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Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery and Hope was organized by the New York University Child Study Center and circulated by Curatorial Assistance, Los Angeles, in order to increase the public's awareness of the mental health problems facing more than eight million children in this country. The more than 100 artworks in the exhibition, made by children ages four to eighteen, offered a glimpse into the hearts and minds of young people dealing with psychiatric and emotional problems. Childhood Revealed was intended to dispel myths and eliminate stigmas surrounding mental health problems that often prevent parents and children from seeking assistance.

The images in Childhood Revealed speak of depression, eating disorders, learning disabilities, physical illness, abuse, divorce, and more. There is, however, an unmistakable current of hope that pervades.

This exhibition was accompanied by a symposium entitled “Childhood Revealed: The Clinical Story.” The museum’s Gallery at Hand program and the Program of Professional Social Work Continuing Education, SUNY Buffalo presented this symposium — addressing topics such as the relationship between art education and art therapy, psychiatric treatment methods and outcomes, and how to look at and talk about children’s work. The program feature distinguished mental health care professionals, such as Robin Goodman, Ph.D., A.T.R.-B.C, clinical assistant professor in Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.

This exhibition was organized by the New York University Child Study Center and circulated by Curatorial Assistance, Los Angeles.