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JULY – SEPT 2020

Editor’s Letter

A casualty of Covid-19 is the post-
ponement of the 6th World Children’s

Festival, which will now take place
on July 30th–August 1st at The National
Mall across from the U.S. Capitol.

Art can be a powerful catalyst for
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cultural and social change. Art can
also provide immediate benefits that
result in better mental and physical Editor/Publisher Contributors
health, especially during this pan- Ashfaq Ishaq, PhD Ngozi Akande
demic, hence this special issue on Assistant Editor Maria Claudia Albini

“Art for Health.” Claire Bryan Karen Alexander

We are grateful to NEA Chairman Mary Creative Director Sara Beck, PhD
Anne Carter for writing for ChildArt Katie Verrant Mary Anne Carter
and we thank all other contributors. We Gayathri J. Dowling, PhD

are also grateful to those who have Designer Sloka Ganne
worked behind the scenes to make this Shannon Smith
Katia Delrahim Howlett, PhD
issue possible, in particular Frederick Graphic Artist

Marks, ICAF Board Member, and Miriam Diane Lense, PhD
Mimi Shang
Sunil Iyengar, NEA Director of Research Susan Magsamen
and Analysis. IT Director Ssembiro Mike
Melanie Lontsi Che Sabalja, MA, MS
While we rely on science to free us

from Covid-19, art opens windows to Media Officer D. Paul Schafer
new vistas and can serve as a mirror Maya Barnes Dholakia Tracy L.F. Worley, DM, PMP
for self-improvement.

Sincerely,

Next issue: ChildArt (Oct-Dec 2020) will be on the ABCD
Study in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health
and the National Endowment for the Arts

COVER ART
Ashfaq Ishaq Ph. D. “The Camping Site” by Alina Ponomarenko, Age 11, Texas
BACK COVER ART
Chairman “Gymnasts in Action” Aishling Kelly, Age 11, Arizona