Art and Childhood

Art and Childhood

Vol 21 no 2, 2001


Guest editor: Felicity Fenner The depiction of children in art has steadily diminished in recent decades as attitudes to childhood itself have changed. The influence of child art on modernism has not been adequately acknowledged, and contemporary art shows a huge debt to notions of children's play, games and adolescent pastimes. Children are now being considered in museums as audience and also as guides for the public. Art by young people is exhibited in hospitals. Spotlight on new research into autism and artistic ability.


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Kidding Around: Children in the Visual Arts

Stephanie Lindquist, feature

Throughout the twentieth century the spontaneous, vibrant art of children has provided inspiration and insight to avant-garde artists the world over. Although artists and educators have acknowledged the potential of children's art and the importance of nurturing creativity for over a century, it has taken considerably longer for government and the arts infrastructure to realise the needs of young artists. Lindquist looks at some of the international and local initiatives fostering young artists, concluding that a greater respect and nurturing of child art via a shift in the priorities of the Australia Council and other arts funding bodies is essential.



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