7th principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture

The seventh principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture states that:

"Children have a right to attend the town's artistic and cultural institutions, both with family and school, in order to discover and experience what the area offers them.”

The artwork accompanying the principle was created by Italian freelance artist and children's book illustrator and artist Serena Intilia.

Intilia is a self-taught illustrator, whose career illustrating children's books started in 2005, after she attended a workshop given by Croation illustrator Svietlan Junakovic. Since 2013, she has been teaching an illustration course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Frosinone, Italy. 

She has published six children's books.

Her first book, titled Orso Frigo (Bear Fridge), tells the story of a polar bear and melting glaciers. Her latest, published in 2013, is a handmade tactile book titled Giochiamo (in English, Let's Play).

Exhibition of artwork accompanying the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture, at Hanager Arts Centre, March 2015 (Photo: Ati Metwaly)

The 18 principles enumerated in the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture is a project created by a theatre company La Baracca – Testoni Ragazzi from Bologna, Italy, with a group of educators and parents.

The Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture has been widely adopted by Italian and European institutions aiming at bringing arts to children, and in 2011 it was awarded the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic. La Baracca company -- that has been working with children and young people for over 30 years -- translated the 18 charter points into 27 languages, assigned Italian illustrators to produce images depicting each of the principles and turned the project into a book.

Soon after, the idea of an exhibition of the artwork was born and works accompanying the 18 principles are being displayed throughout the festivals dedicated to children across Europe.

The drawings have been brought to Egypt by AFCA for Arts and Culture with an exhibition held at Hanager Arts Centre paralleling the Hakawy Arts Festival that took place between 9 and 17 March, followed by a display at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria where Hakawy staged two performances on 18 and 19 March.

Check also:

1st principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture


2nd principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture
3rd principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture
4th principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture
5th principle of the Charter of Children’s Rights to Arts and Culture
6th principle of the Charter of Children's Rights to Arts and Culture

Ahram Online -- the official media sponsor of AFCA's campaign on Children's Rights to Art and Culture -- will be posting each of the 18 principles with its accompanying artwork on weekly basis.