Be part of an exhibition/installation which will take your small artistic whispers and turn them into loud artistic shouts. All in the name of peace.

Postcards for peace is a mass participation Art installation/exhibition which uses small media as its base.

The idea for this project came from a desire to promote a message of peace through small scale artistic endeavour and a want to give as many people as possible to participate through the use of accessable small media.

The aim of the project is to take a number of the submitted pieces and amalgamate them into one or two much larger pieces of art.  The first of these will be a large rainbow flag, which has its origins as a symbol of peace, but has now also come to symbolise inclusivity, liberation and representation in society.  These sentiments serve as a perfect counterbalance to a sometimes disjointed world.

Participants will be asked to submit landscape-format A5 postcards or similarly sized pieces of thick paper or card which they have filled with any 2-D art of their choice.  In order to facilitate the rainbow flag part of the project, those who would like to have direct participation in that will be asked to use one of the seven colours of the rainbow flag predominantly in their piece.  These  are purple, dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange and red. However there are no obligations in that regard.

When participants are creating their cards, it is suggested that they stick to one or more of the following media :-

Ink, pencil, paint (watercolour, oil, acrylic), wax crayon, oil pastels or chalk.

All postcards should be produced landscape format.

Final artworks will be exhibited at COBALT studios from Mid-february (Date TBC).  However exhibition dates are subject to change.