Editor's corner

ChildArt, July-Sept, 2003 by Ashfaq Ishaq

Every four years ICAF organizes the world's premier international children's celebration, traditionally on the National Mall. The International ChildArt Festival is the culmination of ICAF's Arts Olympiad, which starts with local and national art competitions. ICAF's global competition is the most popular art competition program in the world, with more than one million children participating in the previous competition.

The competition theme this time was "Me in the New Millennium," so children could introduce themselves to the world at large through their own creativity and imagination.

In addition to the first public exhibition of the artworks, held on the Mall between the Smithsonian Museums, the 2003 International ChildArt Festival includes arts and crafts activities, entertainment and educational workshops. The festival schedule is included in this issue for your convenience.

ICAF is a charity organization and without financial support we cannot organize the festival. We are grateful to H.H. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Misnad of Qatar for her support of the festival and ICAF. We are also grateful H.H. Shaikha Hala Bint Daij Al-Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain for her sponsorship and support. Mr. George Rodrigue created the "Honesty" poster to raise funds for the festival, and we are most grateful to him and Wendy Rodrigue.

If you are at the festival, this issue will be a guide. If you are reading the magazine after the festival, we hope you can experience the creative excitement of children from around the world coming together to promote peace and hope on earth.