ORGANISER OF WORKSHOP
Tom Anderson(The Florida State University)

Jill Harper(FACE Director Founder)
Linda Hall(Freerance Artist, Artistic Director of Project)
Laura Horowitz(Exchange Teacher)
Chelsy Nathan(Artist)
Shannon Wiley(Student of FSU)

The theme of the 'KIDS GUERNICA' lead by Professor Anderson was 'A Present of Peace' and its central message was the 'equality and normalization of cultures'. The basic composition of the sketch was prepared by Professor Anderson. He nominated for the workshop the Afro-American children -middle class children and handicapped children -from the area called the Fourth Avenue in Tallahassee City.

At the meeting on 6 July 1995, Professor Anderson introduced Japan and the atomic bomb in Hiroshima to the children, inviting Japanese students studying on campus. They discussed what they could send to Japanese children as a present of peace from the USA.

On 12 July, the sketch was enlarged on the canvas by volunteer students of the university. A space of 25 centimetres in width around the mural was given for temporary participants to draw freely. The mural was kept painted for four days. The mural shows different national characters in the concept of colors that the Sun is yellow and the sea green. Hamburgers and Basketball shoes appear frequently. One interesting point is a black crow flying with a message of peace in its bill. A crow is regarded as a smart and reliable bird in the USA whereas it is loathed as an unlucky bird in Japan.

On the final day, there was a small party in front of the completed mural and a volunteer group called FACE (Fourth Avenue Cultural Enrichment) demonstrated Afro-American music and dance. The workshop in Florida was a starting point of 'KIDS GUERNICA' and the idea has been recently agreed to hold an exhibition of the murals to be painted by children from other countries in addition to their own work in near future.