Children's Art Week 2021—Brush Up Artistic Skills of Your Kids!
Art can light up the mood and induce a sense of creativity in children, a lot of children feel confident and accomplished when they are involved in arts. Give children encouragement and opportunities to use their artistic side is important for their development. Numerous studies have supported the role of arts in the cognitive development of a child. Children who have been involved in artistic roles exhibited better problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking than those who didn't get an opportunity in similar roles. Above all, helping your kids in their arts activities strengthens your bonding.
Children's Art Week is being celebrated from the 29th of June to 18th of July every year, encouraging children and young people nationwide to participate in art events in schools as well as online. It is an initiative by Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, that has also gained the support of Arts Council England and other art councils countrywide. In the past years, Children's Art Week made remarkable contributions in bringing artists and communities together to involve people particularly children in arts.
In the year 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the activities were designed in a way that could be accessed virtually. Several activities were live-streamed including digital challenges, quizzes and virtual tours to art galleries. Unfortunately, Engage is not conducting any events this year.
We are aware of the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has been ruthless to everyone. In a countrywide lockdown, when no leisure activities could be carried out, children got affected the most. As the cancellation of Children's Art Week 2021 has further left children despondent, so we thought why not get your children engaged in fun-filled art activities. We have come up with our own online art competition for children.
Children’s Art Week Competition - #AMLittleArtists
This exciting competition will revive your children's artistic energy and prove to be a fresh wave of energy in pandemic affected dull routine. It will comprise of a colouring competition, we have picked some illustrated colouring pages from our incredible authors' books that they have written for children. Children from any age group can take part in the competition. All you have to do is download any of the images below, print them out, and leave your little artist to do the rest, once completed, share their works of art with us on social media.
Instagram – Instagram story or post, mentioning both us @austinmacauleypublishers and #AMLittleArtists
Facebook – Comment your entry below this post on Facebook
Twitter – Tweet us at @AustinMacauley with #AMLittleArtists
The winner will receive a copy of each of the five amazing books below
Your little artist is welcome to submit as many of the below images in separate posts as they like and will increase your chances of winning, but no more than one of each image!
Entry closes on 26th July at 17:00 BST.
We’re excited to see what your little artists submit and look forward to seeing the entries. Best of luck!