ChildArt articles from January 2004

ChildArt archives from January 2004

Editor's corner.
January 1, 2004... Dear Readers, 2003 was an incredibly busy year for us at ICAF. We received hundreds of works of art every month as entries for our global art competition. We had to catalogue the art, scan it and frame the winning pieces. We planned our...

Art and science.(Perspective)
January 1, 2004... So you want to be creative? Then be part of the "creative class". Or even better, be part of a "creative community. Create new products and ideas, and make a difference! It is very important to learn about the creative process. Certainly...

Performance goes to school!(Tool Tech)
January 1, 2004... Many schools are increasingly exploring the integration of arts curriculum with other subject areas. Flexible thinking, creative thinking, and critical thinking are nurtured by such a curriculum. Gaining and regularly using skills such as these...

Art dissolves boundaries and feeds minds.(Talking Pictures)
January 1, 2004... Imagine a world without art, creativity or imagination. Everything would be made up of straight lines, no colors and no life. People everywhere from Canton to Chicago would all think the same, look the same, act the same, talk the same, and do...

Escher and the Alhambra.(Globe Trotter)
January 1, 2004... Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch artist in the 1920s and 1930s who is famous for using math to create complicated patterns, called tessellations. To create a tessellation you draw a polygon (a multiple sided shape such as a square, triangle...

How will science affect the future? Jean-Michel Basquiat & Peter Gana.(Masterpiece)
January 1, 2004... Science continually changes our world. It changes the way we travel and the medicine we take, and also helps improve the condition of the environment. However, science is also responsible for the weapons of war and the pollution of nature. In...

Music to math: thinking in pictures.(Palette)
January 1, 2004... Do you get bleary-eyed trying to figure out an equation, a word problem, or related symbols in math class? Well you're not alone--many kids find math challenging. It can be boring and tough and impossible to comprehend. Well, now you...

Malaysia: Philbert Tiki Yong.(Spotlight)
January 1, 2004... An eleven-year-old stands alone above a piece of canvas. Most of the other children have left the mural painting area, but Philbert Tiki Yong of Malaysia is holding a bottle of water in his hand. He sprays the canvas from up high, surveys the...

Pakistan: Salaar Khan.(Spotlight)
January 1, 2004... Salaar Khan, a ten year old boy from Pakistan, represented his country at the 2003 Festival He has grown up speaking many languages. His mother communicates with him in Pashto, the language of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan, The...

Can you record the creative process?(Digital Art)
January 1, 2004... Do you think that art is made only with a paintbrush? What about a mouse or keyboard? Artists today use new technologies more and more. Computers, scanners and digital cameras are just some of the tools that are used to explore and make art....

Greetings from Paeroa Children's Art House of New Zealand!(Bulletin Board)
January 1, 2004... We are very interested in a more peaceful world, and hope to make out art house a peace center. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jes Muhammad, Junior Ambassador of Yellow House, Malaysia, in the Paeroa Childrens's Art House. [ILLUSTRATION...

Painting world peace ... through the eyes of children".(Bulletin Board)
January 1, 2004... ICAF announces a 60-minute television documentary on the 2003 International ChildArt Festival. "Colorful, hopeful, energetic, thought-provoking, dynamic! The raw materials of this show are talented energetic children from around the world,...