Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

SEASIDE, FL - As Joanne Tawfilis stood watching orphans in Bosnia squabble, laugh and cry while painting their visions of "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" onto a bullet-ridden bed sheet, the idea for the Art Miles Mural Project began to form in her mind.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization agreed with her vision and made the Art Miles Mural Project an official project of the UNESCO Decade of the Culture of Peace. Tawfilis and her husband, Fouad, created 12 mural themes (each theme equals one mile of murals) and designated the year 2010 for the unveiling at the site of the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

All murals that have been painted around the world will be shipped and pieced together to form an amazing kaleidoscope of children's visions for a better world. To spur excitement for the 2010 event, the Seaside Institute and the 30A Creative Alliance are celebrating the Art Miles Mural Project from Feb. 28-March 10.

The beach communities of Seaside, WaterColor, WaterSound West Beach, Rosemary Beach and Alys Beach will host mural exhibits, community mural paintings, concerts, film screenings, yoga classes, and presentations by Tawfilis and Peace Paint Ambassadors.

On March 9, Linstead will host community yoga on the beach in Seaside at 8 a.m. On March 10, the Art Miles Community Celebration will be held in Alys Beach from 5-8 p.m. at Fonville Press. Everyone will be invited to join 12 Peace Paint Ambassadors in painting murals for peace and a slide show of murals painted by children around the world will be shown.

Light refreshments will be served. For more information call (850) 231-6111.