home	Children at War was a touring exhibition organised by Highlight, in East Sussex in 2010.
	highlight	The exhibition was about children whose lives are torn apart by war, both traditional, and gang war.
		Directed at a teenage audience, the project investigated the effects of Warfare on children around the world.
	stages	The setting for Children at War in 2010 was two fortresses in East Sussex, and the Friends Meeting House in
		Brighton. All artwork was by lead artist Clare Hackney.Over 8,000 people visited the show.
	art by clare hackney
		Dates and venues for the touring show were -.
	eastbourne	Eastbourne's Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum 3rd April - 20th May
	brighton	Quakers Meeting House Brighton 22nd and 23rd May
	newhaven	Newhaven Fort 4th September - 31st October
		The Exhibition had two sections, traditional warfare, and gang warfare.
		The exhibition illustrated themes from the National Curriculum courses in Citizenship, Opening Minds, Art
		and P.L.T.S.(personal learning and thinking skills) .It has artwork featuring Child Soldiers, Refugees, Orphans,
	links	Street Children, Land Mine victims, and Suicide bombers. It was held together with a strong Human Rights
	contact	linkage. The gang warfare dealt with teenage drinking, knife, gun crime, and making positive choices in life.
		Education
		Free talks for East Sussex Senior schools were given .
		Free Anti - Knife Crime Creative Workshops for East Sussex Senior Schools, were held at Newhaven Fort.
		These free talks and workshops were courtesy of the Big Lottery Fund.
		Murals and the Art Trail
		At the Eastbourne show there was a mural about Children's rights to a childhood. At Newhaven Fort there was
		an anti knife crime trail , and an Art trail around the site investigating Human Rights.
		An anti knife crime mural was also put up at Southwater Area Community Centre, as part of Coastal currents.
		Please see links on Eastbourne and Newhaven pages.