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Art and Culture

By Miriam Fogelson

Children's creativity and imagination produce a critical point of view that is frequently ignored and under developed. Children and young people participate in many art and culture initiatives that allow them to understand and enjoy the difficult world in which they live. They can express their own feelings and experiences through painting, drawing, acting, taking pictures, films, singing, dancing and playing sports, among many others activities.

Orphanage and dance company unite for AIDS awareness

Children perform at Maputo's most prestigious national theatre to commemorate World AIDS Day 2005
Author:UNICEF ESARO/Lewnes/ /2005

Summary: This article describes a strategy for drawing on children's participation in the performing arts to communicate AIDS messages. Author Alexia Lewnes illustrates what she characterises as "the transforming power of art" by describing a collaboration between an orphanage and "one of Africa's most celebrated dance companies". As detailed here, in mid-October 2005, members of the National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique, with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) support,...

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ProyectArte Graduate Profile: Juan Balza

One of Juan Balza’s new fotopinturas (photopaintings) from his recent solo show at Isidro Miranda gallery in Buenos Aires.

Graduates in front of works by Iván Enquin, ProyectArte class of 2005, on view at the Johnson & Johnson Arts Center.

ProyectArte graduates at the studio of artist-in-residence Christian Maychack at Headlands Center for the Arts near San Francisco.

Several of ProyectArte's recent graduates are embarking on promising careers in the art world. A good example is the case of Juan Balza, ProyectArte Class of 2005, who began at ProyectArte in 2004 at the age of 17. After graduating from ProyectArte, Juan began working in the Buenos Aires studio of renowned Argentine Painter Ricardo Roux, whom he met when Roux gave a talk to ProyectArte students in 2005 as...

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Comments on the State of the World’s Children 2007

Ben Amick’s comments on the paper: UNICEF (2007), The State of the World’s Children 2007, Chapters 1 & 2, UNICEF, New York.

In the State of the World’s Children 2007, the focus is on gender equality for social and......

Children and Participation: Research, Monitoring and Evaluation with Children and Young People

Participation is a right and this briefing is about using participation in information gathering during research, monitoring and evaluation with children and young people.

While there is plenty of practical help for those engaged in projects,advocacy and policy making,......

Long-Term Effects of Head Start on Low-Income Children

A growing body of research suggests that the first few years of life are a particularly promising time to intervene in the lives of low-income children, although the long-term effects on children of the U.S. government's primary early childhood program—Head......