With the Guest Director of Brighton Festival being Aung San Suu Kyi, in 2011,the theme for the festival's
Children's Parade was The Rights of the Child. Clare Hackney, Lead Artist for Highlight,was invited to put
together a Children's Rights Art Trail through Brighton for the time of the festival. 12 sites were found
through central Brighton, and back along the seafront.Three other artists of different ages, contributed
artwork.The Trail starts at Phoenix Brighton,Trail Map Brochures can be obtained inside the gallery.
Clare has been working on images centered around the theme of children's rights for some time, images
can be found on the Children at War and Children's Rights links. This trail has given her the opportunity
to continue to explore articles from the Convention of the Rights of the Child in more detail.
The Convention, that took place in in New York in 1989, gave special protection for the first time to
children in countries all around the world. It has been signed and rattified by 192 countries to date.
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