather than violent methods. The winning books are recognised and publicised, so children have more peaceful role models.

A peace education officer works in Victorian schools to develop, market and promote peace education resources which are appropriate for primary and secondary schools and which improve understanding of non violent ways to solve conflict. Educational resources developed so far include children’s books and posters.

Responding to children about war
How do you respond to children when they ask about war and conflict? Psychologists for the Promotion of World Peace provides this guidance to teachers and parents.
Children and young people need adults to help them deal with news about war and conflict. Psychological research evidence shows that adults play a very important role in helping children and young people deal with the negative side effects of exposure to events that are traumatic or disturbing, such as media images of war and violence.

This is what we know so far. How adults deal with these events sends messages to children and young people about how to deal with disturbing events or negative emotions. Their responses can range from denial that the feelings exist, to ongoing opportunities to deal with these feelings and experiences.

This is not about taking sides (e.g. is the war justified?). It is about responding to its personal and emotional impact on children and young people.

It is best for schools to take a planned, holistic approach. Staff may need time and support to sort out their own responses before they can help students effectively.

Parents may also look to schools for guidance. At times of heightened conflict students will need regular times when they can discuss their thoughts and feelings about the conflict.

Conflict Resolution Model
An effective framework is a conflict resolution model. Rather than focusing on the issue of taking sides, this model enables us to move beyond the polarised debate leaders engage in. It enables us to dig deeper and find the wants, needs, worries and concerns of the different groups involved in the conflict. This approach provides young people with an opportunity to build empathy and understanding, and exposes them to the complexity and the layers of issues involved. It’s not simply black and white, right and wrong.

In using creative problem solving young people can see that there are many and varied ways of resolving any conflict – including their own. Using power and aggression is only one option. Looking at all the possible consequences of each solution enables young people to learn valuable life skills, to be more critical consumers of the images and propaganda of war, and to have hope for alternative ways of dealing with conflict in our future.

To support our young people, we have a responsibility to listen to their fears and concerns, and to provide them with guidance to empathise, problem solve, and critically evaluate the events in their world. Further guidance for parents and others who care for, or work with children is available from www.psychology.org.au

More information about Psychologists for Peace, an interest group of the Australian Psychological Society, is available at http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/pfp/

Based on an article by Psychologists for Peace WA and

first published Western Suburbs Weekly, Perth, 2005

Biennial Peace Art Exhibition and Award 2005

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The inaugural Biennial Peace Art Exhibition & Award opened on Monday 24 October 2005 with the presentation of awards by Bernard Kerr (left) member of the Assessment and Moderation Panel for the Art Course of Studies in WA schools, and head of art at Scotch College.

The prize of $500 was shared by Natalie Oon (2nd from left) of Methodist Ladies College, for Mantra and Tamara Siallagan (3rd from left) of Mindarie Senior College, for Keep Them Alive.

The schools of the two winning students also shared a prize of $500.

The picture also shows Chelinay Gates (right) one of the two judges. The picture in background is Mantra by Natalie Oon, one of the two winning artworks.

Psychologists for Peace WA is appreciative of the contributions of

Year 11 art teachers of participating schools
Darlington artists Dr Drewfus and Ms Chellinay Gates who judged the award
Mr Bernard Kerr, Scotch College, Perth who presented the awards
State Library of Western Australia, who provided the exhibition venue
The Australian Psychological Society's interest group Psychologists for Peace whose bequest provided funding

2005 Joint winners
Natalie Oon
Methodist Ladies College
Mantra

Tamara Siallagan
Mindarie Senior College
Keep Them Alive

Highly Commended
Sarah Deaman
Kalamunda Senior High School
Keep Peace Alive

Commended
Kate Bennison
Lockridge Senior High School
Untitled poster

Daniela Da Rui
Sacred Heart College
Unity

Emma England
Lockridge Senior High School
Untitled poster

Elly Gelle
Sacred Heart College
War for Peace

Participation Certificates
Scared Heart College Sorrento
Alissia Gomez, Utopia
Janelle Byrne, Untitled, mixed media
Ellen Dorizzi, Peace Love Unity

Kalamunda Senior High School
Terri Alexander, Rise & Fall
Justine Walsh, Liminal Paranoia
Charlotte Peel, Vulnerability
Bonnie Byrne, Peaceful Music
Julian Hart, Tainted Idealism
Patricia Dumitro, Objective
Samantha Wilkins, Let’s Have a War So We Can Go and Die!
Tenille Walsh, Let Peace Fly
Jamie Donald, Boarders Freedom
Jason Windsor, Peace Through Passion

Mindarie Senior College
Mark Alderton, I want you for US Army!
Ashley Arter, What Lies Before Us

Lockridge Senior High School
Lynda Patrick, Peace of Mind
Jade Stephens, Beauty
Leanne Morley, The Circles of Peace
Emma Hunter, Helping Hands
Sam Slade, Bright Change