Oleander Initiative / Northern Ireland
From February 26 to March 3, 2023, we hosted a peace education program on ‘Art and Memory’ with four participants from Northern Ireland.
In the program, Toshiko Tanaka, an enamel artist, shared about her life: from her childhood, the day of the atomic bombing, to her life as an artist and a mother. She also gave us an enamel art workshop.
We also visited the Hiroshima Former Army Clothing Depot, had a lecture from a curator at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and learned about the Legacy Successor Program from the Hiroshima City official. This provided us the opportunity to gain understanding of the city of Hiroshima from a new perspective of ‘art and memory.’
[UME website] Oleander Art, Memory and Peace Study