Call for Participation / Call for Papers

ART&DESIGN for Social Justice Symposium
in association with the
Kid’s Guernica Peace Mural Project 15th Anniversary Exhibition

JANUARY 15-18, 2010

The organizers of the fourth annual ART&DESIGN for Social Justice Symposium and the Kids’ Guernica Peace Mural Project are pleased to announce a call for participation and refereed papers, for this international event. Scheduled for the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend, January 16-18, 2010, the event will include an international exhibition of children’s peace murals at the Florida State University Art Museum, peace workshops for adults and children including a children’s mural painting workshop, a peace village workshop, international music, community events for peace, and the ART&DESIGN for Social Justice Symposium (featuring refereed presentations and featured speakers from around the world.

For further information on the Symposium or to submit a proposal for a refereed symposium presentation, go to http://interiordesign.fsu.edu/symposium/ or contact Paper Coordinator Lisa Waxman at lwaxman@fsu.edu.

For further information about how to participate in the Kids’ Guernica Project anniversary celebration, or if you have ideas about making a presentation at the celebration or symposium contact Tom Anderson at tanderson@fsu.edu. For general information on The Kids’ Guernica Mural Project, go to: http://poieinkaiprattein.org/kids-guernica/ and/or http://www.kids-guernica.org/.

Children's Global Art Project Website

The Ussea/insea child art exchange online gallery is an on-line exhibition of children's artwork sponsored by the United States Society for Education in the Arts (USSEA). This project is designed to celebrate diverse activities and ideas within art education and is open to all USSEA and INSEA members. We believe that art is an important aspect of the aesthetic, emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth of children and young adults. Teachers can submit student work with to share with colleagues around the world in activities that promote peace, encourage tolerance and express their passion for art. We hope to begin a dialogue among members of USSEA, parents and teachers about the pedagogical and aesthetic impact of art in the lives of children and young adults.

To participate in the exchange contact:
Candice Schilz, Ed.D., Chair, Child Art Committee     cschilz@uco.edu
Alice Arnold, Ed.D.,   Member Child Art Committee   arnoldm@ecu.edu

ICAF (http://www.icaf.org)
The ICAF focuses primarily on children ages 8 to 12 because of the “4th grade slump.” These formative years are vital for the encouragement of empathy and moral-cognitive thinking. The ICAF’s Arts Olympiads, World Children’s Festivals, interactive exhibitions, and ChildArt magazine inspire the children, boost their self-esteem, develop trust among them, and build a creative nexus for the future. The ICAF’s innovative research, free lesson plans, and monthly newsletter, Sketches, provide teachers and parents the tools they need to enhance the creative and cooperative potential of children across the globe

International Collection of Child Art at Illinois State University Milner Library: http://www.library.ilstu.edu/icca/