World Heritage Charity Art Exhibition 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
PIECE OF PEACE - World Heritage Exhibition PART-3-
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, "PIECE OF PEACE" World Heritage Exhibition PART-3 made by "Lego® Block" will be held.
This exhibition is the third charity art exhibition created by Lego® blocks, a toy that loves World Heritage from the irreplaceable earth.
In addition to the works of the World Heritage model created by the Lego® Block - "Angkor", "Mon-San-Michel and its Bay", "Cultural Property of Ancient Kyoto", "Sagrada Familia", "Vienna Historic District", "Sydney Opera House", "Sha Shrines and Temples of Nikko", "Hiraizumi-Bukkokudo (Pure Land), and "Mt. Fuji-Familia".
In addition, works by artists from Japan and abroad, messages from cultural figures, images of the earth seen from space, etc. are also exhibited, and this exhibition allows you to enjoy the earth.
I'd rather have a lot of pieces. Pieces of Peace―――the more, the better！
Venue |
Urasoe Art Museum
1-9-2, Nakama, Urasoe-shi, Okinawa |
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Period |
2016/02/20 (Sat) - 2016/04/10 (Sun)
9:30～17:00 ※Closed every Monday (but open on March 21) ※Friday until 19:00 / Last entry until 30 minutes before closing |
Entrance fee |
Adults [high school students and above] 800 yen (650 yen) Children [4 years old to junior high school students] 600 yen (500 yen) Advance Family Ticket (Admission for one adult and one child per pair) 1100 yen ※（ ） Upfront fee and group fee for more than 20 people ※Family tickets are sold only in advance ※Free of charge for persons with physical disabilities, nursing notebooks, health and welfare notebooks with mental disabilities and one assistant. ※Free for children under 3 years old |
Organizer |
Okinawa Times, PIECE OF PEACE Executive Committee |
Official website |
PIECE OF PEACE official HP： http://www.pofp.jp
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Co-sponsorship |
Urasoe-shi Board of Education
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Administration |
Okinawa Times Service Center
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Support |
Japan Federation of UNESCO Associations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan UNESCO National Committee, Okinawa Prefectural UNESCO Association, Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education, Okinawa Prefectural PTA Federation, Okinawa Private Kindergarten Federation, Okinawa Private Nursery School Federation, Okinawa Prefectural Nursery Association, Okinawa Prefectural Nursery Association, Japan Childcare Association Okinawa Branch, Urasoe City, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Okinawa Tourism Convention Bureau, Ryukyu Broadcasting, Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting, Okinawa Television Broadcasting, NHK Okinawa Broadcasting Station, Okinawa Cable Network, FM Okinawa
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Support of each country |
Italian Embassy Tourism Promotion Department / Quirinal Tourism Office, Indian Embassy, Egyptian Embassy, Austrian Embassy, Kingdom of Cambodia, Spanish Government Tourism Office, Korean Embassy in Japan, Korean Embassy in Japan, Culture Department of People's Republic of China, Embassy of Chile
(Some applications are being made) |
Support of each country |
Danish Embassy, German Tourism Authority, Nepal Embassy, Hungary Government Tourism Authority, Brazilian Embassy, French Tourism Authority (ATOUT FRANCE), U.S. Embassy, Venezuela and Bolivarian Embassy, Republic of Peru Embassy, Mexican Government Tourism Authority
(Some applications are being made) |
Cooperation ： Australian Government Tourism Authority, Mexico Guanajuato Tourism Authority
Cooperation ： TBS "World Heritage", TBS Vision, PPS News Agency, Aerospace Research and Development
Organization (JAXA)
Special cooperation held in Okinawa ： Ryukyu Shipping
Special cooperation ： Yahoo! JAPAN
Printing cooperation ： High speed offset
Official Supporter ： Hug Mag, ECC, Duskin, Turkish Airlines,
Mr. Donuts, Wacoal
Project ： Parco, Lego Japan
Planning and production ： Bau Communications
※Part of the entrance fee and goods sales will be donated to World Heritage activities conducted by the Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan.
※This exhibition marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 2012.
＝ Inquiry =
Okinawa Times Co., Ltd. (Cultural Business Bureau Planning Division): TEL： 098-860-3588
http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp
Urasoe Art Museum 1-9-2 Nakama, Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture TEL: 098-879-3219
http://museum.city.urasoe.lg.jp
ＬＯＶＥ ＥＡＲＴＨ ／ＬＯＶＥ ＡＳＩＡ
World Heritage made with Lego® Block
A number of World Heritages from 27 countries around the world made of Lego® blocks, the Earth, and the Mount Fuji model newly added to the World Heritage are now available.
Model Works List - LOVE EARTH
・United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland / Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
・Hellenic Republic / Acropolis, Athens
・French Republic / Mon-San-Michel and its Bay
・French Republic / Paris, Banks of the Seine (Lego® Block: Eiffel Tower)
・Republic of Italy / Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (Lego® Block Model: Leaning Tower of Pisa)
・The Republic of Italy and Vatican City / Historic Centre of Rome, the Pope and the Cathedral of San Paolo Huori le Moula (Lego® Block: Colosseum)
・Kingdom of Denmark / Roskilde Cathedral
・City Hall and Laurent Statue of Markt Square in the Federal Republic of Germany / Bremen
・Republic of Turkey / Historic Area of Istanbul (Lego® Block: Sultan Ahmet Mosque)
・A group of works by Antoni Gaudi in Spain (Lego® block: Sagrada Familia)
・Russia / Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (Lego® Block: St. Vasily Church)
・Egyptian Arab Republic / Nubian Sites from Abu Simbel to Philae (Lego® Block: Abu Simbel)
・Egyptian Arab Republic / Memphis and its Cemetery - Pyramids from Giza to Dahashur
・United States of America / Statue of Liberty
・Republic of Chile / Rapa Nui National Park (Lego® block: Statue of Moai)
・Historical Sanctuary of the Republic of Peru / Machu Picchu
・Brazilian Federal Republic / Brasilia (Lego® Block Works: Brasilia Cathedral)
・Budavest including Hungarian/Danube Riverside, Buda District and Andracy Street (Lego® Block: Buda Castle)
・Commonwealth of Australia / Sydney Opera House
・Austria / Historic Centre of Vienna (Lego® Block Works: Stefan Cathedral)
・Kingdom of the Netherlands / Windmills of Kindeldijk-Elshout
・Venezuela-Bolivar-Republic / Colo and its Port
・United Mexican States / ancient city of Guanajuato and its silver mines
・Earth made of Lego® blocks
Model Works List - LOVE ASIA
・India / Taj Mahal
・Kingdom of Cambodia / Angkor
・Republic of Korea / Huaseong (Lego® block work: Choanmon)
・People's Republic of China / Great Wall of China
・People's Republic of China / Sichuan Giant Panda Refuge
・Japan / Itsukushima-jinja Shrine
・Cultural assets of ancient capital Kyoto (Kyoto City, Uji City, Otsu City) (Lego® block works: Kinkaku-ji Temple)
・Gassho-zukuri Village in Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, Japan
・Japan: Shrines and Temples of Nikko
・Japan / Himeji-jo Castle
・Japan / Hiraizumi-Bukkokudo architecture, gardens and archeological sites representing the Pure Land
(Lego® block works: Kinji-do Hall of Chuson-ji Temple/Motsuji Temple)
・Buddhist buildings in the Horyu-ji area of Japan
・Gusuku and related heritage groups of Japan/Ryukyu Kingdom (Lego® block works: Shuri Castle)
・Japan / Mt. Fuji - The object of worship and the source of art
・Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal / Kathmandu Valley (Lego® Block Works: Swayambunat Temple)
・Buildings of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam/Hue
ＬＯＶＥ ＰＥＯＰＬＥ -ART･MESSAGE-
Exhibition of works by artists and messages by cultural figures
Under the theme of "I want to keep it in the future, my treasure."
Message art from artists, creators, photographers, illustrators, contemporary artists, etc. who are active both in Japan and abroad, and messages from cultural figures, musicians and celebrities.
ART Participating Artists
○AMKK <Toshin, Hanaki Laboratory> (Botanical Sculptors)
○Naoki Ishikawa (Artist)
○Keiji Ito (illustrator/graphic designer)
○Kazuo Umezu (manga artist)
○Enlightenment (artist)
○Oiwa Larry Masashi (Graphic Designer / Voice Actor)
○Oden-kun (Lily Frankie)
○Shoji Kawamori (Vision creator / Animation director / Mechanic designer)
○Candle JUNE (Spatial Director/Artist)
○Kinpro <Senri Shinya> (illustrator)
○Seitaro Kuroda (painter/illustrator)
○Hideaki Komiyama <TGB design.> (Graphic Designer)
○Kyohei Sakaguchi (architect/writer)
○SUNDAY VISION (Graphic Designer)
○JEFFEREY FULVIMARI (Illustrator, NY)
○Tycoon Graphics (Art Director / Graphic Designer)
○Dai-Nippon Typo Association (Typo members)
○Riko Takahashi (Artist)
○Rinko Tachimoto <Colobockle> (picture book writer)
○Katsuki Tanaka (manga artist)
○Anna Tsuchiya (model/artist)
○Daisy Balloon (Balloon Artist)
○Devil Robots (Creators)
○Denpa Group. inc (Idol Group)
○Hibi no Kozue (costume artist)
○Hastings International Airport’＜HIA＞
＜Karl Hyde/Underworld, John Warwicker/tomato, ToruYoshikawa ＞
(Artist)
○Naoki Honjo (Photographer)
○Kaori Maki / Minami Shiho
(Illustrator / Set Designer)
○Jun Miura <with Builder Junpei Mitsui>
(Illustrators, etc.)
○Rodney Allan Greenblatt (artist)
※50 alphabetical order
※At the Okinawa event, art works will be selected and exhibited from a number of works received from PART-1 through PART-3.
Everyone who participated in MESSAGE
○Masuo Nishibayashi (Special Ambassador to Greece)
○Shigeharu Kato (Secretary-General of Japan's National Committee, International Supervisor, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
○Noboru Noguchi (Chairman of the Federation of UNESCO Associations of Japan)
○Sengenmuro (UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, 15th Iemoto of Tea Ceremony Urasenke)
○Fish Kun (Public Relations Ambassador of Japan UNESCO National Committee)
○Keiko Hirano (Public Relations Ambassador of the Japan UNESCO Committee)
○Hideki Togi (Special Advisor Gagaku, Japan Federation of UNESCO Associations)
○Soichi Noguchi (Astronaut)
○Shinichi Takemura (Cultural anthropologist / Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design)
○Ken Noguchi (alpinist)
○Hiroko Koshino (Fashion Designer/Artist)
○Junko Koshino (Designer-)
○Michiko Koshino (Fashion Designer)
○Yuma Koshino (Fashion Designer)
○Hirotada Ototake (Sports Writer)
○Kuma Kengo (Architect)
○Keisuke Nagatomo (Art Director)
○Soichiro Tahara (Journalist / Critic / Newscaster)
○Kayoko Nakura (Yobuya/director of Nagura Jazz Studio)
○Shinya Hashizume (Architectural historian / Special Professor of the 21st Century Institute of Science, Osaka University)
○Junko Edahiro (Environmental Journalist)
○Mito Ando (Representative of Spree Co., Ltd. / Nomad Worker)
○Akinori Nakagawa (singer-songwriter/actor)
○Kageki Shimoda (writer)
○Nobuaki Aiba (Pearl of Wisdom Japan, 2013 Miss Universe Japan Area Executive)
○Yu Nao Ewa (Lego® Model Builder)
The message will continue to grow.
※ Participating artists and cultural figures are subject to change. Thank you for your understanding.
Okinawa Special Content
Buildup Japan Okinawa Special Project
“We all make peace! I want to keep it in the future from Okinawa!”
We will make a "large Okinawa map" in the venue with the white Lego block with visitors.
We will have each piece piled up as a treasure for everyone who wants to do it in the future!
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