Children's Art Day

The celebrations for Children's Art Day will take place all week from 6-12 July 2009 in schools, galleries and museums across London. Children’s Art Day is a national programme, which provides opportunities for thousands of children, young people, families and teachers to encourage interest, develop expertise & skills in the visual arts.

In 2009, Children’s Art Day will take place during Shine week – a national schools festival celebrating talent in all young people run by the DCFS and on Thursday 9 July the spotlight will be on the visual arts and will profile high quality art projects and artists.

All galleries, museums, schools, youth and community organisations are invited to take part in Children’s Art Day. The first 150 venues registering events will receive a grant of £50 as seed funding for an event, which can be claimed on the event’s completion and on submission of a brief report.

All participating venues will receive balloons and stickers with Children’s Art Day branding, and will be offered support to attract media coverage for their events. All London-based Children’s Art Day events will also automatically be listed in a commissioned Time Out guide and receive a postcard for young participants outlining opportunities to gain training, education and employment in the visual arts sector.

Children’s Art Day in 2009 will by run and promoted by engage, the National Association for Gallery Education and supported by the Clore Duffield Foundation, the Mayor of London and Kids Love London, part of Visit London.

• Children's Art Day guide PDF

Further information about Children's Art Day can be found on the engage website.

To sign up to take part in Shine Week 2009, please visit www.shineweek.co.uk

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