Associate profesor Antonija Balić Šimrak, PhD is dedicated to her work on the project The Development of Artistic Creativity in Early and Preschool Age and the course Research of Early Childhood Creativity. Through them she systematically encourages the awakening of the visual cognitive world of students and art pedagogues. Their ultimate goal is to awaken and enrich the youngest, and therefore the most open-minded generations, to new artistic experiences that are actually the beginnings of their creative participation in the visual arts expression.