The articles in this volume reflect a resolution passed by the International Society for Education Through Art (INSEA) World Council to provide children with opportunities to work in the arts so that the healing process that the arts can foster can be initiated. The lead article in this issue, "Heart Goes towards the Sun: Work with Children Refugees and Displaced Children in Croatia and Central Bosnia" (Emile Robert Tanay), provides a glimpse of the powerful words and images that led to this resolution. Commentaries on this presentation are "On Confronting Violence through Art" (Jerome J. Hausman), and "War & Peace" (Debbie Smith-Shank). "In Times of War and Fear" (Britt-Marie Kuhlhorn), reminds people that it is not only current children's images that can be the impetus for learning in the art classroom. Kuhlhorn also focuses on the relationship of gender to artistic response as a research agenda worth pursuing. "Notes from the Epicenter" (Edie Pistolesi), describes the efforts to help children resolve the emotional upheaval suffered as a result of a destructive earthquake in Northridge, California. "Art Education for Children in Crisis" (Nancy Lambert), puts the final perspective on this theme by examining three recent publications. Lambert challenges teachers to listen to the children and help them to respond to crisis through their images. The articles are followed by reports and news from INSEA members from various world regions. (MM)