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Leila Ortiz, 8
In this drawing there are 2 best friends wanting to hug each other but they aren't allowed due to CoVid19.
We at the Children's Art Foundation were very lucky to be given these extraordinary felt pen drawings by the Egyptian government in the late 1970s. Besides being unusually strong works of children's art most of them depict a day in history that still resonates: the visit by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Israel in 1977 to negotiate a peace treaty.
Self Portraits
These are the winners of our first Selfie Contest. Never in history have so many people taken so many photographs of themselves as we are doing now. I think many of us think of "selfies" as self-indulgent throw-away pictures. But that is not what you sent me. What you sent in were thoughtful photographs.
I want to thank everyone who participated in this contest.
These paintings from children in Switzerland were created in the 1960s. We particularly love the old fashioned zoo scenes where children ride elephants. Two street scenes from the city of Basel show a clear winter day and grey winter day. Both are wonderfully evocative of a city in winter in Northern climates. Note the fabulous old black convertible in the grey scene.
I purchased these paintings from Semachw Messfn in Ethiopia in 2004. Sumachaw was ten years old. He is a Coptic Christian. This is an ancient branch of Christianity. These paintings are made within an ancient tradition of Coptic religious art. There are religions that embrace religious paintings. Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism are examples.
This extraordinary selection of woodcuts is from a single school in Japan. We are not certain when they were made. We have had them for more than thirty years. Our guess is they date from the 1970s. Each print is a powerful work of art, and taken together they represent a staggering display of masterful woodcuts by students ages 12 to 15. The self-portraits are strikingly focused.
Originally published in Stone Soup Magazine, September/October 1994
Special thanks to Sheila Crane, who taught in Emil's school in Rundu, for sending us his work.
First published on the cover of Stone Soup Magazine, March/April 1993
"Divided Island," by Sofia Kakoulli, age 11, of Cyprus, is part of the Children's Art Foundation's permanent collection. Sofia was a student of A. Pavlou at the Ergates-Nicosia School when she made her painting. It was donated to the Children's Art Foundation by the Greek-Cypriot government.