Paintings by pupils from various schools in Malta are currently on display in Berlin at the 8th World Children’s Art Exhibition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the association ‘Kinder-Kunst-Museum e.V.’ (museum of children’s art).

The exhibition entitled “Give me your hand” will run until January 2014. It will show paintings of the palm of a hand produced by children (aged between 3 and 17) using different types of colour and materials.

Children from Malta participated with 220 paintings from nine schools, of which many are exhibited. The initiative was coordinated by the Embassy of Malta in Berlin with the support of the Ministry of Education in Malta and Maltese schools.

The Ambassador of Malta to Germany, Albert Friggieri, went around the exhibition, which is hosted by the Domäne Dahlem, a historic manor house and open air museum for agricultural history and gastronomic culture. He was  welcomed by Nina Vladi, the initiator and chairperson of the Kinder-Kunst-Museum, who guided him through the exhibition. 

The Kinder-Kunst-Museum - “a museum in a suitcase”, as they like to call themselves in the absence of a permanent home - aims to encourage children to create something of which they can be proud, to advance the artistic development of children and to build a bridge between all nations through the expressive artwork of children.

Apart from regularly organising children’s art exhibitions in Germany and all over the world, as well as collecting and archiving the art, the association also provides supplemental activities for groups of children and school classes on cultural education.

Some of the artworks by Maltese children can be accessed through the website of the Kinder-Kunst-Museum at www.kkm-berlin.de.