Born of the trauma of exile and separation, the drawings in this exhibition chronicle children's experiences of war from the Spanish Civil War to more recent conflicts in Poland, Palestine, the United States, Croatia, and Kosovo. More than invaluable historical documents, these pictures give a moving physical presence to children's endurance of air raids, brutality, destruction, and homelessness. Some also preserve children's memories of life before war, poignant gestures of hope for the future.

The exhibition is curated by Anthony L. Geist and Peter N. Carroll for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. It is made possible by grants from the Puffin Foundation Ltd., the Estate of Isabel Johnson Hiss, the Sonya Staff Foundation, the Consulate General of Spain (New York), and the Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain's Ministry of Culture and US Universities. Its presentation at the Hood Museum of Art is generously supported by the William Chase Grant 1919 Memorial Fund.