..Press Release................................ UNESCAP News Services

Date 27 July 2004
Press Release No: N/21/2004

"ART FOR ALL: ALL FOR HEALTH" OPENS 30 JULY
AT UN CONFERENCE CENTRE

Event to feature 400 students working with international artists

Bangkok (United Nations Information Services) -- “Art for All: All for Health,” an event co-organized by UNESCAP, will open on 30 July at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok.

H.E. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public Health of the Royal Thai Government, will preside over the opening. Other participants of note include UNESCAP Executive Secretary Mr. Kim Hak-Su, who will receive an appreciation plaque from the Art For All organization.

The programme will begin at 09:30 hrs, followed by the Thai Traditional Bai Sri Blessing Ceremony to be held in the ESCAP Hall. Following the opening event, the students and the artists will attend a five-day art camp in Thailand’s Nakon Nayok Province.

The “Art for All” project brings together children with and without disabilities through integrated programmes of visual, performing, and literary arts. UNESCAP organized the first art exhibition of their work in 1999. Since then it has steadily grown and now includes work from over 400 students and youth, both with and without disabilities, who are working with international artists from 10 countries.

This project is based on the idea that harmony and beauty will be created out of human differences. Various types of art forms are used as medium for students with disabilities to have better self-esteem, exposure to professional opportunities as artists, and to motivate them to participate in all aspects of society. Some graduates of the “Art for All” camp have become notable artists in Thailand.

Examples of the paintings by participants may be seen at http://www.artforall.or.th/gallery/gallary_p5.htm

Note to Editors: You or your representative are invited to attend the opening of “Art for All: All for Health” at 09:30 hrs on 30 July at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok.

For further information, please contact:
United Nations Information Services
Tel (66)-2-288-1864-9; Fax: (66) 2-288-1052
E-mail: unisbkk.unescap@un.org

 

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