ICS Kid's Art Festival 12-13 September 2009
This year we are celebrating our tenth anniversary with ICS Kid’s Art Festival, the first undergraduate visual arts festival featuring works by children aged from 6 to 15 years living in Suisse Romande and neighbouring France.
During the past 10 years ICS has provided space for young artists to exhibit and promote their paintings on our premises. This year we have decided to continue to support art through this art festival and share our success with the local community by giving the kids a unique opportunity to participate to 2 day art atelier with professional artists that will take place in our offices on:
12 and 13 September 2009
from 10:00 am to 18:00 pm
29, Quai du Mont Blanc - Geneva
in the same historic residence, where the renowned Swiss painter, Ferdinand Hodler, used to live between 1910-1918.
The theme of ICS Kid’s Art Festival: "My Alps" is inspired by the work of Ferdinand Hodler, who has painted a significant number of Alpine scenes, landscapes, and a lot of works portraying lakes and mountains. We chose this theme to encourage children to "look" and "connect" with their surroundings and learn about the work and life of Mr. Hodler.
An international jury panel consisting of top level art historians, seasoned art business professionals and art connoisseurs will select 3 winners out of the 2 different age categories, followed by a 90-day exhibition of the kid’s paintings and a vernissage with winner announcements and prize remittal on 28 November 2009. Finally a calendar will be published with the children’s paintings. All proceedings from any sales of the paintings and calendar will be donated to a Charity of ICS choice.
All participants to the art atelier are requested to register via online registration form on ICS website. Registration and participation is free. Deadline for registration is September, 11th 2009. To learn more about registration and participation requirements and book the desired date and time slot, please click here or follow the corresponding link below.
ICS Kid's Art Festival online registration form
Professional artists participating to the art atelier 12-13 September 2009
Read more about Ferdinand Hodler, his life and his works
View the "Ferdinand Hodler image gallery" offered by Swissinfo
If you require any additional information, please contact ICS by phone +41 (0) 22 908 02 45 or send your questions with the online registration form.
You can get a copy of ICS Kid's Art Festival poster, available here as a pdf to download.
ICS Kid's Art Festival Poster (PDF) Taille 248 Ko
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