The third time Viktor Shmatov International Plein-air took place in Bragin region. Plein-air began with informative meetings in the GCB educational centre and continued on the riverside of the Dnieper in the picturesque village Zhary of Bragin region. During 10 days artists from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine worked to convey impressions from Bragin area past and present in their compositions.

April 15 was entirely devoted to the 10^th International Art and Graphics Contest “In My Homeland”. On this day final exhibition of the contest opened, the award of contest winners took place, as well as meetings of artists and teachers, where they shared experiences and discussed plans.

The conference took place from 6 to 7 of February 2015 in the National center for environmental and local studies in Minsk. About 200 artists, headmasters of art schools, art experts and editors from Belarus,  Russia, Ukraine and Check Republic participated in it.

13 professional artists and art educators from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia were evaluating the entries. Jury was working from 1 to 4 February in the Educational Center of the Belarusian Green Cross. 13 247 paintings from 34  countries participated in the contest.

The IX-th International exhibition opened on the 10-th of April in Minsk in the exposition halls of the art gallery “University of culture” and Republican Center for Ecology and local studies. The exposition embraced 449 works from 19 countries.