USD to Host “The Art of Peace”

SAN DIEGO, CA: The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice will host a multi-day symposium exploring the utilization of the arts in peacebuilding. The symposium will feature playwrights, filmmakers, poets, musicians, visual artists and academics who are mobilizing the creative power of the arts to break the cycle of conflict. Click here for a full schedule of events.

Performances, exhibitions and workshops will demonstrate how the arts can be used to resolve conflict nonviolently, deescalate violence, transform relationships, support individual and community healing, and build capacities for peace.

Click here to register for The Art of Peace.

In a world wrought with global conflict, Saffron Caravan believes musicians can show and lead the way to peace, employing the most universal language to engage us all. Exemplifying their message of arts diplomacy, this unique ensemble unites musicians from diverse backgrounds for a cross-cultural collaborative performance, music education and humanitarian work.

This incredible evening of music will include a viewing of “Sanctuary & Sustenance”, a multimedia projection of photos, video and sound which traces the journey of people during catastrophic events of displacement on a path to sanctuary, and through the long process of rebuilding life in a new community. The evening also includes a reception in the IPJ’s Garden of the Sky.

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WHO: Writers, playwrights, filmmakers, musicians, and others

WHAT: The Art of Peace: A multi-day symposium on the arts in

peacebuilding

WHERE: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

5998 Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.