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Music for Global Peace · Hawaii

Artists from all faiths, united for world peace.

Since 2005, artists around the world have sent in a prayer for peace, with no travel and no religious requirement. In 2027 there are two ways to join: World Prayer for Peace and World Mail Art for Peace.

World Prayer for PeaceWorld Mail Art for Peace
—Days until both calls open
—Days to World Peace Day · 21 Sep 2027

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Free to participateEnglish or any language (we translate into English)All faiths · no religious requirementNo travel neededEvery contribution credited

So far · World Prayer for Peace, 2005 to 2016

1,882Artist participations
50Countries at peak, 2010–2012
12Consecutive yearly editions

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yearly projects

A prayer and an artwork, every year.

Each year Music for Global Peace opens two projects side by side. Both open in January and both become a video with music and credits, released together on World Peace Day, 21 September.

Project one · 13th edition

World Prayer for Peace 2027

By artists of every kind, from all faiths

A global peace project bringing together artists from all faiths to pray and unite for world peace. Artists of every kind are welcome, and anyone who is an artist at heart. Send one line of prayer for peace, in English or any language, from anywhere, with no travel and no religious requirement. We translate each line into English and weave them into a single prayer, set to music in Hawaii and released with every artist credited.

Twelve editions are already in the archive. The thirteenth opens in January.

  • Opens1 January 2027
  • Final deadline30 June 2027
  • Released21 September 2027

Read the full call

Project two · 1st edition

World Mail Art for Peace 2027

An international mail art call

What does peace feel like to you?

We invite mail artists, and anyone who loves to make, to take part in World Mail Art for Peace 2027, an international gathering of handmade artworks and personal messages for peace.

  • Opens1 January 2027
  • Final deadline30 June 2027
  • Video release21 September 2027

Read the full call

FreeAny languageAny faith, or noneNothing to proveSelf-funded · no donations
Why two

Two ways for peace to travel.

The prayer

Words that become music.

Each artist writes a single line. From many languages and many places, the lines are woven into one prayer.

Set to music, it becomes something you can listen to.

The artwork

Art, sent by post.

A handmade artwork takes its time. It passes through many hands and arrives as something you can hold.

It is something you can see and hold.

MAILart
What is mail art?

Mail art is art made to travel through the post. For decades, artists around the world have exchanged it freely, often without fees or juries, as a way of staying connected. It is a natural home for a project about peace.

If you are an artist at heart, you are welcome.

Painters, singers, poets, makers, performers, and anyone who loves to create.

Explore

Find your way around.

The peace yearHow it worksFrom your work to the video, on one calendar. The archiveTwelve editions of prayerWatch every edition, 2005 to 2016, right here. Peace songsFour peace songsMade around the world. AboutWho we areAn independent, self-funded peace project from Hawaii.
Stay in touch

Hear when things open.

We’ll write only when something opens: on 1 January when both calls open, and on 21 September when both videos are released.

Thank you. You’ll hear from us when the calls open.

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