Mayors for Peace Children's Art Competition
Calling All Young Artists!
Mayor Malik Evans invites Rochester children ages 6-15 to unleash their creativity and imagination, expressing their unique visions of peace through art!
2024 Applications Now Open!
The top 40 entries will be displayed in the Link Gallery at City Hall until the end of October. The Rochester Community will be invited to vote on 10 entries (five from each age category: 6-10 and 11-15) to represent our City of the Arts and For the Arts in the international Mayors for Peace Children's Art Competition in Hiroshima, Japan!
Winning art pieces will compete for the prestigious Mayors for Peace President’s Award. The artwork that wins this award will be featured on clear folders and other materials used by Mayors for Peace to promote peace education worldwide, including at United Nations assemblies.
Applications are due by Friday, Sept. 13 and must be either 10"x14" or 11.5"x16.38".
About Mayors for Peace
Mayors for Peace was created to work towards getting rid of nuclear weapons and promoting world peace.
In June 1982, at the UN's 2nd Special Session on Disarmament, Hiroshima’s Mayor Takeshi Araki urged cities worldwide to join together for this cause, leading to the formation of “The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity,” later renamed Mayors for Peace in 2001. This organization, recognized as an NGO by the UN in 1991, aims to tackle global issues like getting rid of nuclear weapons, poverty, refugee problems, human rights abuses, and environmental damage by uniting cities around the world.
The urgency of its mission is underlined by the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, where atomic bombs killed over 210,000 people and left survivors (hibakusha) suffering from lasting radiation effects. The hibakusha’s wish that “no one should ever suffer as we have” continues to drive the organization's efforts for a peaceful world.