Credits

Dr. Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt is a Professor of Art Education and international consultant specializing in teacher professional development, PreK-16 comprehensive curriculum design, global teachings, and community art education. Her forthcoming textbook is Art Education: Thriving in Teaching and Learning. Learn more at her website: www.arted.us

Supported research provided by an MTSU NIA Grant. More information at www.mtsu.edu

The International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice (ICEFA Lidice) was implemented to pay tribute to all children victims of war. In 1942 the town of Lidice in the Czech Republic had been brutally ravished by the Nazi regime resulting in mass executions that included the majority of town’s innocent children—42 girls and 40 boys. As a means to honor and commemorate the fallen children of Lidice and all other children victims of war across the world, ICEFA Lidice began to collect and exhibit children’s artworks in 1967. Their exhibitions have become renowned events that receive 25,000 exemplary children’s artworks each year from schools around the world in 70 different countries. Each work in their collection focuses on a theme related to childhood to remind viewers about the value of peaceful living. http://www.mdvv-lidice.cz/en/

Mr. Cody Hale, Website Designer  www.codyhaleart.com

Mr. Adam Lacy, Website Designer

With special thanks to Ivona Kasalická, ICEFA Lidice Curator of Exhibition; JUDr. Milouš Červencl, Director of Lidice Memorial; ICEFA Lidice Panel of Judges & Staff; ICEFA Lidice Exhibition Photographer Martin Homola http://www.abcphoto.cz ; Dr. John Omachonu; MTSU Non-Instructional Assignment Grant Committee; Dr. Brad Bartel; Dr. Mark Byrnes; Prof. Jean Nagy; Dr. Dorothy Valcarcel Craig; Ms. Allison McGoffin; Mr. Cody Hale; Mr. Adam Lacy; Ms. Lone Bodekær and Brenderup Skole; Ms. Astrid Hassel and Flåm Skule; Ms. Suzanne St. John; Ms. Abbey Logan; Ms. Rochelle Duckwiler; Mr. Michael McGoffin; Ms. Stephanie Roberts; Ms. J. Quinton Creasy; Scandinavia Study Abroad and Practicum Students, My Supportive Family; and the amazingly talented children and their teachers who submitted artworks to ICEFA Lidice! http://www.mdvv-lidice.cz/en/

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