Childhoods
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Observations of daily life
Introduction | Social events | Political events | Special events | Personal and cultural identity | Hermannsberg and Aurukun school
School and family life | Writing patterns | Fingerpainting | Observations of daily life | 'Reach for the apple' | Frances Derham
Through the use of different media and expressive techniques, artist-educators encouraged children towards a creative exploration of their daily lives. Children's art often depicts people in specific settings that enable the viewer to know something of their families and everyday activities.
Juan Gisalt
Mexico
El Pensador
Mexicano
35.0 x 25.0 cm
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Ernestina Turrel
Mexico
Portrait
38.8 x 23.2cm
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Ligia Pelaes
Columbia South America
Christmas dinner
24.8 x 34.8 cm
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Renee Rhodes
London
Tossing the pancake
51.0 x 61.2 cm
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Unknown
London
Johhny comes
back from the fair
58.8 x 50.8 cm
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Elizabeth Pike
Melbourne
Schools out
30.6 x 37.8 cm
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Itooloo
Canada (Inuit)
We watch mother clean the seal
71.6 x 53.6 cm
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Jimmy
Canada (Inuit)
Three children playing with an animal
21.8 x 28.0 cm
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Jimmy
Canada (Inuit)
This is Cape Dorset
25.4 x 36.2 cm
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Hayashi
Japan
A Man and a house
40.8 x 50.8 cm
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