If you received one, please join the celebration. Share an image with us or post on social media and tag us #PeaceBoxes @fdlmstudio @FDLMarchive They've traveled the globe, become a teaching tool in classrooms, entered galleries, museums, libraries and even lit up the iconic LED screens of Times Square, NYC. For over ten years, NYC visual artist Franck de las Mercedes, named one of “15 Artists to Dominate 2015” by Complex Magazine, has sent more than 17'000 painted, se

Roberto Carlos Pérez August 19, 2011 Conocida como la Babel de nuestro tiempo, la ciudad de Nueva York era ya en los años ochentas una metrópolis sin precendestes, en la que se hablaban, como en ninguna otra ciudad del mundo, más de ciento cincuenta idiomas y en la que vivían millones de personas de diferentes nacionalidades. Muchas iban atraídas por la fama de sus rascacielos, su música y sus teatros, pero otras, las menos afortunadas, llegaban como inmigrantes comunes

New York, NY - July 29, 2006 - With labels that read "Fragile Contains: Peace, Hope or Freedom", visual artist Franck de Las Mercedes sends abstractly painted, seemingly empty boxes to anybody, anywhere in the world, for free. The "Priority Boxes" project is a public art series that seeks to initiate dialogue on peace, challenge people to reconsider their ability to influence change and question the fragility, value and priority given to concepts such as peace. Each b