ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The “Istanbul in Children’s Eyes” project is set to open exhibitions in Romania and Serbia featuring more then 130 artworks about the city made by children from 10 countries.
The project depicts Istanbul through the eyes of children via art. Within the scope of this project, children living in Istanbul got together with children from neighboring countries to depict the city altogether with looks from insiders and outsiders.
The project aimed at gathering children from 10 countries for them to make art. The artworks produced by children were exhibited in four districts of Istanbul. Now they are going to be exhibited in Romania and Serbia.
Residents of those areas will actively participate in this project. Children, like in any other domain, will be producers and consumers of art in the future.
It will contribute to them immensely as they live and work together with their peers in other countries and this process will help improve dialogue with neighboring countries.
The exhibition in Romania will take place between Nov. 13 and 18 at Asociatia Artistilor Plastici Targu-Mures, and the exhibition in Serbia will be at the Children’s Cultural Center in Belgrade between Nov. 20 and 26.
Both exhibitions will feature more than 130 artworks made by children from 10 countries. There will be workshops during the exhibition in Serbia where Serbian children will make painting studies.
The project was carried out by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency’s Visual Arts Directorate.