What we do for inner creativity

BMW is a pioneering UNESCO-affiliated organization that promotes inner peace and self-awareness among generations through physical, emotional, and mental balance. BMW was founded with the common goal of making the global community healthier, stronger, and more stable by utilizing unconventional sources of art and culture around us. We work with individuals and communities and envision creations of traditional art and craft that symbolize harmony and peace.

We help people help themselves.

Our vision mission encompasses three main goals and engages people of all ages, especially the youth- enhancement of inner creativity through arts and crafts.
UNESCO BMW strives for and implements Eco-friendly strategies and choices with individuals and communities to achieve the first goal. As part of the “Pearls of the Peace Land Projects,” we support the emotional and artistic souls in life. Thus, our second goal of incorporating the arts in different forms has allowed diversity and inclusion in our environment.

Art and Craft Programs

Before Covid, UNESCO BMW created Art & Craft in-person showrooms, workshops, and exhibitions, and more recently, it provided online Art of Inclusion and Cultural Diversity programs as part of the “Pearls of the
Peace Land Projects.”
Since 2014, our programs have included the global communities and indigenous artists, with an emphasis on family as well as the individual through various methods to protect the quality of education, such as Quality Education and art & craft programs, as well as cultural diversity programs.

What We Hope To Achieve

Through these goals and our efforts, we hope to provide a platform of inner peace and awareness to the table in order to achieve total wellness of body, mind, and spirit. And in doing so, allowing people to express
themselves through traditional crafts and performing arts. while also remembering the importance of free and balanced living, we hope to uplift our ecosystem and the world around us. 

” UNESCOBMW is a non-profit full of kind-hearted people. Some things that we do to benefit the people of this world are yoga and meditation and this has helped a lot in my day-to-day life. It has helped me to improve my confidence, mental clarity and has just helped my overall well-being. We are also focused on the arts which are VERY important to me, being a creative soul myself.

We help with the education of the environment helping to educate the people of the future to help make this world a better place and protect our home so it will
still be here for future generations. Focusing on mental health, nutrition, social media, bullying, and family/friend connections are probably my favorite programs because in life we all need to help each other. Weather you come from a broken home or not these programs can help to strengthen your bond.”
Testimonial by one of our volunteers, Sara Wise.

Art and Craft Online Program

Once we have the opportunity to express ourselves via artistic and/or hand-crafted expressions, we are ready to appreciate fully the love and peace for all.
UNESCO BMW supports the Project of Art & Craft as part of the ideas of Inclusion and Cultural Diversity in order to achieve the heart revelation of the 2030 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) https://sdgs.un.org/goals.
UNESCO BMW has created Art & Craft in-person showrooms, workshops and exhibitions in the past, before Covid, and, more recently, has provided online Art of Inclusion and Cultural Diversity programs as part of the “Pearls of the Peace Land Projects”.
Since 2014, our programs include the community of Frederick, Maryland, USA and beyond: https://www.youtube.com/c/UNESCOBMW/videos with attention on family as well as the individual through different methods to protect the quality of education: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/ goals goal4, as Quality Education and art & craft along with cultural diversity programs.

How long are the online programs?

Each program follows the UN/UNESCO International Days Celebration. The length of a program can vary from 2 to 4 hours long. The goal of a program is to coach and uplift.
See the links below: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal8, and https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal10, as Reduced Inequalities.

What is there?

An Art & Craft exhibition space open to the public, in our headquarters, and free of charge, whereby we showcase local and international Art Works/Artist Workshops. Artists from all around the world can display their artwork and hold workshops on calligraphy history.

Which kind of Artwork are in the exhibition?

An exhibition of photography, paintings, poetries, and sculptures supported by qigong, Feng Shui, Ying & Yung, Ayurveda, and Vedic concepts, etc. and accompanied by music, to achieve community engagement that leads automatically to sustainability and harmony.

How does this exhibition help?

1. This exhibition can be a great help for community engagement and acts as the pillar that affects our actions on others: starting from emotional, social, and cognitive silence development and reaching universal gratitude, heart revelation, and vow zone, as for Partnership for the goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal17, as Partnership for the goals.
2. Craft Workshops where the local community will develop skills in international cuisines, fine art Painting, Floral arrangements, Puppet & Doll making, Natural Oil Treatments, Pastry making, Glass crafting, Pottery, Quilting, Custom silver jewelry making, Orthopedic pillows making, and hydroponic development. Stakeholders host workshops. They not only teach others but also make their skills and their small businesses more visible to the community.
3. A Music and Dance space open to the public, in our headquarter, and free of charge, whereby we showcase local and international artists engaged in their musical performances. They come together for Sustainability through the fundamentals of the unison language of art and music. Western classical music and Eastern mystical rhythm come together to dazzle you. Are you ready?
4. Visual Arts & Theater, UNESCO BMW proposes Shakespearean Plays by T.E.V. (Theater of Eternal Values). It is a unique experience enabling all participants to rediscover the inexhaustible breath of the earth in each and every one of us.
5. Marchitelli’s Kitchen hosts a son of an Italian Chef. His knack for preparing and serving aesthetically pleasing and good tasting food comes naturally to him. “My cooking style is very intuitive and is loosely bound by recipes.”
   All of my dishes use fresh organic ingredients whenever possible, and I only cook with high temperature resistant avocado oil. As a final touch to cooked foods or as a salad dressing, I use virgin olive . And, my secret for good taste is using a balanced proportion of mixed herbs and spices such as dried garlic and onion, oregano, thyme, basil, parsley, Himalayan salt and marjoram. An additional forte of mine is composing immune boosting herbal teas. Most recently, I have developed a tea mixture that is anti-viral in nature and is perfect for the present situation we are in with viral attacks such as Covid-19.

6. The author of two Published Books by UNESCO BMW is Zohreh Rezazadeh “ZoRe”. One is a book for children: “If I Could”. This book is available in English, French and Persian languages. It is going to be available soon in the Spanish and Italian languages. It is available on Amazon in 2 format versions: paperback and Kindle e-book. Your purchase goes toward helping our UNESCO BMW mission for world inner peace, encouragement of art & craft and protection of the Eco-system. The second book: “Memories of a Leaf”, talks about our life journey: “We all go through a culmination of rough times to finally learn about ourselves and life as a precious gift. I believe today that life is something between tragedies and hopes, desperation and good wishes, a killing duality that teaches you only one precious thing: be grateful and go beyond!”
7. The winners of the art works of the Inner Peace Competitions have a special space on the UNESCO BMW website and in its headquarters. See also the link here: https://unescobmw.org/competitions/

What is the goal of this Competition?
To express one’s perception of self, family, community, society and world with the joy of peace

Who should participate in this competition?
Any person of any age and gender who wants to express her/himself

How to apply?
It is very easy. Go on our website: https://unescobmw.org/competitions/, upload your work and send us your info contact!

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