2007 Peace Fence Panels

 

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Many panels from the 2007 Peace Fence were lost to wind, weather, and theft. They no longer hang on the Peace Fence, but they - and many of the artists who created them - are fondly remembered and pictured below.

The Peace Fence gratefully acknowledges our sponsorship by Ashland's Lithia Artisans Market. http://www.lithiaartisansmarket.com.   Panel by Marsa Morse	"Change for Peace, Peace for Change" by Jane Higgenbottom .	Elias Alexander plays bagpipes for the fence opening, May, 2007.
Dancing For Peace Cat & Antone	"Earth Mother" by Steve McCaren	"Celebrate Mothers Saving the World" by Marta Gomez
	"Peace Begins With A Smile" Rebecca and J Ellen	Panel by Wendy Eppinger
Batik Peace Doves Pam Rice	Kay Stein interviews a visitor to the Peace Fence for Jefferson Public Radio.	. .   .
Oil Painting/Collage Denise Kester	Fabric panels added to the Fence on October 17, 2007. The left panel was created by Niall Ransford, Cameron Ransford, Nan Campbell, and Mariah. The right panel is braided fabric, by Jeremy Woods.	"All Is Well" by Kay Stein, added to the fence on July 31, 2007.
Jean Bakewell	Jan Rice, Organizer, with one of her panels	Organizer Jean Bakewell with her panel, "Fat Cats and Dragonflys"
Kate Geary, Organizer, with her panel	Kay Cutter, Organizer, with her panel	Nancy Bardos, Organizer, with her panel
	Nancy Parker, Organizer, with her panel	Jeff and Maureen Pollitt, visiting from Canada, add their repaired panel to the fence - September, 2007
"Beyond all right doing and all wrong doing, there is a field. I will meet you there." - Rumi  Panel by Judith Whitman-Small     Collage by Cody	Panels by Jan Schmidt	Patty Groth with peace dogs Lou and Rico. Created by Christina Buell & James Larson, students from Southern Oregon University (SOU), added to the fence on 10/6/07.
"Peace Now" by Jean Bakewell, added to the fence on 9/11/07.   Quilted panel by Cathy Tronquet	"And together we stand, the strong and the meek, the large and the small, together we dare to love." Panel by Mariah Southworth, age15   "As the wind blows through your hair, you know you are where you belong." - Panel by Hannah Southworth, age 12.	Reaching For Peace Steve Birnbaum Panel by Unity, Medford, Oregon, www.unitymedford.org
September 11, 2007 Gathering at the Peace Fence. Four new panels are added to the Fence.	Cosmic Mother - Panel by Jim Malachi	"We Stand For Peace - Jean, Jill, David, Gramma Kay, Michael (5 years old), and Jennifer (4 months old). Added to the Peace Fence on July 27, 2007. Talk about walking the walk!
Panel by Esther Bell and Darrelle Cavan	Christmas Eve, 2007, at the Peace Fence. Photo by Kate Geary	"Make Salad, Not War" Southern Oregon University Gay Alliance
	Panel by Cynthia, Whidbey Island, WA	A visitor to the Fence was so moved by the display of peace banners on the chain-link fence near Ashland’s railroad tracks that she contributed one she had hanging in her own backyard. (Staff photo, courtesy of Medford Mail Tribune)
This panel was added on June 7, 2007 - "Choose Peace" by Sally McKirgan (Ashland) and Jane Williams (Vaughn, Washington).	"Great Goddess - Be with our family in Iraq. Be with our Afghani Family," and in the top right corner, "Painted days before the US first bombed Afghanistan." Added to the fence June 16, 2007. Perhaps someone's prayer flag, created before the current mideast war began.	Added to the fence on September 24, 2007: "Exchange Your Weapons for Artist Brushes and Paint the World with Love Sweet Love." Artist unknown.
"Flight for Peace" - Panel by Cici Brown	Panel by Unity, Medford, Oregon, www.unitymedford.org
	"The Joyfulness in all of us will heal the world." by "A Joyful Healer - Markleyville, California
By Cathi Lair's Second Grade Class and Marcella (Isabella's Mom)		A Story of Lilacs Poem and panel by Kathleen Meagher
This beautiful panel appeared mysteriously August 16th, 2007. It uses dyes and perhaps bleach and depicts a lotus blossom, the earth with a heart at its center, as well as the peace dove and peace symbol. It is unsigned and the artist is unknown.	This about says it all - added to the fence August 23, 2007 by Ralph and Ian.	"May there always be love to gather and love to share."
"Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned"  - Buddha

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