The Human Rights Sculpture Park that dominates the courtyard of the Apostolos Loukas High School in Kolossi is ready to open its gates early next month.
\nThis is a park with a range of sculptures that support a\u00a0human rights-based\u00a0approach.
\nAn initiative and idea of the visual artist and art teacher, Popi Nikolaou, with her students as her companions.
\nPhileleftheros met her last week in the school park, working on the final details and touches of the project \u201cChildren Want Peace\u201d. At her side were her students who were editing details on the figures.
\nTireless yet proud of the works on display in the schoolyard, they are eagerly awaiting the completion of the work so that everything will be ready for the opening ceremony, which will be held on April 12, by the President, Nikos Christodoulides.
\nSpeaking to Phileleftheros, Popi Nikolaou shared a decade\u2019s journey until the park took shape. Sensitive and also an educator who imparts her knowledge through art, she made the students reflect on the serious issues that plague our society.
\nThe purpose of the park, as explained by the award-winner among the best teachers in the world, is for students and future citizens of this country to be active in terms of human rights violations, whether it has to do with human trafficking, child sexual abuse, or women\u2019s rights.
\n\u201cYoung citizens must be able to recognize the problem and be able to act and react. We don\u2019t want inactive citizens. I believe it is time for some incumbents to change. Prevention, awareness of social issues, social problems, is very important,\u201d she said, explaining that when young people are aware of a problem, they can recognize it, and react either by reporting it, condemning it, or avoiding it. Visual art is silent, yet it sends powerful messages to many recipients.
\n\u201cFor all these sculptures in the human rights park, research and study was done first. After realizing the purpose, then the implementation begins. When you make monumental works, wanting to give messages such as human rights, things are not simple,\u201d she said.sculptures. human rights, sculpture park, art teacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Human Rights Sculpture Park, located in the courtyard of the Apostolos Loukas High School in Kolossi, is set to open early next month. The park features sculptures promoting a human rights-based approach, conceived by visual artist and art teacher Popi Nikolaou and her students. The project, titled \u201cChildren Want Peace,\u201d is nearing completion, with the opening ceremony scheduled for April 12, hosted by President Nikos Christodoulides. Nikolaou, recognized among the world’s best teachers, aims for the park to encourage students and future citizens to actively address human rights violations, including human trafficking, child sexual abuse, and women\u2019s rights. The creation of the sculptures involved thorough research and study to effectively convey messages on human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[302,3151,1915,1275,1551,1031,2152,2367,115,3149,2796,24,148,193,2124,1214,503,1812,433,2735,3150,836,1358,114,3023,483,1100,18],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-art","tag-art-teacher","tag-artist","tag-ceremony","tag-child-sexual-abuse","tag-christodoulides","tag-completion","tag-editing","tag-human-rights","tag-human-rights-park","tag-issues","tag-limassol","tag-local","tag-nikos-christodoulides","tag-park","tag-phileleftheros","tag-president-nikos-christodoulides","tag-rights","tag-school","tag-sculpture","tag-sculpture-park","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-support","tag-top-news","tag-trafficking","tag-violations","tag-women","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n