Children's Art Gallery

By Adam Hassan

Art is a unifying universal language, where all children regardless of their class, status or nationality can communicate and express themselves clearly. Here in The Station we believe in art’s deep importance for children. From helping build their fine motor skills and developing their problem-solving skills to helping them understand the world, their peers, and themselves better.

The Station held an art workshop led by esteemed Iraqi artist Riyadh Ghenea for children aged 6 to 12 in October and a later gallery showcasing the children’s art was held on November 7th. This workshop was done in partnership with Human Resources Gate in addition to our sponsors: IOT Kids and Asdikaee Magazine.

The paintings were diverse in both style and content. Many topics were approached by the children, one recurring topic in the children’s art, however, was climate change. Artist Riyadh Ghenea stated that this is the result of decades and decades of wars and isolation. Art therapy is the perfect tool to start healing these wounds.

One of the children in the workshop, a young girl by the name of Aleen Nasser Lutfi, went on to participate in the Future of Climate Change in Iraq exhibition and win the Children’s art category!