'In Artists We Trust' Teach Art, Create Peace ; in an Experiment Sponsored by Peace Action Maine, Artist-in- Residence Natasha Mayers Works with Schoolchildren From a Rich Cultural Mix to Paint a Future More Fertile with Hope.

Portland Press Herald › April 25, 2004

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Natasha Mayers walks into the art room at Riverton Community School with a T-shirt that reads: "In artists we trust."

It's her not-so-subtle way of saying that higher powers and the politicians who trust them have messed up her world. As a painter and artist, she feels obligated to try a different approach to lessen global human suffering than the one employed by her government.

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'In Artists We Trust' Teach Art, Create Peace ; in an Experiment Sponsored by Peace Action Maine, Artist-in- Residence Natasha Mayers Works with Schoolchildren From a Rich Cultural Mix to Paint a Future More Fertile with Hope.

"I am not very good at dialogue or talking with people or persuading people. Through my art, I feel I have a stronger voice," says Mayers, who lives in Whitefield and began her activism when she served in the Peace Corps in Nigeria many years ago.

"I get pretty upset a...

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