About iSTART

iSTART Children’s Art Festival is a pioneering creative and social aesthetic programme in China with the mission of children’s participation, empowerment and co-creation. As an important annual art and public programme of A4 Art Museum, iSTART was initiated by A4 Art Museum in 2014, and has been successfully held for 9 times so far. iSTART’s core concept is to build a creative, diversified and beautiful world from children’s perspectives.
iSTART breaks the boundaries of individual museum projects and is committed to building a sustainable network of social participation and art education. iSTART is driven by children’s curiosity for creativity, and every year, it cooperates with a wide range of schools, families, communities, and public welfare partners, and so far, it has covered 34 cities and villages in 23 provinces and 7 countries, and has cooperated with more than 18,000 young artists. In collaboration with more than 1,000 education practitioners, artists, experts, scholars and cross-disciplinary workers, we have developed hundreds of participatory art education programmes, which have transformed the public from observers to participants and then to creators in different cultural backgrounds and situations.

Theme Exhibition of the 9th iSTART Children’s Art Festival: “The Family of Infinite Games”

“Kick Start” Children’s Art Exhibition

“do it” Contemporary Art Exhibition

The Parallel Exhibition of the 5th iSTART Children’s Art Festival:Goodbye School, Hello School

Theme Exhibition of the 5th iSTART Children’s Art Festival: Childhood Secrets

The Theme Exhibition of the 4th iSTART Children’s Art Festival: “Childhood Sanatorium”

The Parallel Exhibition of the 4th iSTART Children’s Art Festival:”Little Bang”

ISTART Program Setup · Parallel Exhibition “Makoto Shinkai Exhibition – Experiencing the World of Makoto Shinkai Through Theater Animation”

ISTART Program Setup · Parallel Exhibition “Another World”
