As we get ready for a new decade, publications present their highlights of the 2010s. We look back at a most revealing and touching artistic perspective on the lives of children around the world. James Mollison‘s images from his book Where they sleep, remind us that there is still much to uncover and discuss about children’s place in our world. Do all children draw? Some authors seem to think so, but probably not all of them do. Do all children play? One can only hope so, but maybe not all of them do. One thing is sure, all children dream. Let’s hope we all do.
Where they sleep. By James Mollison, Source: jamesmollison.com , 15 December 2019.
Give us one more reason to celebrate this season, by making both a donation and a contribution to the Collection. Snow or not, let’s keep the memories merry and safe. Like Mathieu did some 20 years ago already.
Did you know that Santa likes to receive letters all year round? Canada Post handles all his mail. At CDIC-CIDE, we have that in common with the Old Man. We like to receive mail and Canada Post handles it for us too. The differences are that we do not travel as fast, and stay up all night. The one thing we do for real, is to preserve your drawings and your letters forever: Use our Contribution Form, email and or mail us.
Write a letter to Santa. Source: Canada Post, 24 November 2019.
Whether you are a parent, a grand-parent, a teacher, a lawyer or all of the above, remember above all to mind children’s rights and the upcoming Universal Children’s Day on November 20th. Visit the UN site and read the 1959 declaration and the 1989 convention. There is more for the savvy legal professional, Baker McKenzie will be hosting yet another annual summit on the issue this December 3rd. This time in California and you will never guess in whose headquarters.
Children’s Right Summit 2019. Source: bakerxchange.com, 10 November 2019.
CDIC-CIDE is a young organization and we do not have yet a permanent physical exhibition space. For the time being, we retained the services of a fantastic record management company as our repository. Command Records Management is located in London Ontario. It offers state of the art services and facilities, with respect to international ARMA and PRISM standards. Rest assure that your contributions of precious artefacts are safe with us and taken care of professionally and respectfully.
We are working towards making our collection searchable online. Tell us what interest you the most in children’s drawings and which criteria you would use in our search tool. Tell us whether you would select primarily country of origin, date, age, subject portrayed, theme or other criteria. If you use often a search tool that you prefer to others, please share your preference with us. We are currently considering Access to Memory (AtoM) open source software by Artefactual Systems.
We share this fun-to-read article by Mary Townsend, published in The Atlantic: Throw Your Children’s Art Away. We certainly feel for families facing the dilemma. However, we are an archives and we are all about conservation. No longer feel torn apart between keep or toss… we are the alternative, contribute to the collection.
If a scholar can have a fan base, count us among his: Professor Jonathan D. Fineberg, Director of the Ph.D. in Creativity at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Why are we fans? When a scholar has such a polished website, and generously introduces the readers to his published research, how can one not be drawn into it?
Cheers to The Queensland Pineapple. Certainly one of the most colorful magazines you can find online, that praises children’s creativity. It is well put together and shows much respect for the published works. Kudos to Vivienne Lang for this Australian initiative. Of course, we are curious to know whether the originals are preserved.
