International Artist Photo of the Year 2007

Cleveland Councilman Joe Santiago honors American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) on the occasion of celebrating Twenty Years of Community Service by installing the Santa Fe Peace Stone of the Worlds Children Peace Monument at the 2007 World Peace Conference. The purpose of the worldwide movement, 2007 World Peace Conference - "Building a Culture of Peace" in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was to envision solution, use proactive public diplomacy to communicate more effectively with the rest of the world and build understanding for

its values and policies and create a program for World Peace Between Nations and Nonviolence in Our Homes and Our Community.

With the support of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and the leadership of Ms. Louise Diamond, PhD, Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and Arun Gandi, grandson of Mahatma Gandi, and a host of others, made Santa Fe, New Mexico a focal point in America for international hope and peace-inspiring events. In conclusion of their 20th year of promoting ICEAlity, the understanding of the relationship between Humans and their Environment through the Arts", ICEA dedicated to the Peace Garden at the Santa Fe Children's Museum, the Santa Fe Stone of the Worlds Children Peace Monument (WCPM).

Designed at the ARK in Berea and built at Coe Lake Park in Berea, Ohio, the Worlds Children Peace Monument (WCPM) was officially inaugurated in 2003 at the 3rd World Peace Conference held in Verbania, Italy where the Jakupca's received an Italian Medal of Arts. They were also recognized by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and in 2006 appointed Universal Peace Ambassadors. The WCPM is organized in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the UN Millennium Development Goals. “The European American community is very proud of ICEA achievements. And I hope, our pride will show with our continuing support for this organization“. states Zenon Domanski, Publisher of KOLORS Magazine.

At the formation of ICEA, Canadian activist Rick Coronado from Great Lakes United forecasted, “ The Jakupca's International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) will act as our benchmark by which we can measure change and continuity in everything from the environment to relations between peoples through the Arts. But more than that, it will remind us that we are not the first People, native and newcomers alike to face difficult choices in troubled times“. When honestly told, the David and Renate story inspires without leading us into simpleminded platitudes. History humanizes us by giving names, faces and texture to our physical and cultural landscapes. Not only do the Jakupca exhibits entertain us, they serve as a map and guide for life on the road of a sustainable Culture of Peace.