Free Forum: World Art Day - Art and Human Dignity

​Directed and hosted by Dr Guila Clara Kessous, UNESCO Artist for Peace, Ambassador for Peace of the Universal Circle of Ambassadors of Peace (Geneva), this online forum focuses on how all forms of art can be powerful tools for peace building, social inclusion, and well being.

​The forum will feature presentations from more than 15 experts - artists, activists, doctors, scholoars, neuroscientists, researchers, and more - exploring the positive impact of the arts in promoting global peace education, human rights, and health. 

​With exceptional participation of:

• ​Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO Asst. Director-General for Social and Human Sciences
• ​Lang Lang, Pianist and UN Messenger of Peace
• ​JR, Photographer and Street Artist 
• ​Gina Langton, Founder of 80,000 Voices
• ​Dr. Aicha N'Doye, Singing Surgeon
• ​Taïgué Ahmed, Dancer for Refugees on the Move
• ​Mary-Lous Mauricio, Photographer for Born in PPM
• ​Sophie Rosenzweig, Voices without Borders
• ​Aixa Portero, Visual Artist, Professor, Univ. of Granada