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Side
by side
The Side by Side Project celebrates the uniqueness of young
people through a traveling multi-cultural art show. Portraits
from around the world are hung "side by side" to
represent the coming together of individuals to make a better
world.
Coordinated by Rowena Gerber, Yvonne Moyer and Alice Key
at Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida, USA. |
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line of Side by Side
- 1996
Introduced by art teacher, Helen Donnell, at Miami Country
Day School as an art project during a study of Native Americans.
Elongation freeze of Native American portraits was exhibited
at school festival.
- 1997
Adapted by Rowena Gerber and Yvonne Moyer as a project for
self-portraits.
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- 1998
Introduced as an international collaborative art project
at the IEARN conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1999
Displayed at the American Museum of Natural History in New
York City and at the IEARN Conference in San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
- 2000
Over 600 portraits displayed in the Ocean Room of The American
Museum of Natural History. Displayed at the IEARN gala.
Wide spread use of Side-By-Sides as introductions to penpals
and cultural exchanges. Used at conferences in Australia
and China. Petru Dumitru introduces a variation of Side-by-Side
to EU, calling it "Holding Hands"
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- 2001
Presented and displayed at IEARN Conference in Capetown,
South Africa. Displayed in the children’s wing and
rehab center at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida.
Highlighted on the cover of “The Teacher’s Guide
to International Collaboration on the Internet”, prepared
by IEARN of the U.S. Department of Education. Publication
Cover Project participant, Petru Dimitru, is recognized
by the Global Junior Challenge and Childnet for his collection
of Side-By-Side portraits collectedfor the My Europe Project.
Global Junior Challenge and Childnet
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" I am a masterpiece of the world."
Students from St. Mary's school
in India holding their Side by Side drawings |
- 2002
Presented and displayed at the IEARN conference in Moscow, Russia.
Displayed and introduced in Trinidad and Tobego. Displayed and
introduced in Rome, Italy at the Global Junior Challenge.
- 2003
Presented at the IEARN conference in Japan. See our pictures!
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Students
celebrate their unique individuality through art as they produce
elongated self-portraits on paper approximately 8 x 36 inches. 
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