2024 Resilience

Curator Essay

resided along the banks of the Amazon River. The action was

Beverly-Quigley & the AmaZonic Ensemble (including Artnaut Jasmina Pinjić and fellow graduate student Ismar Begtašević, from International Burch University) who performed sounds of the Amazon Rainforest. (fig.3)

DEFINING PEACE ACTION (World Peace: Art & Language) (Bosnian and Colombian Perspectives) Gallery of the School of Applied Arts Sarajevo Sarajevo, Bosnia This exhibition presented 30 art pieces each bearing a photograph of a person with a statement in front of them answering the question: “What is Peace?”. Approximately half of the works depicted Bosnians and the other half were by Colombian citizens. In addition, Pamela Beverly-Quigley took photographs of attendees holding up a sign with statements answering the question “What is Peace?” for inclusion in future exhibitions. (fig.4) FEBRUARY 8

PLAYING CARDS DESIGN EXHIBITION (fig.4) Student at the Applied Arts High School

National History Museum Students at Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts Dr. George Rivera spoke about the importance of placing images on cards and their effectiveness in promoting social change. Thereafter, Dr. Rivera spoke about the Artnauts playing cards project in Ukraine and then distributed one card from our Ukraine deck to attendees. (fig.5) FEBRUARY 9

(Atomic Reserve Command) Konjic, Bosnia Artnauts members Emir Klepo and Dženan Medanović (film maker and faculty member from Burch International University) took us on a tour of Tito’s Bunker (fig.6), which was built in secret to save Tito and 350 of his closest associates in case of an atomic castastrophe. The bunker is now the site of powerful art installations that are maintained by the nearby city of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. See: https://architectuul.com/architecture/titos-bunker In addition, we toured the Museum of the Battle for the Wounded at Neretva in Jablanica, Bosnia that is dedicated to Battle of Neretva during World War II. See: https://www.hit-booker.com/listings/muzej-bitka-za-ranjenike-na-neretvi

We collected soil at three locations for a Soil Art Workshop at International Burch University from the following historic locations: Sarajevo Tunnel, (fig. 7) which was constructed during the Siege of Sarajevo to link the city to Bosnian-held territory for supplies needed by Sarajevo since the city was surrounded by the Army of Republika Srpska (Serbian forces). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarajevo_Tunnel Sarajevo Memorial for Children Killed during Siege https://balkaninsight.com/2020/12/11/sarajevo-agrees-new-memorial-for-child-casualties-of-siege/ (fig. 7) Entrance to the Sarajevo Tunnel

Sarajevo Rose in front of Sarajevo Cathedral Soil taken from the edge the mortar shell concrete scar https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sarajevo-roses FEBRUARY 12