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Artist Franck de las Mercedes Spreads Peace, Love, Hope

By Renee Phillips 1 Comment

The Priority Box project by Franck De Las Mercedes

Art For Social Change Franck de las Mercedes is a NYC artist who has brought contemporary art to a broader audience through his project "The Priority Boxes" (AKA Peace Boxes). Since 2006 he has been creating free art with a peaceful message. To date, he has sent more than 17,000 painted, seemingly empty boxes with labels that read "Fragile Contains: Peace, Love or Hope" to … [Read more...]

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