Dear Friends:

We wholeheartedly invite all children from any art groups, schools and organizations internationally to attend our 18th Annual Canada International Children’s Art Festival (CICAF) held at Toronto City Hall. This Festival will be running from August 7th to the 13th 2020. Various art and business industry professionals and renowned artists will be joining us at this special event including our sponsors and members of the media.

Since it was founded in 2002, the Canada International Children’s Art Festival has become one of the world’s largest children’s art festivals. More than 20,000 children have participated in various competitions at our festival. Participants stem from all parts of the world including Canada, China and Southeast Asia, the U.S. and some European countries. Artwork from different countries, cultures and styles come and mesh together here, like a beautiful symphony.

All three levels of the Canadian government have given great support to this event, and the venue of the exhibition is none other than the Toronto City Hall.

This year’s festival’s categories have expanded from fine arts, music and speech to literature, dance, film, children’s drama, and technology, etc. We hope this expansion in categories will encourage more children to participate. This year’s festival also includes multicultural communities including Indigenous children, and children with mental and physical disabilities, so that they have the same positive opportunities to express their artistic creations and passions.

We look forward to seeing you all together in Toronto, and furthermore,

We wish you all a happy and healthy life.

ELIGIBILITY: 17 years old and under

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 30, 2020

ARTS, VIDEO, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE EXHIBITION:

Selection time: July 2020

Exhibition: August 7th to 13th, 2020

Categories: A. Fine Arts: (2 dimensions and 3 dimensions): Animation, calligraphy, cartoons, ceramic art and pottery, Asian seal carving art, greeting cards, handicrafts, illustrations, paintings, posters, prints, sculptures, etc.

B. Video Arts: Visual arts using digital/analog technology, photography and video (animation photography included).

C. Written Art: (Literature): Fairy tales, poem, scripts (drama, film etc.), stories.

MUSIC AND DANCE COMPETITION:

Music Selection time: July 2020

Dance Selection time: July 2020

Categories: Ballet, children’s play, dance, drama, musical instruments (in groups or solo), poems, puppetry, song and dance, shadow plays, speech/vocal performances etc.

 

DATE: Aug 7th – 13th, 2020

VENUE: Toronto City Hall (100 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2)

Located in the heart of the city, the Toronto City Hall is shaped like a shell and consists of two curved buildings surrounded by a vaulted city council building. It is innovative and unique in design, with two crescent-shaped buildings holding a mushroom-shaped conference hall, designed by the Finnish architect Viljo Revell. Viewed from the sky, the entire city hall is like an eye, so people call it “the eye of the sky.” The City Hall is open to the public free of charge. Every day, many local residents and tourists from all over the world come here to visit. The artwork of the 17th Canada International Children’s Art Festival will be exhibited here.

 

The Canada International Children’s Art Foundation is a registered non-profit organization since 2012.

Art is a gift for children to inherit. It is our mission to explore children’s artistic ingenuity and showcase their artworks, cultivate their aesthetic ability, creative thinking, and help make them aware to environmental issues. 

Our Foundation aims to build an international platform for children’s art education, artistic exchanges and displays, to encourage them to be inspired by their imagination and creativity and as a result, create their own art.

The Canada International Children’s Art Festival has successfully carried out art exhibitions, live paintings, vocal and dance performances, music competitions, animation movies, sand sculptures, planetarium viewings, arts summer camps and many other colourful children’s art activities.

The purpose of this year’s theme, “Country Road” is to encourage children to protect the Earth and the environment around us. Our goal is to teach children around the world about environmental awareness, and pass on the responsibility to create a bright and sustainable future. Through the children’s creativity, our festival attempts to stimulate children’s awareness so they can find a way to protect our environment.

Since 2002, more than 20,000 children from all over the world have participated in our various art exhibitions as a participant or volunteer. Through the use of social media, we have connected with more than 100,000 aspiring young artists around the world.

All three levels of the Canadian government have shown great support to our events, and the festival has been sponsored and supported by enthusiastic individuals and groups from all around of the world. The Canada International Children’s Art Festival has become one of the world’s leading children’s arts festivals.

Addresses: 60 N Wind Pl, Scarborough ON Canada M1S 5L4

Tel: 1 (647) 996-2877 (General)

Website: www.childrenart.ca

Email: contact@childrenart.ca