The Ship of Tolerance

The Ship of Tolerance is a globally celebrated project dedicated to educating and connecting children from different continents, cultures, and identities through the universal language of art. It successfully first launched in Siwa, Egypt in 2005 and was then created in Venice, Italy; San Moritz, Switzerland; Sharjah, UAE; Miami, FL; and Havana, Cuba; New York, NY; Moscow, Russia and Zug, Switzerland.
The Ship of Tolerance will sail in Rome in May of 2017. This project was awarded the prestigious Cartier Prize for the best art project of the year in 2010.
Under the direction of the Kabakovs and project director, Yulia Dultsina, the Studio in a School art instructors led workshops for hundreds of students, ages 5 through 13, in public schools throughout the five boroughs.
“Children understand tolerance amazingly well. They are mostly unspoiled by the prejudice often carried by the adults. If we listen to them, perhaps, we can alleviate some of the oppression we witness everyday,” commented Emilia and Ilya Kabakov.
“The Ship of Tolerance is a unique public art experience because of its placement in the East River, and its collaboration with Studio in a School and dozens of schools throughout the five boroughs,” said Regina Myer, President of Brooklyn Bridge Park. “It is such a wonderful and thoughtful addition to both the festival and the park experience and we are proud to be hosting it beyond the festival weekend.”