Peace Cranes - An exhibition by Peace & Justice (Scotland)
Event Date: 6th August 2021
Location: Internet 6:30pm BST
Dear UK ICAN Partners,
I’m writing to let you know about the upcoming Peace & Justice (Scotland) Peace Cranes exhibition and to ask your help to promote it by sharing the following with your contacts via email or social media.
Peace Cranes
An exhibition by Peace & Justice (Scotland)
6 -28 August 2021.
At the Just Festival 2021, part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
St. John’s Church on Princes Street, Edinburgh. And Online.
See the Exhibition event webpage here.
During August St. John’s Church in Edinburgh will become a bird sanctuary to peace and planet through a new monumental installation by artist Janis Hart. 140,000 fledgling paper cranes will be released, all hand crafted from origami paper by hundreds of adults and children from Scotland to Japan.
The Peace Cranes exhibition will address the twin existential threats of nuclear weapons and the climate and ecological emergencies, and raise awareness of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
The exhibition will be a space for wonder, hope and reflection on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the great acceleration of species extinction through the origami symbol of the endangered red-crowned crane, the original inspiration for the origami crane that has become an icon for our hopes for nuclear disarmament.
The exhibition will be free and COVID safe in the big open space of St John’s Church, Edinburgh so that everyone who wants to can visit in person.
Several free online Exhibition events will be taking place that everyone is welcome to attend including:
Never Again – Louder Than Bombs
Date: August 6
Time: 06:30 pm – 07:30 pm. Online.
In 1963 a CND poster titled Stop Nuclear Suicide, F H K Henrion integrated a mushroom cloud with a macabre grinning skull. Twenty years later artist Peter Kennard wanted to inject renewed meaning into images of nuclear war which, he felt, had become clichéd. Read more about this and other free event exhibition related events and Register here.
Help make 140,000 peace cranes fly
Help promote the crowdfunder for Peace & Justice Scotland’s Origami Peace Cranes Exhibition
The crowdfunder aims to raise £3,500 to cover the remaining costs for the Peace Cranes exhibition not only for the duration of the Just Festival but until 30 November 2021 in conjunction with COP26 – UN Climate Summit in Glasgow.
The crowdfunder has already raised over £1,200. It will run throughout August 2021.
Go to https://www.chuffed.org/project/peace-cranes to donate.
Share the crowdfunder page: www.chuffed.org/project/peace-cranes
OR shortened version (useful for Twitter) bit.ly/3xSwmBp
Can you help this Peace Cranes exhibition take flight by donating to the crowdfunder? Peace & Justice need to raise a further £3,500 to enable free exhibition tours, talks, peace and climate cafes, films and workshops, as well as towards the remaining costs for installation of the exhibition. Your contribution – however small – would be much appreciated!
To donate go to: www.chuffed.org/project/peace-cranes
SUGGESTED TWEETS
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Support this breath-taking exhibition of 140,000 origami peace cranes initiated by @peacejusticesco. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3xSwmBp #JustFestival2021 #Edinburgh #fringe
Learn more about the inspiring work of Atsuko Betchaku @peacejusticesco – how she made 140,000 peace cranes fly and how you can help: https://bit.ly/3xSwmBp #peace #JustFestival2021 #fringe
Help make @peacejusticesco origami peace cranes exhibition fly: a space to consider how we address the twin threats of biodiversity loss and nuclear war https://bit.ly/3xSwmBp #redcrownedcrane #JustFestival2021 #fringe
SUGGESTED FACEBOOK POSTS
140,000 peace cranes will nest in St. John’s Church 6-28 August as part of the Just Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 as a symbol and hope for disarmament and an ecologically sustainable future. Help them make these origami paper cranes soar to the skies over Edinburgh by donating to the Peace & Justice (Scotland) crowdfunder: www.chuffed.org/project/peace-cranes
Atsuko Betchaku, a peace campaigner, began a project to make 140,000 peace cranes in 2015. Her determination was the spark for Peace Cranes beautiful exhibition to be installed at St. John’s Church throughout August as part of the Just Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021. Find out more about Atsuko and donate to our crowdfunder here: https://bit.ly/3xSwmBp
Help make Peace Cranes exhibition fly – Peace & Justice (Scotland) is creating this inspirational exhibition at St. John’s Church with artists, activists and 140,000 origami cranes. It is a monumental installation which offers space for us to consider how we address the twin threats of biodiversity loss and nuclear war. Find out more and donate here: https://bit.ly/3xSwmBp
HASHTAGS TO USE:
#JustFestival2021 #PeaceCranes
#EdinburghFestival2021 #redcrownedcrane
#nuclearban
TWITTER HANDLES TO INCLUDE:
@peacejusticesco
@justFestival
FIND POSTS TO SHARE:
Peace & Justice Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeaceJusticeSco
Peace & Justice Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peaceandjusticescotland
Peace & Justice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justfestivaledinburgh/
Just Festival Twitter https://twitter.com/justFestival
Just Festival Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justfestivaledinburgh/
Just Festival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/justfestival.page
FIND PHOTOS TO USE
We have some lovely photos of the making of the exhibition which you can share on social media. Please credit Margaret Ferguson Burns. Available to download from Dropbox here:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6u00frpikuyx181/AAD4qiDg5Zyl6KuQyV37Ikzda?dl=0
CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS
Jane (administrator): [email protected] or phone 07934249957
Iliyana (curator) and Heather (co-curator): [email protected]
Many thanks for anything you can do to help us spread the word about this event.
For peace, disarmament and sustainability,
Brian Larkin
Coordinator
Peace & Justice (Scotland)
Mailing address
Peace & Justice
c/o St Johns Church
Princes St
Edinburgh EH2 4BJ
Mob 07584492257
Facebook: peaceandjusticescotland
Twitter: @PeaceJusticeSco
Scottish Registered Charity No SC026864