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ABC World Citizens is pleased to sponsor Choral Tales, an outward-looking, community-oriented project that unites choral music and dance in a celebration of inspiring folk tales from around the world. As suggested by its logo, the project offers a many-colored window to the world’s cultural variety, while also highlighting the…

“Art is the right context for educating about the experience of being a citizen of the world,” says Phil Cantor, founder of the World Citizens’ Café in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Café’s monthly gatherings at the city’s Amazing Things Arts Center offer a welcoming atmosphere in which people from diverse backgrounds…

Aristotle once said, “The greatest thing by far is to have command of metaphor … it is a mark of genius.” Those who value the arts know that images, whether real or imagined, are usually much more powerful than words. Now this ancient wisdom is being confirmed by science as…

WINNER: ©2014 Nina Dashti-Gibson “Diversity in Simplicity”. Colored pencil, watercolor, ink pen, acrylic paint, charcoal, corn kernels. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon states, “Family Farmers are key to unlocking global progress” in his message marking the annual observance of World Food Day, October 16th, 2014. In our…

Click here to see the results and view submissions of the Call for Art for the 2014 International Year of Family Farming.  2014 International Year of Family Farming “feeding the world, caring for the earth” The United Nations designated 2014 the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) in an effort to highlight the…

ABC World Citizens is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Choral Tales, an outward-looking, community-oriented project that unites choral music and dance in a celebration of uplifting folk tales from around the world. As suggested by its logo, the project offers a many-colored window to the world’s cultural variety, while…