II International Conference for Artists-Teachers “Modern Art Education of Children and Youth”
II International Conference for Artists-Teachers was held on 9-10 February in Minsk. It is held in Belarus for the second time and continues the tradition of round tables that were held after the International Arts and Graphics Contest “In My Homeland”. This year more than 100 teachers and heads of art schools and studios, lecturers of higher arts education facilities, representatives of the “Art School” magazine and publishing house and experts in the field of culture and art education from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Austria and USA took part in the Conference.
The participants were greeted by Mr. Vladimir Shevtsov, the Head of the organizing committee of the International Arts and Graphics Contest “In My Homeland”, Executive Director of the NGO “Green Cross Belarus” and Mr. Patrick Fenning, the Cultural Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Belarus.
REPORTS ON THE MODERN ART EDUCATION WERE MADE BY:
- Mr. Michael Wimmer, Director of EDUCULT, expert for the Council of Europe in the sphere of education, Vienna, Austria
- Mr. Rostislav Shmagalo, Dean of the faculty of history and theory of arts of the Lvov National Academy of Arts, Lvov, the Ukraine
- Ms. Oksana Pilipjuk, Director of science and creativity of the Ufa school of art “Khudozhka”, Bashkortostan, Russia
- Ms. Olga Gracheva, docent of the Psychology and pedagogics department of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, Minsk, Belarus
THERE WERE PRESENTATIONS OF ART SCHOOLS AND STUDIOS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES:
BELARUS:
- Grodno Children’s art school, Mr. Ivan Grickevich, headmaster
- Brest Children’s art school, Ms. Svetlana Vjal, headmaster
- Model Studio “Decor” of Brest center for extracurricular activities, Ms. Nila Gorchanuk, head of the Studio
KAZAKHSTAN:
- Art lyceum – Petropavlovsk UNESCO club, Ms. Nadezhda Zueva, head of the lyceum
- School of fine arts and technical design after A.Kasteev – Almata UNESCO club, Ms. Hanzada Esenova, headmaster
UKRAINE:
- Kerch Children’s art school, the Crimea, Ms. Oksana Serduk, chief of the School visual arts department
- Kharkov Children’s art school, Ms. Elena Shevtsova, headmaster, Mr. Aleksandr Lysenko, teacher of the school
RUSSIA:
- Kaliningrad children’s art school, Ms. Natalja Voronova, Headmistress
- Briansk Children’s art school, Ms. Lilija Astakhova, headmaster
- Mga Children’s art school, Leningrad region, Mr. Aleksey Melnikov, headmaster
- Irbit Children’s art school, Sverdlovsk region, Mr. Vladimir Anikin, headmaster, chairman of the board of directors of Sverdlovsk region
- Votkinsk Children’s art school, Udmurtija, Mr. Aleksandr Sorochkin, Head of the school’s art department
- Veliky Novgorod Children’s art school, Mr. Oleg Vasiljev, headmaster
ORGANIZERS OF INTERNATIONAL ART CONTESTS GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THEIR ACTIVITIES:
- International Children Art Contest “People and the Earth: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”, Mr. Sergey Cherenovich, head of the Studio “Apollon”, Ljahovichi, Brest region, Belarus
- International Festival of Children’s Creativity “Golden Bee”, Mr. Sergey Petrachenko, headmaster of the Klimovichi Children’s art school, Mogilev region, Belarus
- International Contest-Exhibition of Children Art “P.I.Chaikovskij – Through Children’s Eyes”, Mr. Aleksandr Sorochkin, chief of the Visual arts department of the Votkinsk Children’s art school, Udmurtija, Russia
- Biannual Festival on Modelling and Sculpture after K.G.Jasakov, Mr. Aleksandr Sorochkin, chief of the Visual arts department of the Votkinsk Children’s art school, Udmurtija, Russia
During the Conference there opened an exhibition of instructional and final works on the subject “Composition” made by the students of Gunefa Matjushenkova, a teacher at Slutsk children’s art school (Belarus).
Master class “From comic books to illustrating children’s books. Evolution of an artist” was held for the participants of the Conference by Mr. Jon Muth, artist, writer and book illustrator (New York, USA).
A meeting with the jury and an express exhibition of the wining works of the VIth International Art and Graphics Contest “In My Homeland” concluded the Conference.
The Conference provided an opportunity for teachers from different countries to meet, discuss the current situation in the sphere of art education, share the experience and methodological achievements and establish new contacts. Participants of the Conference received album-catalogues of the exhibiting works of the “In My Homeland” contest which will become a great methodological material for schools and studios.
WE THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONFERENCE FOR THE INTEREST THEY EXPRESSED TO THE PROJECT,
FOR THEIR WARM REVIEWS TO THE ORGANIZERS’ WORK!
The Conference was organized with the financial support of the Small Grunts Program of the Embassy of the United States in Belarus in the frames of the project “Social and art education of young artists in the context of global space”.
