Artists to hold 'Drawn In' at the Royal Ontario Museum to protest war
against Iraq- March 22, 2003- Artists and citizens will gather at the Royal OntarioMuseum in Toronto on Saturday, March 29 to hold a 'Drawn In' to protest war against Iraq.

This event is being organized to recognize the rich culture and people of Iraq -- a heritage that spans 5000 years. We in Canada will gather to draw in the Mesopotamian and Islamic collectionat the Royal Ontario Museum from 1:00 PM to 5:00 pm. (third floor of theROM). 'Drawn In' is inspired by an action organized by "Artists Against theWar" in New York City when 500 people gathered at the Metropolitan Museum onMarch 5, 2003.

On March 29, 2003 any member of the Art Gallery of Ontario is able to enterthe ROM on their AGO member's card.
Bring your pencils and paper and pay tribute to the land referred to as the"cradle of civilization".

Long before Greece, Egypt and Rome were established the area between theTigris and Euphrates rivers gave rise to ancient civilizations such as:Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria. The first written alphabet, the first instances of recorded literature, the wheel, the first plough, the earliest calendars, the first agrarian and urban centres, and the influential, far reaching legal document known as,Hammurabi's code were born there.

The bombing of Iraq under a United States-led war is destroying the peopleof Iraq along side their precious cultural history.
The peaceful 'Drawn In' stands in solidarity with the Iraqi people and draws attention to the flourishing of law, science, art, architecture and poetryof the respective civilizations whose cultural memory we will pay tributethough our drawings.

For more information contact:
Jamelie Hassan : 519 679-8018
Serge Arcaro : 905-616-8297
You can view reports on the other drawn-ins at :
<www.geocities.com/aawnion/drawnin.html>
For anyone who might want to view some of Iraq's 25,000 archeological sites
http://danenet.wicip.org/mbas/country/iraq.html