2013-10-07T11:09:13-05:00 2012-12-31 BRUCE E BERNSTIEN & ASSOC PC 10440 N CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY STE 1040 DALLAS TX 75231 990EZ 2012-01-01 342038797 29 PIECES % ALAN LEVI 29PI 2147701219 po box 140962 Suite dallas TX 75214 Karen Blessen 2147060837 2013-08-12 true BRUCE E BERNSTIEN 2147060840 2012 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z X www.29Pieces.org. X 111586 X 97449 9829 0 0 1235 781 454 3073 1218 1855 109587 0 53086 20880 1666 24413 100045 9542 28026 -8 37560 X 23154 28972 326 274 4574 9484 28054 38730 28 1170 28026 37560 X 29 PIECES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING) IS ABOUT MONUMENTAL ART AND MONUMENTAL CHANGE. IT IS ART WITH A PURPOSE TO UPLIFT AND HEAL. THE 29 PIECES REFER TO 29 LARGE SCULPTURES, INSPIRED BY SACRED PASSAGES FROM THE WORLDS FAITH TRADITIONS. CURRENTLY THESE EXIST AS DRAWINGS AND MODELS MADE BY KAREN BLESSEN, AN ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONAL ARTIST WHOSE CREATIONS GRACE PUBLIC SPACES LIKE TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY AND BAYLOR/DEEP ELLUM STATION IN DALLAS, AND WHOSE ILLUSTRATIONS RESULTED IN THE FIRST PULITZER PRIZE AWARDED TO A GRAPHIC ARTIST. KAREN IS ALSO THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR "MASTERPEACE", AND, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM MANY TALENTED ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS, DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED AN IN-SCHOOL, HANDS-ON PROGRAM USING ART TO TEACH ABOUT PEACEMAKING AND NONVIOLENCE. NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, THE 14-LESSON PROGRAM HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO MORE THAN 3,000 DALLAS STUDENTS. IT HAS BEEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED BY PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THE LESSONS ARE FACILITATED BY DANCERS, MasterPEACE Workshops are a model for students in resolving conflicts with peers, family, friends in school, in the neighborhood, at home and in the community. The actual name of the program is: MasterPEACE: Young Artists Making a Kinder World. The lessons instruct and build skills with a unique mix of art projects, real-life improvisation and spoken performance. 29 Piecess (f/k/a Today Marks the Beginning) artists and educators adapted several of the lessons from the curriculum of Jeremy Gilleys successful initiative in the United Kingdom. Jeremy wrote the book, Peace One Day, about his search to find a way toward world peace and 29 Pieces co-founder Karen Blessens beautiful illustrations help tell his story. Jeremy Gilley is the man who inspired the United Nations to declare September 21, World Peace Day. 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