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The Peace Fence gratefully acknowledges our sponsorship by Ashland's Lithia Artisans Market. http://www.lithiaartisansmarket.com.

We are grateful for the help and support Ashland's Peace House:  http://www.peacehouse.net.

Grateful acknowledgement to Sue Springer of Illahe Gallery for her design and oversight in building the Peace Wall. Visit her web site: http://www.illahegallery.com/

Ashland Gallery Association - http://www.ashlandgalleries.com/

How you can help: We need to raise a total of $25,000 to complete the Peace Wall. We're about 50% there.

           Make a tax-deductible donation of ANY amount payable to "Peace House," a non-profit organization. 

           Note "Peace Wall" on the memo line of your check. 

           Mail your check to Peace House, P.O. Box 524, Ashland, OR 97520.

Peace Wall, Belfast, Ireland

Peace Wall, Belfast, Ireland

Peace Wall, Belfast, Ireland

Tiles from the Peace Wall in Oakland, California.

Dali Lama Foundation traveling Peace Wall

Peace Wall, Belfast, Ireland

How you can help: We need to raise a total of $25,000 to complete the Peace Wall. We're about 30% there.

           Make a tax-deductible donation of ANY amount payable to "Peace House," a non-profit organization. 

           Note "Peace Wall" on the memo line of your check. 

           Mail your check to Peace House, P.O. Box 524, Ashland, OR 97520.

We Wish To Thank All Those Who Have Donated to the Peace Wall:

      In the summer of 2008, Ashland's Peace Fence was destroyed by vandals. The community grieved its loss, even as we pondered ways to resurrect the Peace Fence in a sturdier and less vulnerable form. The idea of a Peace Wall, comprised of tiles of the Peace Fence panels, was proposed. In March, 2009, the Ashland City Council unanimously approved the Ashland Public Library as the site for this new Peace Wall.  Because we have excellent photos of every Peace Fence panel (over 200 of them), we can create ceramic tiles replicating each one.  The tiles are created using a dye sublimation process that results in tiles that are resistant to fading and weather. They will be encased in a mosaic background and placed within a metal sculpture in front of the Library. A prototype of the design by artist Sue Springer can be viewed at the Illahe Gallery on 4^th and B Streets in Ashland's Railroad District.  

Above:  Mock-up of the proposed Peace Wall, designed by Ashland artist Sue Springer.

UPDATE: April 14, 2010 - The Carpenter Foundation in Medford, OR, announced last week that they have extended a 2010 grant to the Ashland Peace Wall. We are tremendously grateful to the Carpenter Foundation for their generous and timely support. With this grant, we have now raised just over half the funds needed to complete the Peace Wall. 

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UPDATE:  February 14, 2010 - Tiles for the third and fourth sections of the Peace Wall have arrived. Volunteers are needed to help create the mosaic surrounding the tiles on these two panels. Work begins on Tuesday, February 16th and will continue through February 25th. Please contact us if you would like to help. (Please don't just show up because we really do need to schedule people - there is limited space.) We encourage people of all ages and stripes to help - artists, non-artists, students - you're all welcome. This is a community project. Instruction will be provided, so you don't need to worry about not knowing how to do mosaic tile work. It's a lot of fun! 

First Friday Souper Bowl Events Benefit The Peace Wall:  Warm thanks to Tom Beam of Pasta Piatti Restaurant for backing our First Friday Soup fundraising events. Tom and his restaurant staff make the gourmet soup, get the city permits, serve up the soup, provide the bowls, spoons, and condiments. And they make it all fun.    

   September 21, 2009, International Peace Day: The first two panels of the Peace Wall were unveiled and dedicated at the Ashland Public Library. Photos of the ceremony follow:

Before the unveiling, the mosaic is draped with panels from the original Peace Fence. Dennis Dunleavy plays bagpipes in the background as a prelude to the dedication ceremony.

Nancy Bardos (center) acknowledges many who contributed - (L-R) Ann McGill, Amy Blossom, Bruce Smith, Darrell Boldt, Kay Cutter and Sue Springer. Not pictured: Marty Patterson, Sue Lopez, Tia Hatch, Pam Derby, Pam Vavra, Marta Gomez, and Nancy Parker

Ashland Youth Ensemble sings songs of peace.

After the unveiling:  Sue Springer (designer), Jean Bakewell, Darrell Boldt (builder), Bruce Smith and Marty Patterson (both of Ashland Fabrication).

Ashland Peace Choir Ensemble serenades the crowd.

The Peace Wall organizers - Marta Gomez, Sally McKirgan, Nancy Parker, Nancy Bardos, Jean Bakewell, Tia Hatch, and Pam Derby. Not pictured - Kay Cutter..

Mothers Day 2009 - Peace Wall friends including Ashland's Peace Choir Ensemble (above) gathered at the library to announce the Peace Wall project to the community and kick off fundraising efforts.

   Progress Update: September, 2009:

Sue Springer, designer of the Peace Wall, with the first panel - a work in progress.

Volunteers Judith Cope, Susan Edmonds, Marina Walker, and Carol Browning at work on the first panel.

The tiles were created by Enduring Images of Golden, Colorado.

Pat Smith, Kate Geary, and Jane Higgenbottom among many volunteers creating the mosaic on the first panel.

Bruce Smith and Chris Jensen install the first panel in front of the Library, September 14.

Sue Springer with volunteers begin work on the second panel.

Volunteers at work on the second panel.

Volunteers put finishing touches on the second panel - September 17.

February, 2010 - Volunteers at work on a new panel for the Peace Wall.

February, 2010 - A new panel goes up on the Peace Wall.

      On September 9th, 2009, the metal work frame for the Peace Wall mosaic was put up in front of the Ashland Library. Below are photos of the installation process, headed by Darrell Boldt of D. A. Boldt Construction. The metalwork was fabricated by Marty Jacobson and Bruce Smith of Ashland Fabrication.

In the foreground, Kay Cutter and Jean Bakewell, "founding mothers" of the original Peace Fence watch as the metalwork is installed..

The finished Peace Wall will be 54 feet long. 

Darrell Boldt (center) holds a section of the metal backing in place while Bruce Smith of Ashland Fabrication bolts the frame to the concrete retaining wall.

Acknowledgements:   

Thanks to all those who have participated in and continue to support this project. 

Special thanks  to:

Ashland's Public Art Commission guided by Ann Seltzer and president Dana Bussell.

Darrell Boldt of D.A. Boldt Construction, Ashland, who provided endless hours of planning and metalwork inspiration and construction. D. A. Boldt Construction is located at 622 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, Oregon 97520, phone 541-482-4865.

Marty Jacobson (owner) and Bruce Smith of Ashland Fabrication, who have created the metalwork frame for the Peace Wall and donated so much time to creating it. Ashland Fabrication is located at 3161 E. Main St, Ashland, Oregon 97520, phone 541-482-1247.

Sue Springer, the project designer, who, in addition to her contributed design, has organized and trained all the volunteers in mosaic making, given space in her beautiful Illahe Gallery (4th and B Streets) for the mosaic work to be done, provided all the materials for the mosaic work, and overseen execution of the project. Visit her website at http://www.illahegallery.com. 

Amy Blossom, Branch Manager of the Ashland Public Library, who has enthusiastically championed the project and continues to offer help with grant proposal research and other support. Plus, she loves having the Peace Wall in front of "her" library. She reports that every day she sees people stop to study the completed sections, reading and touching the tiles.

Enduring Images of Golden, Colorado, who are creating the tiles from photos of each Peace Fence panel. Visit their web site - http://www.enduring-images.com/custom_tile.php

Kay Cutter, Marta Gomez, Tia Hatch, Nancy Bardos, Sally McKirgan, Pam Derby, Jean Bakewell, and Nancy Parker, all of Ashland, who have coordinated fundraising and publicity, and donated countless hours to meetings, flier-writing, phone-calling, grant-writing, and all the details to help make the Peace Wall happen. 

A host of volunteers who have given their time to the mosaic work.

And to all the artists, including over 180 Ashland school children, as well as people from as far away as Canada and Norway, who contributed panels to the Peace Fence, an enormous Thank You. 

How you can help: We need to raise a total of $25,000 to complete the Peace Wall. We're about 50% there.

           Make a tax-deductible donation of ANY amount payable to "Peace House," a non-profit organization. 

           Note "Peace Wall" on the memo line of your check. 

           Mail your check to Peace House, P.O. Box 524, Ashland, OR 97520.

NOTE:  On this page we are featuring photos of Peace Walls from around the world.