Peace Notes

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki:  The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima at 8.15 am on 6 August 1945. With the escalation of war around the world and Australia's military role, we came together for peace. Special guest speaker Adelaide Deputy Lord Mayor...

ART for PEACE – The story of the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation by Mark Street and Terry Cantwell Published by Wakefield Press, Adelaide, South Australia, 2024 Art for Peace surveys the remarkable story of the Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation, from its inception in...

The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation calls for submissions from artists or art organisations for the 2024 Arts Peace Award ($10,000).

Read all about the official launch of ART for PEACE - The story of The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation - and more news - in this edition of our quarterly newsletter. Click here to read the full issue. Subscribe to Peace Notes here and receive updates in your inbox

Read the latest update: World peace has never been more at peril, as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists determined on 24 January this year, when they moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight – the closest it has been since it was established in 1947.

The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation (Peace Foundation) is committed to the Uluru Statement from the Heart: a gift of hope, love, and peace from First Nations Peoples given to all Australians in 2017 to create a better and united Australia.

On Thursday 29 September 140 people gathered at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute for Wesley Enoch AM’s keynote address called Making Marks: Arts and Social Justice and the presentation of the 2022 Graham F Smith Peace Award for an Artist in Residence. The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation and Assemblage, Flinders University’s Centre for Creative Arts hosted the evening.

As a special offer* for 24 hours from 8 am on Thursday 22 September, tickets to Wesley’s keynote will be free for First Nations and artists and half price for full, concession and Peace Foundation members.

The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation and the Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts at Flinders University are calling Adelaide based arts and art organisations to apply for the Peace Award for an artist in residence. Applications close June 30.