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The International Child Art Foundation | 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20036-1702
MEDIA ADVISORY
October 1, 2004
CONTACT: Media Relations
Phone: (202) 530-1000
Fax: (202) 530-1080
E-mail: media@icaf.org
Url: www.icaf.org
ICAF INTRODUCES CHILDREN'S UTOPIAS IN THE UTOPIA STATION
The International Child Art Foundation's (ICAF) newest exhibit explores the personal Utopias of children from around the world.
WHAT: Children from around the world created artworks on the theme "Utopia - children imagine and paint their future." Young artists ages 4-18 from 70 countries submitted drawings, collages, photographs, and poems illustrating their visions of utopia. The exhibition curators for Haus der Kunst in Munich are Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija. A second exhibition sponsored by Ed/Meiers Art is at Odeonsplatz subway station in downtown Munich; the vitrines have been designed by the famous Italian designer, Enzo Mari. Young artists across Germany as well as Austria, Croatia, Georgia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the United States will participate in the exhibition openings and collaboratively create art. View selected utopias online at www.icaf.org/resources/artgallery/icafgallery.htm.
- WHEN: Thursday, October 7, 2004
- Press conference - 11 am, Haus der Kunst
- Exhibition opening - 6:00 pm, Odeonsplatz subway station
- Exhibition opening and musical performance - 8:00 pm, Haus der Kunst.
- October 7, 2004 to January 18, 2005 - Digital presentation of artworks at Haus der Kunst
WHERE: Haus der Kunst & Odeonsplatz subway station
Munich, Germany
WHY: Following the exhibition of works by contemporary artists during the 2003 Venice Biennale, in 2004 the Utopia Station organizers invited the International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) to introduce children's utopias. ICAF believes that the children's messages need to be heard because these works of art show how children from all different walks of life see the future of the world around them. After all, the future is what children make of it!
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The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) in Washington, DC and ICAF e.V. in Munich, Germany are charity organizations. ICAF's mission is to prepare children for a creative and cooperative future through the arts, so children can lead us into a safer, better world.
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