One Life Projects

The Peace Dragon project is the loving response of Linda Ragsdale, author/illustrator, to honor a request made by Naomi. Prior to the terrorists entering the restaurant, Linda and Naomi were planning their Friday activities: to break their pool summersault record, attempt Mendhi designs on their arms, and Linda was supposed to teach Naomi how to draw dragons. This site hopes to fulfill that request.

The Peace Dragon project is a creative arts site dedicated to inspiring children of the world to celebrate individual differences as an infinite source of possibilities to resolutions in art and life; it opens the global doorway to participate in an inclusive, non-judgmental environment of artistic expression with a focus on creating peaceful images; it encourages challenging the validity of existing myths by exploring the transformation of the peaceful, benevolent dragon into a malevolent, aggressive creature, and to re-establish its original stature through presentations in all disciplines.

The Peace Dragon ArtQuest

The virtual mission enters the real domain through The Peace Dragon ArtQuest, a fundraising program for The One Life Alliance. An international art exchange program takes art, story and peace concepts on the road. Through youth art collaborations, bonds between world communities are formed where one has not existed or strengthened where there was strain.

This is funded through the donations of artists agreeing to auction their art and where 100% of funds go to the One Life Alliance Dragon Quest mission. Please contact dragonladyrags@peacedragon.com for more information.

Linda Ragsdale is an award-winning designer, author and illustrator. Her how to draw series, The Amazing Step-By-Step Art Card Studio, utilizes letters and shapes to establish the unique aspect of the artists own handwriting, or signature, to release the artist from comparing their work to anyone but their own. The books open the door to explore and the confidence to try. The first two books are on second reprint, the third having sold out at delivery; the fourth and fifth books are following suit. She travels to schools around the country teaching and drawing with kids and parents of all ages.

Her first book, Creative Cardboard: Making Fabulous Furniture, Amazing Accessories & Other Spectacular Stuff, placed her in front of television cameras demonstrating art techniques on the top rated cable craft television shows. She works in a variety of mediums to express her creative ventures.