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The "Children Draw Themselves" exhibit is on display and includes the self-portraits of children as they depict themselves at the beginning of the pandemic. The exhibit is inside of the Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures library at the University of Arizona College of Education building, Rm 453. The exhibit was donated by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany and features self-portraits submitted by children aged from 3 to 18 from all around the world. The IYL invited children to submit their art work and received over 800 self-portraits from 42 countries.

“It’s been more than two years since the COVID-19 virus started wreaking havoc around the world, leading to millions of deaths, businesses shutdowns, social distancing, mask wearing and other issues. During the the isolation and confusion of 2020, a program by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany sought drawings or paintings of self-portraits from children around the world. The library received hundreds of images and some of those it acquired are now part of a traveling exhibition which is on display at the University of Arizona.”