Children's Art Exhibitions: The Contexts and Challenges

Christine Stevenson
Margaret White
Institute of Early Childhood
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Citation: Stevenson, Christine and Margaret White (1995). "Children's Art Exhibitions: The Contexts and Challenges." Children's Environments 12 (3): 1-9. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

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Abstract

Children's art exhibitions can be static museum pieces or they can become dynamic and challenging catalysts for human engagement. The impetus to create exhibitions of children's art involves the consideration of social, political and educational issues. Some exhibitions in London, Montreal, the USA, India and Australia over the last five decades are examined in terms of such issues, together with the motivation of the adults who organized them. The contemporary interest in using exhibitions as a means to reconstruct the teaming process and thereby to heighten their communicative potential is addressed. The Hundred Languages of Children exhibition from Reggio Emilia, Italy, is viewed as making a positive contribution to the creative potential of children's art exhibitions.

Keywords: children's art exhibitions, Reggio Emilia, education, child art