Children’s Art Day
View events open to families here,
or school-only events here.
Please note: registrations for CHildren's Art Day 2009 have now closed.
"My cousin Jane is a brilliant sculptor and her Fun Clay Day is going to be a
whole lot of fun."
Sir Paul McCartney
"Art is an essential part of all our lives and it is never too early or too late to begin. Children are never innocent, but their
fresh vision opens our eyes to the world... Children's Art Day has created a new focus for celebrating achievement in the visual arts."
Sir Nicholas Serota
"Art is the ultimate playground: a place for fun, adventure and innovation. With so many school art programmes under threat Children's
Art Day is a vital way to engage children and young people in something which will bring them lifelong pleasure."
Loyd Grossman
Children's Art Day 2007 event
Fabrica Gallery, Brighton
Children's Art Day was set up as part of the Artworks programme run by the Clore Duffield Foundation.
It is the national programme encouraging children, young people, families and teachers to engage with visual art.
Children's Art Day takes place during
Shine week - a
national schools festival celebrating talent in all young people. On Thursday 9 July the spotlight will be on the
Visual Arts. Children's Art Day in 2009, managed by
engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, is
supported by the
Clore Duffield Foundation,
the
Mayor of London, and
Visit London.
All London-based Children's Art Day events registered before 15 May 2009 were automatically listed in a specially
commissioned
Time Out supplement. All participating venues have received balloons and stickers with Children's
Art Day branding, and have been offered support to attract media coverage for their events.
In 2007 ninety-eight organisations ran events as part of Children's Art Day. To find out more about events in 2007 and previous years,
click here.
If you have any questions or ideas for future events, please email
laura.cherry@engage.orgor call engage on 020 7729 5858