Tuesday, September 9 - Mother Earth 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
Festival Opening Program 11:00am - 12:00pm

11:00am Welcoming Remarks - Portia Davidson, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Ceylon sings "Paint Me a Picture," a song composed for the 2003 International ChildArt Festival

Welcoming Remarks - Harriet M. Fulbright, ICAF Chairman

Festival Opening Address - Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter

Welcoming Remarks - Dr. Saif Al-Hajari, Vice Chairman, Qatar Foundation

George Rodrigue speaks on the importance of art
11:30am Kuwaiti Children's Performers: A Short Play - "Education Old Style" - Introduction by Anwaar Al Aly, Kuwaiti Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

Dr. Paul Vance, Superintendent of DC Public Schools, speaks on the importance of arts education - Introduction by Dorothy Pierce McSweeney
12noon Closing Remarks - Dr. Ashfaq Ishaq, ICAF Executive Director

WORLD STAGE (continued)

12noon - 12:15pm Fundaci�n Arte al Barrio: Xemiramix Trujillo M., a five year old ballerina from Colombia, performs
12:15pm - 12:25pm ICAF partners in UK, Peru and Germany speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
12:25pm - 12:50pm "Mr. ICEWorm Goes to Washington" by IceWorm. Audience members interact in a series of skits that use body language and gestures to create a variety of situations
12:50pm - 1:05pm ICAF partners in India and Nigeria speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
1:05pm - 1:30pm The Guild of Nigerian Dancers performs an adaptation of Nigeria's newest folk music sensation, The Journey of the Drum
1:30pm - 1:40pm ICAF partners in Pakistan and Ghana speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
1:40pm - 2:00pm Ceylon sings "Paint Me a Picture," a song composed for the 2003 International ChildArt Festival
2:05pm - 2:15pm ICAF partners in Mexico and New Zealand speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
2:15pm - 2:30pm Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kathy Byers performs award-winning original children's songs
2:30pm - 2:40pm Mr. Dennis Kellison, Superintendent of the Winchester Schools, speaks on the importance of art education
2:40pm - 3:00pm The Crisman Sisters perform classical music
3:00pm - 3:10pm Art teachers from Singapore and Russia speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
3:10pm - 3:30pm "Mr. ICEWorm Goes to Washington" by IceWorm. Audience members interact in a series of skits that use body language and gestures to create a variety of situations
3:30pm - 3:40pm Art teachers from Austria and Latvia speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
3:40pm - 4:10pm The Journey of the Drum by the Guild of Nigerian Dancers
4:10pm - 4:20pm ICAF partners in Brazil and Malaysia speak about the Arts Olympiad in their countries
4:20pm - 4:40pm Ceylon sings "Paint Me a Picture," a song composed for the 2003 International ChildArt Festival
4:40pm - 4:50pm Dr. Clark and Dr. Bellesis speak on the importance of arts education
4:50pm - 4:55pm Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kathy Byers performs award-winning original children's songs
4:55pm - 5:00pm Dr. Ashfaq Ishaq - festival closing remarks

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

12noon - 2:30pm Making Angels by Elaine Thomas (United Kingdom)
Hot Louisiana Crawfish by Judy Johnson (Louisiana)
Music Expression through Art by Kathy Byers (New Jersey)
2:30pm - 5pm Special Project on Art and Ecology by the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
Edgar Degas and his dancers by Sandy Smith (New York)
Mixed Media Portraits by the Capitol Children's Museum (Washington, DC)
Face to Face - children create portraits of each other by Julie Verschoyle (Texas)

FESTIVAL SCHOOL (Workshops in the Festival School tent)

12noon - 1:30pm Friends of the National Zoo program by Pat Petrella
1:30pm - 2:15pm EarthWatch teacher Linda Eades Wells discusses how you and your child can get involved in environmental research
2:15pm - 3:00pm "The Danger and Concern of Childhood Obesity" by Francisco Semia, D.C. Department of Health
3:00pm - 4:00pm "Children's Environment & Art" by Dr. Robin Clark, Seminar for Research in Art Education
4:00pm - 5:00pm Children's Creativity Research by Dr. Cynthia Bickley-Green, Seminar for Research in Art Education