Create 4 Peace Uniting Artists Worldwide Create4Peace teamed up with ArtTour International Magazine for a weekend of celebration and awards in the heart of New York City. During three days of events that touched the hearts of art lovers in the city of New York, over sixty artists from forty nations reunited to give voice to their messages of peace.
by Yadira Roman
On April 27th, 2018 sixty artists received awards at the New York Museum Of Arts and Design. The ATIM Masters Awards are presented in recognition of excellence in the arts and career achievements. Receiving one of these awards marks an important step in an artist’s career. The award recipients are chosen from ATIM’s Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art, an annual publication featuring sixty incredible artists who are the best of the best in the contemporary art world. It is curated by the internationally acclaimed art personality, Viviana
Puello, the founder and editor-in-chief of ArtTour International Magazine and fournder of Create4Peace. Artist ‘Messengers of Peace’ received an award to acknowledge their creativity to make an impact in the social construction of their communities. Create4Peace also presented a special award to inspiring femaile leaders in the community, Ana Ofelia Rodriguez, Director of Community Development BHC, Zenaida Mendez, Director of MNN El Barrio Firehouse Commnity Media Center and Joyce Adewumi, founder of the New York African Cont. Page 140
Hema Takhur - India
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Fatima Al Obaidi- Iraq
O Yemi Tubi - Nigeria
Nadia Sirry - Egypt
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