Breaking Walls’ Warsaw Artist/Leadership Apprentice, Dominika’s Voice Resonates
Breaking Walls proudly and happily shares Dominika’s vision of Breaking Walls with you! In her own words, Dominika shares: “I…
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Breaking Walls’ Barcelona Artist, Maria’s Voice Resonates
Breaking Walls proudly and happily shares Maria’s vision of Breaking Walls with you! In her own words, Maria shares: “I…
Read MoreBreaking Walls 2020 Virtual International Artist Cooperative August 11 through 18
As we all emerge from quarantine, Breaking Walls and our entire global family hopes you and your loved ones are…
Read MoreTangier Artist, Ranya Inspires Hope
A Note From Ranya: Human nature ensures that we feel certain emotions, but we never know the indicators of said…
Read MoreCape Town Artist/Leadership Apprentice Inspires Hope – Jesse
A Note From Jesse: The first thing I picture when we come out the other side of this pandemic is…
Read MoreA Message of Hope from Cape Town Ambassador Athenkosi
A blessed day …. During these uncertain times, Cape Town Ambassador Athenkosi shares a message of hope, understanding and the…
Read MoreBreaking Walls’ Voices Of Hope
Wherever across the globe Breaking Walls reaches you this day, our entire global family wishes you and all your loved…
Read MoreBreaking Walls’ 2020 Stakeholder Meeting – A Summary
Today, I had the pleasure of attending the Breaking Walls Stakeholder Meeting. It was so nice meeting new people who…
Read MorePersonal Is Political
Personal Is Political by Breaking Walls Santiago artist Angela Castro Freire When people ask me about memories related to food,…
Read MoreHEAR MY WORDS AND UNDERSTAND WHO I AM
Breaking Walls artists share their passionate insights on the Writing Prompt HEAR MY WORDS AND UNDERSTAND WHO I AM. Tangier…
Read Morebreaking walls 2016 “Inclusive City” Cape Town
The new breaking walls artists from the three divergent communities here in Cape Town send you their love and respect. We started just 12 short hours ago, and already deep, rich bonding is taking place. The writing triggers this morning were "In My Neighborhood" and "A Day Without Hate". These led…
breaking walls 2016 Cape Town
Our director/founder, Fran Tarr, is pleased to announce that breaking walls will premier its 2nd annual creative writing, performance and peace-building initiative October 5 through 9, in Noordhoek. In all, twenty-four young breaking walls artists from the Deutsche Internationale Schule Kapstadt, the Hout Bay High School of Hangberg, and the Rainbow…
Brooklyn artist, Britani, Shares Her Thoughts on 2016 Initiative
Imma really miss everyone. My Barcelona, Palestine, South Africa, and Detroit babies (oh and Virginia we're always forgetting to mention him lol) Yall mean a lot to me in the short time we spent with each other. To start, my favorite part about the whole experience was staying at Ohana…
Fran Tarr, Founder/Director, Thoughts on 2016 Detroit
Dear 2016 artists, ambassador, associates and volunteers, So many good and beautiful thoughts race through my mind as I write these words. As each successive initiative closes I realize the ten-days we spend together as a creative community is a patchwork of tender, painful, joyous, funny, scary and sometimes tedious…
Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Testimonial #8: Nuria
"The writing workshops made me feel at peace because, I could open up and express myself. I like the workshops because, in them I get the chance to learn from the other artists experiences. I enjoy the rehearsals because, I feel joy and can see the progress in everyone. I'm…
Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Testimonial #6: Hamza
"I feel so good while we are rehearsing together, so that we show you our best on stage. I just want to say, I feel now, that I am at home."
Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Testimonial #5: Joshua
"I think everyone showed the power of their words. I was surprised at the ideas that such young people can have. Everyone was so brave at sharing and I feel grateful for being a part of that."
Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Testimonial #4: Zaria
"I've been in many workshops in my life and the ones at breaking walls are really amazing! They make you think outside of the box and help you find who you really are. The workshops here helps me see our community from other peoples perspective and to see the world…