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Carol Swartout Klein

Jul 19, 20162 min read

Painting for Peace Artist: Darcy Edwin

Ferguson painting "St. Martin de Porres" inspired by Catholicism and Buddhism, highlights racial harmony "St. Martin de Porres was...

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Carol Swartout Klein

Jul 14, 20164 min read

Outside In: Paint for Peace at COCA

COCA announces powerful community collaboration to kick off 30th anniversary season August 27 COCA (Center of Creative Arts) announces...

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Featured Art: The Tree of Life by Sheri Goldsmith & Friends

Danni Eickenhorst

Jul 7, 20161 min read

Featured Art: The Tree of Life by Sheri Goldsmith & Friends

The concept behind The Tree of Life, which was painted on the doors in the center of Ferguson City Hall, is that the leaves represent the...

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Featured Artists: Mary & Karen "Shalom Peace Sign Hand"

Danni Eickenhorst

Jun 30, 20161 min read

Featured Artists: Mary & Karen "Shalom Peace Sign Hand"

Mary Krummenacher's father, Karl, had owned a camera store across the street from where she and Karen Bult painting their design. The...

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Help us help the community in two minutes flat

Danni Eickenhorst

Jun 23, 20162 min read

Help us help the community in two minutes flat

GREAT NEWS! Thanks to YOU GUYSPainting for Peace: A Coloring Book for All Ages made the Publisher's Weekly list of Bestselling Books in...

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Painting for Peace in Ferguson wins recognition from ILA, Missouri Center for the Book and Missouri

Carrie Zukoski

Jun 23, 20162 min read

Painting for Peace in Ferguson wins recognition from ILA, Missouri Center for the Book and Missouri

The children's book, Painting for Peace in Ferguson, recently received three new recognitions. The International Literacy Association,...

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Painting for Peace Featured Artist: AJ Rosenberg "Peace Wish Dove"

Carol Klein

Jun 16, 20163 min read

Painting for Peace Featured Artist: AJ Rosenberg "Peace Wish Dove"

In our newest book, Painting for Peace: A Coloring Book for All Ages, we featured stories from some of the artists that contributed to...

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Danni Eickenhorst

Jun 16, 20161 min read

Amazon Coloring Book Giveaway!

In celebration of our book launch (in stores nationwide by June 21 - available on Amazon & BN.com now!), we are giving away a few copies...

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Danni Eickenhorst

May 26, 20161 min read

Ferguson launch party for coloring book

On Tuesday May 24, we launched Painting for Peace: A Coloring Book for all ages where it all began, in Ferguson. Thank you to the more...

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Join the artists that inspired a nation by creating your own art inspired by theirs

Danni Eickenhorst

May 17, 20163 min read

Join the artists that inspired a nation by creating your own art inspired by theirs

Painting for Peace: A Coloring Book for All Ages available at select St. Louis events starting May 24, 2016 Painting for Peace: A...

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Painting for Peace: A Coloring Book will be available May 2016

Danni Eickenhorst

Mar 29, 20163 min read

Painting for Peace: A Coloring Book will be available May 2016

Preorder the book now We are thrilled to announce the next chapter for Painting for Peace! Painting for Peace: A Coloring Book written by...

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One Year Later the Book Continues to Bring People Together

Carol Swartout Klein

Mar 9, 20163 min read

One Year Later the Book Continues to Bring People Together

What started out with only local distribution and a small press run for the children's book Painting for Peace in Ferguson has turned...

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Joining another Missouri book author representing peace at the National Book Fest

Carol Swartout Klein

Aug 27, 20152 min read

Joining another Missouri book author representing peace at the National Book Fest

Creating peace, hope, unity and building community are the themes of two books from Missouri heading to Washington, D.C., for the 15th...

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Common Core-aligned curriculum written for 'Painting for Peace in Ferguson'

Carol Swartout Klein

Aug 13, 20152 min read

Common Core-aligned curriculum written for 'Painting for Peace in Ferguson'

It's back to school for students across Ferguson, Mo., and the United States, and we've been preparing for that with a new offering on...

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We're Out & About with the Book in the Next Few Weeks

Carol Swartout Klein

Jul 24, 20151 min read

We're Out & About with the Book in the Next Few Weeks

Carol's appearance at another Missouri History Museum event in late June. We're heading into a busy schedule of book readings, signings...

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The back story on some Painting for Peace images

Carol Swartout Klein

Jul 16, 20152 min read

The back story on some Painting for Peace images

We were delighted to have a chance to appear with Steve Potter on his City Corner program on KDNL this week. It really gave me a chance...

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Carol Swartout Klein

Jul 11, 20151 min read

Weekly 4: Upbeat updates from STL

We've compiled some of the positive developments around reconciliation, peace, childhood understanding and community forward movement in...

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'Painting for Peace in Ferguson' proceeds given to local organizations

Carol Swartout Klein

Jul 7, 20152 min read

'Painting for Peace in Ferguson' proceeds given to local organizations

Above: Representatives from Ferguson Youth Initiative receive the grant. We were pleased recently to provide two $1,000 grants to two...

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Carol Swartout Klein

Jun 24, 20151 min read

A Busy Month for 'Painting for Peace'

We've had a busy month! We've been blessed to have the chance to travel to events near and far in the past 30 days or so, sharing the...

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Honored to Represent Missouri at the National Book Festival

Carol Swartout Klein

Jun 23, 20152 min read

Honored to Represent Missouri at the National Book Festival

We're thrilled to share with you that Painting for Peace in Ferguson was chosen to represent the state of Missouri in the 2015 Library...

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