This is our 9th Annual Symposium. Each year artists from around the world are invited to participate. This annual cross-cultural exchange
creates a seedbed for international understanding generated by artistic energies. When energy flows into the universal language of art, it
has the potential to unify diverse peoples. The purpose is to stimulate both artistic participation and appreciation, thereby integrating the
artists more deeply into society while connecting the public more intimately to the arts.

Each year our Symposia artists are given a central theme around which their work grows.  This year’s theme, “It’s a Secret!” offers fertile
ground for an exploration of those things that tend to live in the shadows.  Through the visionary talents of our four artists, we will wait
expectantly  for that which will be revealed through them.
2007 Symposium theme “It's a Secret”
This is our 9th Annual Symposium. Each year artists from around the world are invited to participate. This annual cross-cultural exchange
creates a seedbed for international understanding generated by artistic energies. When energy flows into the universal language of art, it
has the potential to unify diverse peoples. The purpose is to stimulate both artistic participation and appreciation, thereby integrating the
artists more deeply into society while connecting the public more intimately to the arts.

Each year our Symposia artists are given a central theme around which their work grows.  This year’s theme, “It’s a Secret!” offers fertile
ground for an exploration of those things that tend to live in the shadows.  Through the visionary talents of our four artists, we will wait
expectantly  for that which will be revealed through them.

Our 2007 Artists are are:  

Paty Sonville:    Belgium                                                                                                     
http://membres.lycos.fr/patysonville/

"Secret"                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bertha Shortis:     Switzerland
The one you hide,
The one you unveil.

It exists only because it is deeply
forbidden and it is surrounded by
what is unspoken. Sometimes it slips
and escapes through the time grid that
keeps it inside.










    Paul Munson:    Virginia USA











                                                                                   Satoru Takada    Japan
                                                      http://sub.khcc.gov.tw/metal/satoru_e.html
2007 Symposium theme “It's a Secret”