The Ashland Peace Project

Ashland, Virginia Artist Arthur Brill started the Ashland Peace Project in the summer of 2020 as a way to engage people in difficult conversations about:

Your donation will help Mr. Brill use the power of the Ashland Peace Project sculpture to bring attention to important issues across the nation.
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Starting with local protests in Ashland, Mr Brill has used a wooden 40" tall hand, two fingers upraised in the sign of "Peace", as a visual draw to engage people by inviting them to write on the sculpture. A natural crack in the hand was painted red to indicate the healing that is yet to be done.

After January 6th, he built a base for the sculpture emulating the columns in front of the U.S Capitol building, the crack in the hand now extending through the foundation of the column.

The sculpture, now over seven feet tall,  has been at events across Virginia and in DC. From the Hanover County School Board Office which helped succeed in changing the names of two Hanover public schools, Lee Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School, to the Mass Action Against Police Brutality in Washington DC.

It has been signed by mothers, sisters, and other family members of loved ones who died from police bullets, as well as politicians including Virginia's Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax

The project has attracted media attention, being featured on Richmond's 6NEWS, 8NEWS, The Richmond, Times Dispatch, and RVA Mag, and nationally in the June 27th issue of USA Today and the September 7th issue of the Washington Post

Supported by the 2020 Arts and Cultural Incentive Grant from the Town of Ashland, Mr. Brill is conducting a series of workshops, designed with the participation of panelists

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 Mr. Brill is available to speak at Political Rallies, Grass Roots Events, and Private Groups (civic, youth, faith based, etc...