Wednesday, September 10 - Children's Wellness Day

The National Mall (between 7th & 14th Streets)
Smithsonian Metro Station
(Delegates to meet at the Festival on the Mall at 9:00am)

WORLD STAGE
Special Program 11:00am to 12noon

11:00am Festival Opening Address - First Lady Mary Note of the Marshall Islands speaks on the importance of children's art and imagination - Introduction by Harriet Fulbright

The Crisman Sisters perform classical music

Tatiana Kostadinova, Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport, speaks on children and creativity

Maja Grassinger, Munchner Kunstler-Stiftung-Lenbachplatz, Germany, speaks on partnership with ICAF

Laura Corlin and friends sing, "What a difference a day makes"
11:30am Professor Dasgupta speaks on the art of George Rodrigue

Wendy Rodrigue speaks on art and ICAF
12 noon Closing Remarks - Dr. Ashfaq Ishaq, Executive Director ICAF

WORLD STAGE (continued)

12noon - 12:20pm Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kathy Byers performs award-winning original children's songs
12:20pm - 1:15pm "The Rhinestone Ranger" by Kids 4 Broadway
1:15pm - 2:00pm Kuwaiti Children's Performers: A Short Play - Introduction by Anwaar Al Aly, Kuwaiti Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
2:00pm - 2:20pm Laura Corlin and friends sing, "What a difference a day makes"
2:20pm - 2:35pm Art teachers Sandy Smith and Wren Boulton talk about art education
Jeffrey Roberts, The Crayon Artist, talks on children and creativity
2:35pm - 3:20pm "The Rhinestone Ranger" by Kids 4 Broadway
3:20pm - 3:35pm Julie Verschoyle talks about "Seeing Double - On Nature and the Arts"
3:35pm - 4:00pm Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kathy Byers performs award-winning original children's songs
4:00pm - 4:05pm Yellow House in Malaysia talks about the Arts Olympiad
4:05pm - 4:30pm Fundaci�n Arte al Barrio: Xemiramix Trujillo M., a five year old ballerina from Colombia, performs
4:30pm - 4:50pm Art teachers Dr. Martyna Bellesis and Vicky Loughran talk on children and creativity
4:50pm - 4:55pm ICAF's UK representative, Elaine Thomas, unveils an Angel created during the festival
4:55pm - 5:00pm Dr. Ashfaq Ishaq - festival closing remarks

ARTS & CRAFTS (Activities in the Arts & Crafts Studio tent)

12noon - 2:30pm The Crayon Artist, Jeffrey Roberts
The Sun Mural by Dr. Bellesis
Tie Dye by Gale Allen
"Light Songs/Dark Songs, Healing and Freedom through collage, by Sondra Harnes
2:30pm - 5:00pm Maori Art by Shona Hammond Boys (New Zealand Children's Art House Foundation)
Silk Painting by Sergey Gagauzov (Russia)
Edgar Degas and his dancers by Sandy Smith (New York)
Arts and crafts by Dr. Robin Clark
Arts and crafts by Dr. Cynthia Bickley Green

FESTIVAL SCHOOL (Workshops in the Festival School tent)

12noon - 1:15pm Children and Health by Valeria Menza, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger
1:15pm - 2:00pm Children's Environmental Health by Bryna Brennan, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
2:00pm - 2:45pm Dyslexia by Dean Baer and Marjory Jean Roth
2:45pm - 3:00pm About George Rodrigue by Professor Dasgupta
3:00pm - 4:00pm Leadership Training for parents and teachers by Gary de Carolis, Center for Community Leadership, Maryland
4:00pm - 5:00pm Leadership Training for children and youth by Gary de Carolis, Center for Community Leadership, Maryland