The Stephentown Memorial Library will host the Pinwheels for Peace art project in conjunction with Stephentown Girl Scout troops on September 21, the International Day of Peace.
Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan, who teach at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Florida, as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and in their lives. The non-political project was quickly embraced by their students and the entire school community and by millions of art teachers, teachers, parents, children and adults who desire peace in our world. The first Pinwheels for Peace were installed on September 21, 2005. Since then, we have grown from 500,000 pinwheels planted the first year, to 1.2 million pinwheels in 2007!
Come to the library this week and make a pinwheel; it only takes a few minutes! All pinwheels will be planted in front of the library on Saturday, September 20, in time to commemorate September 21, 2008, the International Day of Peace. For more information, call 518-733-5750.