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Children Who Have a Home and Homeless Children by Fergus Hill (8 years) Raquel Redmond Art for Children
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Children's Voices

Children’s Voices was an exhibition of drawings, paintings and linocuts made by children of the Brisbane region in 1997 for the First Australasian Conference on the Rights of the Child, held in Brisbane at the Queensland University of Technology. The exhibition was hosted by State Library of Queensland and supported by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian. The children’s work toured Australia for three years and is now part of the SLQ collection in the Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children’s Art Archive. Thank you to the children, staff and parents who participated in this project long ago.  
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Children Aren't Happy Being Home Alone by Sarah Guttie (6 years) The Murri School
Detail from Children Aren’t Happy Being Home Alone by Sarah Guttie (6 years) The Murri School
Some Children Go to School to Learn & Others Have to Go to Work by Michelle Fraser (9 years) Raquel Redmond Art for Children
Detail from Some Children Go to School to Learn & Others Have to Go to Work by Michelle Fraser (9 years) Raquel Redmond Art for Children
The Right to Play by Arja Gullvik (11 years) Rainworth State School
For Sale by Kate Irwin (12 years) Rainworth State School
Dolita Delta self portrait image in Big Voices Exhibition
Detail from Children Who Have a Home and Homeless Children by Fergus Hill (8 years) Raquel Redmond Art for Children
Children Have a Right to Be Protected from War by David Benyon (9 years) Woodridge State School
Detail from Children Have a Right to Be Protected from War by David Benyon (9 years) Woodridge State School

The Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children's Art Archive

 

The Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children's Art Archive consists of approximately 4000 works by children from Queensland, Vietnam and China and between the ages of 12 months to 12 years. The majority of drawings and paintings are from Queensland children and depict their social worlds, their human rights and their futures. The collection forms a parallel collection to the Frances Derham Collection of Child Art at the National Gallery of Australia. Derham's collection was built over a period of 50 years (1935-1985) and represents a significant collection of child art of the 20th century.

Project background

Discover the rights of children