01/07/2010
Artists, performers and schools have been given more time to take part in a competition which celebrates diversity and Newcastle’s City for Peace second birthday.
The competition will look at this year’s themes ‘Say No to Discrimination’ and ‘Work together for Respect and Harmony’ and the winning entries will take part in a special arts festival at the City Library on Saturday, 10 July from 1pm.
If you want to enter this competition please get your work to the Civic Centre by Friday, 9 July or create your entry at the City Library on the day.
The ‘Say No to Discrimination Arts Festival’ will also include music, singing, dancing, henna painting and an arts workshop.
It will include the creation of a mural that will form part of the exhibition that is expected to tour schools, libraries and community centres across the city.
To help produce this artwork Newcastle’s City for Peace competition wants to hear from schools, individuals and community groups.
Organisers are looking for different kinds of work for the exhibition including paintings, drawings, short stories, poetry, sculptures or models and must represent one or both of the 'Say No to Discrimination' and 'Working together for Respect and Harmony’ themes.
There will be prizes and awards for the winning entries under each of the following categories:
Councillor David Faulkner, Chair of Newcastle City for Peace, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to produce a lasting legacy of our commitment to build a truly friendly and welcoming city. We want people from all communities and cultures to contribute to the creation of this innovative and exciting piece of art.”
Next Saturday’s events will also include a Peace Walk which will leave the Hindu Temple, West Road, at 9.30am and will take in the Church of the Venerable Bede, Newcastle Central Mosque and will arrive at the Sikh Gurudwara at 12.30pm.
Hari Shukla from the Council of Faiths said: “We want to build on the success of last years Peace Walk. We will go the extra mile to celebrate the fact that people from all cultures, backgrounds and faiths can live together as one big family.”
For more information about the competition please contact Newcastle’s City for Peace organiser Angela Hamilton on 0191 211 5019 or email angela.hamilton@newcastle.gov.uk and all entries should be sent to Angela Hamilton, City for Peace, Room 245, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1RD.