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May 23, 2008: SICHUAN HEALING ARTS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

Apr 14, 2008: Managing Editor and ChildArt Themes Announced

Jan 26, 2008: 2008 Mayor's Arts Award Finalist For Outstanding Contribution To Arts Education

Jan 02, 2008: The ICAF wishes all the children and their teachers and parents best wishes for a happy and peaceful New Year.

Nov 05, 2007: Charity Auction on eBay to Fund Art for Children Worldwide

Sep 18, 2007: UNESCO Observatory Publishes Article on ICAF's Accomplishments

Aug 20, 2007: Dubai's Canvas Magazine publishes ICAF views on art, knowledge and leadership

Jul 02, 2007: Children Create Masterpieces for World Leaders

Jun 29, 2007: The 2007 Festival a truly global event

Jun 27, 2007: World Children's Awards announced

Jun 05, 2007: Creative LEGO building event to provide family entertainment at the World Children's Festival

May 10, 2007: National School Board Association endorses the World Children's Festival

Apr 30, 2007: The Arts Olympiad finalists announced

Jan 17, 2007: 2007 World Children's Festival to take place in Washington on June 23-26

Dec 28, 2006: The Lancet publishes an essay on ICAF

Nov 30, 2006: CyberTherapy comes to Washington Register for the conference today!

Oct 24, 2006: IBM and Lisbon City Council support the Children of Katrina exhibition

Oct 10, 2006: Yahoo! selects ICAF as a charity for its Time Capsule

Sep 08, 2006: A Summer of Exhibitions in Washington DC

Jul 11, 2006: Ispovision Summer 06 to display ICAF.s Figurine Exhibition in Munich on July 16-18

Jun 14, 2006: ICAF joins Cultural Delegation to the UAE

Jun 08, 2006: UAE Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna was Guest of Honor at the European Children's Festival

May 31, 2006: Louise T. Blouin MacBain to give Keynote Address at the First European Festival of Children's Art & Creativity

May 24, 2006: Croatia's First Lady joins ICAF's Honorary Board

May 04, 2006: Art from European Festival to Travel the World

Apr 03, 2006: Maestro Zubin Mehta lends support to European Children's Festival

Mar 21, 2006: Art Auction at Youth Mega-Event to Support Healing Arts

Feb 16, 2006: "My Favorite Sport" Exhibition opens at the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA)on March 9th

Feb 09, 2006: "My Favorite Sport" Exhibition in Turin on 12 February

Jan 16, 2006: ICAF's First International Cultural Figurines and Children's Puppets Exhibition

Jan 12, 2006: Happy New Year

Jan 03, 2006: World Bank Hosts ICAF's Healing Arts Exhibition and Panel Discussion

Nov 23, 2005: ICAF to present at UNESCO's World Conference on Arts Education

Nov 22, 2005: ICAF Promoted Across Germany to Build Momentum for the European Children's Festival

Nov 01, 2005: One Million Chinese children to participate in Arts Olympiad

Oct 31, 2005: Over 200 Israeli Schools Participate in the Arts Olympiad

Oct 30, 2005: ICAF participates in Culture and International History conference at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Dec 19-21

Sep 23, 2005: ICAF Urges World Bank to Focus on Children's Creative Development

Sep 12, 2005: ICAF Announces Katrina Healing Arts Program to Benefit Kids

Aug 25, 2005: Arts Olympiad Finalists' Art On Exhibit at Cosi, Washington, DC

Aug 19, 2005: ICAF donates art to promote global child mental health campaign

Aug 12, 2005: United Nations Under-Secretary General expresses support for the Arts Olympiad

Aug 11, 2005: ICAF.org's online learning center is newly reorganized, with expanded kids' section including challenging games. Check it out in the resources section!

Aug 10, 2005: Arts Olympiad selected as Innovation of the Week by the Leader to Leader Institute of New York

Aug 02, 2005: Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors featured in July/Aug 2005 issue of "Children's Voice" magazine.

Aug 01, 2005: Italian Ministry of Culture gives its support for the next 4 years to 3rd Arts Olympiad.

Jul 19, 2005: ICAF establishes long-term art therapy partnership in Sri Lanka

Jun 29, 2005: Child art show by tsunami survivors at Carlisle Arts Learning Center in Pennsylvania

Jun 17, 2005: The Children and Girls' Centers of Sharjah, ICAF's National Partner for the United Arab Emirates, held art and sport competitions June 8, 2005 in Sharjah as part of the Third Arts Olympiad.

Jun 14, 2005: ICAF and virtual reality (VR) experts explore ways of utilizing VR techonology to help children overcome trauma and phobias.

Jun 12, 2005: ICAF begins discussions on global collaboration with the English-Speaking Union to promote international understanding.

Jun 03, 2005: ICAF to present at "Childhoods today: fear and freedom in growing up" a Cumberland Lodge Conference at The Great Park, Windsor, UK on June 3-5.

May 28, 2005: ICAF to present at the 10th Cyber Therapy Conference in Switzerland on June 8th.

May 24, 2005: ICAF advisory board member and curriculum consultant Robin Clark, Ph.D. to give KEYNOTE ADDRESS at the 2005 Education Conference of the P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children's Education, held October 29-31, 2005.

May 24, 2005: ICAF e.V. opens the first children and youth art gallery in Munich! Opening reception Friday, June 17, 2005.

Apr 28, 2005: Gernika, Spain - ICAF presents on "Peace Through Art and Sport" at 5th International Peace Museum Conference, May 2-5, 2005.

Apr 28, 2005: Herndon, Virginia - This weekend! Metamorphosis Art Show, Saturday April 30. Original fine art for sale, live music, performance art. To benefit Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors.

Apr 28, 2005: Tokyo, Japan - Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors benefit event Thursday, May 8 at Loop-Line. Film, mixed media, music, dance, art.

Apr 20, 2005: Malaysia kicks off the Third Arts Olympiad

Apr 19, 2005: Carpe Diem, Third Arts Olympiad National Partner in Italy, exhibited at Bologna Children's Book Fair

Apr 05, 2005: ICAF e.V. wins EU's COMENIUS as a partner for the Third Arts Olympiad in Europe

Apr 04, 2005: International forum on sports and the arts, featuring the Arts Olympiad, at AAHPERD conference in Chicago April 12-16.

Mar 31, 2005: Celebrated New York City Artist Jaime Arredondo Supports Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors

Mar 25, 2005: Metamorphosis Art Show set for April 30th in Metro DC area. Donations received during event to benefit Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors.

Mar 22, 2005: ICAF invited to present at the 5th International Peace Museum Conference in Gernika-Lumo, Spain, held May 2-5, 2005. ICAF will showcase children's art and discuss its Peace Through Art and Sport Methodology. The conference is organized by the Gernika Peace Museum.

Mar 09, 2005: ICAF sponsors child art display at 2005 Annual Conference of the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)'s conference "Children 2005: Crossing the Cultural Divide" on March 9-11 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC.

Mar 04, 2005: NOW AVAILABLE: Sign up today for our monthly newsletter, Sketches, and stay in touch with the latest ICAF news and events around the world!

Feb 22, 2005: Training guidelines for workshop leaders working with children in the tsunami-affected areas available for download. The guidelines are an essential first step in ICAF's Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors program.

Jan 28, 2005: The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) joins as supporter of Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors, ICAF's healing and recovery program for child survivors of the tsunami.

Jan 27, 2005: Igor Babailov: New ICAF Advisory Board member

Jan 13, 2005: ICAF launches art therapy program "Healing Arts for Tsunami Survivors" to help children recover from psychological trauma of tsunami disaster.

Jan 12, 2005: Learn what our talented finalists are doing now! Explore "Our Kids: The Arts Olympians", the newest section of the ICAF website.

Jan 10, 2005: British schoolchildren donate tsunami relief supplies to Sri Lanka via ICAF's UK representative. Click for more info and how to help.

Jan 01, 2005: URGENT APPEAL: tsunami update and in-kind donation request from ICAF's partner in Sri Lanka.

Dec 20, 2004: The Art Director's Club of Germany nominates ICAF's Utopia Station cd-rom design project for the spring 2005 contest.

Dec 2004: The Artist's Magazine describes the Arts Olympiad as "Going for Gold - Children around the world compete for the most prestigious award of all: world peace"

Nov 13, 2004: ICAF to present at symposium "Visual Culture of Childhood: Child Art After Modernism" organized by the School of Visual Art, Pennsylvania State University. The symposium will be held at The Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA on Nov 11-13, 2004. ICAF executive director will make a presentation on ICAF's Arts Olympiad on Nov 13 from 10:30am-11:20am. Over 200 educators and experts are registered to attend.

Nov 2004: ICAF awarded the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation, Honorable Mention by the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

Oct 28, 2004: Children's Utopias on exhibit in Munich

Oct 25, 2004: SchoolArts magazine publishes article on ICAF's third Arts Olympiad and its Peace Through Art and Sport methodology. Written by ICAF executive director, it is the lead article in the November 2004 issue of SchoolArts.

Oct 01, 2004: ICAF INTRODUCES CHILDREN'S UTOPIAS IN THE UTOPIA STATION: ICAF's newest exhibit explores the personal Utopias of children from around the world.

Sep 07, 2004: ICAF wins the World Culture Open (WCO) 2004 Award for Exemplary Humanitarian Service in Seoul, Korea.

Aug 09, 2004: ICAF organizes focus group for Faith Popcorn's Brain Reserve.

Aug 06, 2004: ICAF Online Store GRAND OPENING!!! Announcing the Grand Opening of our new online store. Be sure to check out our monthly specials!

Aug 06, 2004: ICAF Executive Director Ashfaq Ishaq speaks at the 2004 Army Family Action Program (AFAP) conference. The AFAP focuses on building future leaders, and challenges Army youth to create educational and cultural art projects which receive national and international visibility.

Aug 2004: ICAF receives Certificate of Appreciation from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, in recognition of work with the Army Family Action Plan.

Jun 15, 2004: We are pleased to announce the establishment of ICAF e.V. in Germany!

May 03, 2004: ICAF participates in UNESCO's inaugural meeting for World Conference on Arts Education

Apr 25, 2004: ICAF ED receives a prestigious community award in Los Angeles

Apr 23, 2004: INTERNATIONAL CHILD ARTISTS WEIGH IN ON 9/11, WAR IN IRAQ, AIDS. The International Child Art Foundation's (ICAF) newest exhibit gives voice to the hopes and fears of young artists.

Apr 20, 2004: ICAF ED chairs session at the World Summit on Media for Children in Rio

Apr 2004: Come see the "Peace Through Art" totem pole, created by the youth of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. The "Peace Through Art" totem pole will be exhibited from 15-30 April 2004 in the Pentagon in Corridor #9.

Apr 2004: ICAF Founder to chair session on using media intelligently and creatively at the 4th World Summit on Media for Children in Rio de Janeiro.

Apr 2004: Art Students ages 6-12! Click here to find out how to nominate your favorite dance, music, theater, or visual arts teacher to be the next Barbie Arts Teacher of the Year. Sponsored by The Entertainment Industry Foundation and Mattell. Nomination deadline April 15.

Feb 2004: UTOPIA COMPETITION! Click here to download submission form. What is the future? ICAF Germany announces an International Poster Competition: UTOPIA STATION II for children 6 - 15 years old, in collaboration with the Haus der Kunst, Germany. Download the guidelines and submission form here!

Jan 2004: ICAF and China - Official visit by Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

Dec 2003: Join us at the Gallery for the Arts Slam, an event focused on children's rights worldwide!

Nov 14, 2003: ICAF receives Certificate of Appreciation from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Family and Child Services of Washington, DC.

Nov 2003: ICAF to benefit from the official release of the Michael Jackson single What More Can I Give.

Oct 2003: ICAF partners with the Qatar Foundation on Innovations in Education: The Arts and Science Partnership, the first in a series of symposiums that focus on cutting-edge research in education.

Sep 11, 2003: DC Mayor Anthony Williams Declares September 11, 2003 "Children's Peace Day"

Sep 2003: ICAF exhibition at IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting in Dubai.

Sep 04, 2003: International ChildArt Festival on September 9-11 on the National Mall

Aug 02, 2003: ICAF recognized by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Jul 24, 2003: George Rodrigue's "Honesty" supports 2003 International ChildArt Festival

Mar 2003: Mr. George Rodrigue, artist and author, famous for his Blue Dog artwork, joins ICAF Advisory Board.

Feb 2003: Her Highness Sheikha Hala Bint Nasser Daij Al-Khalifa, Spouse of the Crown Prince, Kingdom of Bahrain, joins ICAF Honorary Board.

Jan 2003: Mrs. Lydia Moore of Naval Services FamilyLine, and wife of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Vice Admiral Charles Moore, joins ICAF Advisory Board.

Oct 15, 2002: ICAF's Arts Olympiad, also known as the "ChildArt and Creativity Program", recognized as Innovation of the Week by the Leader-to-Leader Institute of New York, New York

Oct 2002: ICAF's Peace Through Art methodology is Stockholm Challenge Finalist

Jul 2002: Peace Through Art Program for youth in Cyprus

Jun 2002: ICAF Executive Director writes on the importance of creativity.

Dec 2001: U.S. Army Chief of Staff's wife hosts ICAF Chairman at the Pentagon.

Nov 2001: ICAF Executive Director named Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce

Sep 2001: ICAF is Stockholm Challenge Finalist, Stockholm, Sweden

Sep 2001: On the Global Digital Divide: ICAF's Executive Director writes for the International Monetary Fund.

Jul 23, 2001: ICAF Executive Director receives 2001-2002 Francis Hesselbein Community Innovation Fellowship

Jun 2001: Formation of the VCP International Advisory Board

Mar 2001: Virtual Creativity Playground (VCP) for children announced

Jan 2001: Theme announced for the Second Arts Olympiad - Me in the New Millennium

Dec 2000: Washington as World Capital of the Children's Creativity & Imagination initiative

Sep 2000: First Ladies' Forum on Children in New York City

Mar 2000: The Washington Forum on the Future of Our Children established

Jun 2000: ICAF receives the Bravo's 2000 National Arts Education Award, for making a difference in children's lives through art.

Dec 31, 1999: Children's art exhibited at White House Millennium Celebration! The White House invited ICAF to exhibit children's art from around the world and organize art workshops for local children, at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center building in Washington, DC.

Dec 1999: Dec 1999 to Feb 2000 - ICAF exhibition at the United Nations: World 2000 Mural exhibited in the public lobby of the UN Headquarters, New York City

Jun 30, 1999: ChildArt 2000, the world's largest International Children's Celebration

Jun 29, 1999: First Children's Creativity Symposium

May 1999: Over one million artworks created under the Millennium Program

Sep 1998: ChildArt USA, the first-ever national children's art festival in the United States

Jun 1998: 19 First Ladies join ICAF's Honorary Board

May 1998: ICAF Website launched

Apr 1998: First issue of ChildArt magazine

Dec 1997: ICAF launches the Millennium Program

Apr 1997: ICAF incorporated and registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization