Nesting for Peace First Installation Event

Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

Apex, NC – The Nesting for Peace project will hold its first installation event at 1:30PM on Monday, 10 March 2008, at the offices of the Apex Chamber of Commerce in downtown Apex, NC. Local artist Karin Baumeister-Rehm will hang the first of the original art birdhouses to begin an effort to deepen the awareness of all to the need to work towards peace around the world.

“The idea of a whole park filled with colorful birdhouses has been in my mind for many years,” said Karin when asked about the inspiration for the project. “After a long time of thinking about it and studying ideas the image finally became complete, and I saw what had to be done. This goal is now being realized by an installation starting in Apex, North Carolina designed to spread through the world from there. Each birdhouse will be filled with messages of peace for the world.”

Art is a powerful means to carry a message. Art knows no specific language yet encompasses all languages at the same time. Art speaks to all of us on a very deep and instinctive level, reaching to the center of our hearts and minds to touch our souls. Nesting for Peace uses the immense power of art to bring messages of peace to the world.

Each birdhouse will be decorated as an individual work of art, making it a unique and one-of-a-kind object to be enjoyed for its own merit as well as for the message it carries. No two birdhouses will be the same. Each will be suspended from copper wire, formed into the most attractive means to hang the birdhouse, and provide the most protection and safety from predators to the birds within.

Personal messages of peace are important, and indeed central, to the project. Through a website and letters, short messages and thoughts of peace are being collected from individuals, associations, and governments throughout the world to form a universal call for the peace the world deserves. The many roads to peace should attract a great diversity of messages since we all have our own unique ideas of how to achieve this goal. These messages will be printed on acid-free, handmade, biodegradable paper, and will be placed within each birdhouse as starter nesting material to provide a comfortable and safe place for the young birds to grow to full maturity.

Birdhouses may be installed virtually anywhere in on the planet. The yards and gardens of private homes are a natural choice, but public parks and the grounds around public and private buildings will provide those using them for their deliberations and/or business to show they also stand for peace throughout the Universe. This is a project for all to participate, reaching each of us now, and succeeding generations of the future, in a very personal manner.