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International Art Project

“In My Homeland”

Implementation of the Project started in 2001, when the first Republican Festival for Pupils and Students was held within the framework of “Earth Day. Belarus”. Within the framework of the festival, there were many contests of art, applied art, literary, photography, eco-journalism, performing arts, and environmental projects. During the development process of the festival, the greatest interest was paid to the artistic direction, which began growing and developing, and eventually transformed into the International Art Project “In My Homeland”.

Project regulations

The Project’s tasks:

  • To search, support and promote juvenile and young talented artists, present their works to a wide audience.
  • To conserve and develop traditions of national and regional art education. Actualize the role of an artist-teacher in the educational process.  
  • To establish a foundation of creative works made by children and the young from different countries and regions for analytical, methodological and exhibition activities.
  • To involve juvenile artists and their teachers into a creative community.
  • To encourage authors and audience to deeper understanding and re-thinking of processes taking place on their native land.

The Project includes:

  • The International Painting and Graphics Contest
  • The International Animation and Slidefilm Contest
  • The International Conference of Artists-Teachers
  • The Exhibition on the Results of the Painting and Graphics Contest
  • The International Art Plein-Airs and Thematic Readings

Contests

Annually, approximately 10000 works from more than 30 countries around the world are submitted to participate in the Project contests: Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, the UK, Hungary, Germany, Hong Kong, Greece, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Canada, Qatar, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Namibia, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, the Philippines, Croatia, Sri Lanka, Estonia.

The jury board consist of professional artists, cartoon artists and teachers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and other countries that possess big experiences of working with children. It assesses works submitted for the contest.

The number of winners at contests is not limited, so any works can win that are worthy of being shown to a wide audience, in the opinion of the jury.  

Conference

When the jury finishes its work, the International Conference of Artists-Teachers annually takes place. It gathers teachers, managers of art schools and studios, lecturers of higher art educational institutions, specialists in the field of fine arts and representatives of art magazines from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and other countries, in order to discuss current issues of art education; share experiences, establish cooperation between art educational institutions. Within the framework of the conference, there are exhibitions of artists-teachers, master classes, excursions on art educational institutions and galleries in Minsk that are held annually.

Exhibition

Each spring, a final exhibition of the Contest is held in Minsk. Then, it travels around Belarus and abroad.

The winning works were exhibited at:

  • The National National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus,
  • The German Bundestag,
  • The State Duma in Russia,
  • Podlaska Gallery in Poland,
  • The National Museum n.a. Andrey Sheptitskiy in Lvov,
  • The Museum of Books and Book Printing of Ukraine at the Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kiev.

In May 2011, an exhibition of the International Painting and Graphics Contest “In My Homeland” was held in Strasbourg, France, during the 10th session on culture issues of the Council of Europe.  

Catalogue

In 2009 and 2010, catalogues of the Painting and Graphics Contest were published which included the winning works as well as photos and thoughts of members of the international jury board.

Plein-airs and readings

2012 – The International Art Plein-air “Dialogue of Centuries: 1812-2012” dedicated to events of Napoleon’s Russian campaign of 1812.

2013 – The International Summer Plein-Air and the 1st International Public and Scientific Readings “Dialogue of Centuries: World War I and the World Today”

2014 – The 2nd International Public and Scientific Readings “Dialogue of Centuries: World War I and the World Today”

2016 – The International Art Plein-air “The Dnieper Ferry” dedicated to acquaintance with Eastern Polesye and the Dnieper region of Belarus and Ukraine

ORGANIZED BY:

  • The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus
  • The Green Cross Belarus Non-Governmental Organization

PARTNERS:

  • Green Cross International
  • ROSSOTRUDNICHESTVO
  • Green Cross Switzerland
  • Green Cross Russia
  • “Vvedenskaya Storona”  magazine
  • “Artclas” magazine
  • The Republican Ecological Centre for Children and Youth
  • The art gallery “University of Culture”
  • Publishing office “Belprint”

In 2008, the contest “In My Homeland” was awarded with the Grand Prix of the Russian National Award “Ecoworld-2008” and with the Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus.

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"Blue reflection"
Nowak Kinga, 18 year
"Sketch of street"
Litera Antoni, 18 year
"The Field"
Koszela Alicja, 9 year
"Winter yard"
Gordeeva Ul'yana, 14 year
"Mustachioed - Striped"
Pilipyuk Serafima, 7 year
"In my city"
Kazirod Pawel, 11 year
"Gdansk panorama"
Suchanska Julia, 14 year
"Town"
Kushnareva Ekaterina, 14 year
"Mustachioed - Striped"
Pilipyuk Serafima, 7 year
"In my city"
Kazirod Pawel, 11 year
"Gdansk panorama"
Suchanska Julia, 14 year
"Friendship monument"
Shhutuev Kirill, 9 year
"Friendship monument"
Shhutuev Kirill, 9 year
"Barn"
Filippovich Dar'ya, 16 year
"Town"
Kushnareva Ekaterina, 14 year
"Self portrait"
Kondrakova Kseniya, 9 year
"On the bike"
Urbanska Natalia, 9 year
"The old wooden house"
Peruzynska Julia, 15 year
"Barn"
Filippovich Dar'ya, 16 year
"Self portrait"
Kondrakova Kseniya, 9 year
"On the bike"
Urbanska Natalia, 9 year
"The old wooden house"
Peruzynska Julia, 15 year
"Hanger"
Prakina Mariya, 16 year
"The birds"
Litera Antoni, 18 year
"Self portrait"
Bulatova Margarita, 8 year
"Hanger"
Prakina Mariya, 16 year
"An iron and a door"
Samigullina Azaliya, 12 year
"The birds"
Litera Antoni, 18 year
"Self portrait"
Bulatova Margarita, 8 year
"Milada"
Druchinin Ivan, 14 year
"An iron and a door"
Samigullina Azaliya, 12 year
"At the port"
Dorobis Anna, 15 year
"The door to the house"
Miszkurka Jagoda, 14 year
"Portrait of the artist"
Hon Eva, 7 year
"Milada"
Druchinin Ivan, 14 year
"Empty tram"
Slipanova Dar'ya, 10 year
"At the port"
Dorobis Anna, 15 year
"The door to the house"
Miszkurka Jagoda, 14 year
"Portrait of the artist"
Hon Eva, 7 year
"In the evening on a bench"
Gorbunova Sofiya, 8 year
"Empty tram"
Slipanova Dar'ya, 10 year
"The friends"
Skoczek Edyta, 10 year
"A wooden house in the mountain"
Tworkowska Natalia, 13 year
"In the evening on a bench"
Gorbunova Sofiya, 8 year
"The friends"
Skoczek Edyta, 10 year
"A wooden house in the mountain"
Tworkowska Natalia, 13 year
"Porch"
Serafimova Irina, 11 year
"A gecko among the rocks"
Chroszcz Natalia, 12 year
"By bicycles"
Karimov Amir, 5 year
"Porch"
Serafimova Irina, 11 year
"A gecko among the rocks"
Chroszcz Natalia, 12 year
"By bicycles"
Karimov Amir, 5 year
"Self portrait"
Zubareva Sofiya, 9 year
"The band 2"
Pala Jacek, 17 year
"My town"
Kotas Mikaolaj, 14 year
"A cook is always needed"
Basavina Alya, 7 year
"December"
Melkoedova Veronika, 10 year
"Among the grass"
Starzewska Alicja, 10 year
"December"
Melkoedova Veronika, 10 year
"Generous summer"
Mitachkina Anna, 6 year
"Generous summer"
Mitachkina Anna, 6 year
"The bridge of lovers"
Semenova Polina, 9 year
"In grandfather’s garden"
Borisova Mariya, 6 year
"Trip to the countryside"
Cyptor Emilia, 8 year
"The bridge of lovers"
Semenova Polina, 9 year
"In grandfather’s garden"
Borisova Mariya, 6 year
"Trip to the countryside"
Cyptor Emilia, 8 year
"The bird's family"
Zajac Lena, 10 year
"Cat dreams"
Belyaeva Viktoriya, 7 year
"Temple"
Druchinin Ivan, 14 year
"The bird's family"
Zajac Lena, 10 year
"Cat dreams"
Belyaeva Viktoriya, 7 year
"Temple"
Druchinin Ivan, 14 year
"Beauty of nature"
Smotka Wojciech, 17 year
"A wooden cabin"
Szarek Zuzanna, 14 year
"Beauty of nature"
Smotka Wojciech, 17 year
"A wooden cabin"
Szarek Zuzanna, 14 year
"Angel musician"
Racis Julia, 11 year
"Angel musician"
Racis Julia, 11 year
"The girl on the meadow"
Spiewok Katarzyna, 10 year
"In the courtyard"
Manaeva Amina, 7 year
"The girl on the meadow"
Spiewok Katarzyna, 10 year
"In the courtyard"
Manaeva Amina, 7 year
"Underwater world"
Kepicka Zofia, 9 year
"Fatherhood"
Sobik Oliwia, 10 year
"Underwater world"
Kepicka Zofia, 9 year
"Fatherhood"
Sobik Oliwia, 10 year
"Among the grass"
Starzewska Alicja, 10 year
"War darkness is coming"
Smolka Wojciech, 17 year
"Mountain, house and bridge"
Zhang Jinghan, 6 year
"My land"
Diekontaite Roberta, 16 year
"Those who lost one's life in consentrate camps"
Harnasz Bartlomiej, 18 year
"My home"
Wu Yinxi, 6 year
"Xiao long days"
Wang Penghao, 7 year
"My land"
Diekontaite Roberta, 16 year
"Those who lost one's life in consentrate camps"
Harnasz Bartlomiej, 18 year
"My home"
Wu Yinxi, 6 year
"Xiao long days"
Wang Penghao, 7 year
"Evening"
Martisiute Urte, 10 year
"Acres of grain"
Macionczyk Milena, 18 year
"Hometown impression"
Cao Xinyue, 4 year
"Xiao long days"
Wang Penghao, 7 year
"Evening"
Martisiute Urte, 10 year
"Acres of grain"
Macionczyk Milena, 18 year
"Hometown impression"
Cao Xinyue, 4 year
"Xiao long days"
Wang Penghao, 7 year
"Harvest ending day"
Siemianowska Olga, 10 year
"My hometown"
Zhang Xinyu, 9 year
"Harvest ending day"
Siemianowska Olga, 10 year
"My hometown"
Zhang Xinyu, 9 year
"Be together"
Yin Yifan, 5 year
"The colors of my village"
Mikutaviciute Jogaile, 8 year
"Be together"
Yin Yifan, 5 year
"The colors of my village"
Mikutaviciute Jogaile, 8 year
"The trees of my village"
Grikpedyte Ieva, 10 year
"The most beautiful garden products"
Szlagorska Zuzanna, 10 year
"The trees of my village"
Grikpedyte Ieva, 10 year
"The most beautiful garden products"
Szlagorska Zuzanna, 10 year
"Night"
Velchev Ivan, 12 year
"The birds"
Duda Helena, 18 year
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