NYAB Event - "In Celebration of the 30th Year Anniversary of the Japanese Children’s Society: The Reflection of the World in Children’s Eyes" Exhibition

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At The Nippon Gallery
Media: Painting, Drawing

This exhibition is sponsored by the Japanese Consulate General in NY and Japan Overseas Educational Services.

There is something unintentionally hilarious and powerful in children’s pictures so that you think it hard to draw like them. However, these pictures are a reflection of the world itself in children’s eyes. In 1979, Japanese Children’s Society started with just 7 children in Manhattan. Since then, it has grown and currently has about 850 students including weekend school and after school students. Japanese Children’s Society marked its 30th anniversary this year. In celebration of it, we asked for essays and paintings from Japanese-learning children and children who are studying in Japanese from all over the world. The assigned theme of the “Statue of Liberty Art and Essay Contest” was “What do we want to take good care of?” What is most important for children nowadays? You are invited to see the selected winners which will be featured in our exhibit. Also on exhibit: “Ikuei Yume Karuta” in which the students of Japanese Children’s Society describe their dreams with Haiku and pictures.

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