XIth International Art and Graphics Contest "In My Homeland"

Green Cross Belarus together with Ministery of Education, Ministery of Culture and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus is announcing the 11th International Art Contest “In My Homeland”

GOALS:

• Preservation and development of national and regional art education traditions. Actualization of teacher’s work in the artistic educational process.
• Search, support and promotion of young talented artists, demonstrating their work to a wide audience.
• Development of a fund of children and youth artistic works from different countries and regions for analytical, methodological work and exhibition activities.
• Involving young artists and their teachers in the creative community.
• Stimulation of authors and audience to a deeper understanding and rethinking of the processes taking place in their homeland.

TOPICS:

“In My Homeland” is a traditionally free topic of the Contest. Other optional topics suggested:

• 100 years ago. Life is a river, and history is a huge ocean, which unites the events of people's lives, cities and countries. Take a look at the ocean, and you will see there is a storm and calm, sorrows and joys, terrors and wonders, as well as the shadows of the people among whom may your ancestor be. And no matter how scary it is sometimes to look into it, it must be done, because as water nourishes the land, history ocean nourishes our lives and future. 100 years - a small drop in the ocean of history, but it largely determines the date. Let's take a closer look at this drop and try to see the events and people of the time in our land.
• The songs of native land. Songs accompany us during our life. We hear them on the concert, on the radio, in the trip, in the family. And, of course, everyone has a song that he really likes. When you hear a song, you see some image, you catch the mood, and sometimes really want to draw this image.
• Those who are near us. Each of us has someone, we care about and someone who cares about us. Their images are stored in our soul, but sometimes we want to show them to the whole world.
• «We'll go, we'll fly»: Journey - a whole little life: first, plans, fantasies, expectations, then the road, new places, experiences and acquaintances, and when we are back home - the memories that remain not only in our mind. Share Your Memories!
• Year passes changing colors... Each season has its beauty, nature changes colors and mood. And how you see that?

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

1/ The age of participants FROM 5 TO 18 YEARS inclusive.

2/ The work presented to the Contest must be CREATIVE AND UNASSISTED, prepared in the year of the Contest it shall participate in.

3/ A contest work can be of ANY SIZE and it isn't issued in a frame or in a mount. On the back side of each work a REGISTRATION FORM should be filled in according to the example on the contest web-site.

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4/ All the works sent to the Contest are not reviewed and NOT RETURNED to the authors. The organizers of the Contest reserve the right to reproduce the works in order to promote and develop the Contest, to use them in methodological and humanitarian activities without consent of the author and without paying author’s royalty.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

The works are accepted from OCTOBER 1 until DECEMBER 31, 2015 to the following postal address:

Contest “In My Homeland”

Green Cross Belarus

222 201 Smolevichi, Belarus

We urge all the participants to use REGULAR MAIL or EXPRESS SERVICE EMS. Do not indicate the price (value) of the shipment on the parcel.

RESULTS OF THE CONTEST:

The jury will revise the works in February 2016 and will determine Laureates and Diploma winners of the Contest. Laureates’ works will enter the final exposition and will be exhibited in the digital gallery at the Contest web-site: www.children-art.org.

XI INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART AND GRAPHICS “IN MY HOMELAND” is opening in April 2016 in Minsk.

ORGANIZERS:

NGO “Green Cross Belarus”

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus

Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone numbers:
(+375 17) 327 79 54, (+375 17) 76 56 441
(+375 29) 627 79 23, (+375 29) 667 57 80

Web-site: www.children-art.org

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WE ARE INVITING YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR CONTEST!