XIIth 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 supported by the International Art Public Organization (IAPO) “Union of Art Teachers” announces the 12th International Competition of Art and Graphics “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:

• Family portrait or self-portrait
• The beautiful winter
• The wonderful is beside
• About heroes and bogatyrs (warriors)

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, 2016 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 2017 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.

XII INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART AND GRAPHICS “IN MY HOMELAND” is opening in April 2017 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!